Forest vs Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and More – UEFA Europa League News

Latest Standings

The initial outcomes have significant impact on the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and returned to the protected knockout positions.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

Villa managed to hold on for the win and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. The English side struggled of that during the closing minutes.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to get the tying goal!

Celtic Secure Victory

A famous and valuable win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Match Updates

Villa, concurrently, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Physical altercations occurred and projectiles hurled at both the officers and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

The Reds: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Osmers (German)

Starting Players

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Referee: Lindhout (Holland)

Match Background

The European clash and historical connections. The both teams have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final decades past that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Francis scoring the winner of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," noted the journalist. This represented an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to European stage in a short period."

Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

This match is a very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are riding high after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been beaten by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the initial phase with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a playoff spot.

Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.