Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and More – Europa League Coverage
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Key Events
- Final whistle: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
- Score!: Late goal from Monteiro makes it 2-1
- Game over: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
- Lineups announced: Forest and Malmö lineups
- Lineups revealed: Rangers and Braga lineups
- Introduction
Latest Standings
These early results strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and regained position in the safety of qualification spots.
| Rank | Club | P | GD | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midtjylland | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Ferencvaros | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | FC Porto | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 17 | Celtic | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 25 | Nottm Forest | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 35 | Rangers | 4 | -7 | 0 |
| 33 | Malmo FF | 4 | -5 | 1 |
Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1
The English side clung on for the win and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. Villa struggled of that during the closing minutes.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but were left with additional time to score the leveler!
Celtic Secure Victory
A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.
Game Developments
Villa, concurrently, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at Villa Park.
The Dutch forward's brace there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with Swiss fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a throwable object.
Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö
Nottingham Forest: John Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.
Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.
Referee: Osmers (Germany)
Starting Players
The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.
The Portuguese side: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.
Official: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
Preamble
The European clash and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player Francis scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the the English club.
"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European stage in just three years."
One should note to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Nordic team to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.
This match is a far cry from that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.
Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the midpoint of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a qualification place.
Coverage will persist with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.
