🔗 Share this article Malmö vs Nottingham Forest, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – UEFA Europa League Updates Match Coverage Major Moments Full-time: Villa 2-1 Young Boys GOAL!: Late goal from Monteiro makes it 2-1 Game over: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic Team news: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö Lineups revealed: Rangers and Braga lineups Opening notes League Position These early results have significant impact on the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and regained position in the secure playoff places. Position Side Matches Goal Difference Pts 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51 Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1 The English side clung on for the win and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that at the end. GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1) The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but were left with additional time to score the leveler! Celtic Secure Victory A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker. Latest Action Villa, meanwhile, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium. The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with visiting fans engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with the player being caught on the head by a drinking vessel. Lineups: Forest vs Malmö Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, The winger, The striker. Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker. Match official: Osmers (German) Starting Players The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti. Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, The striker. Official: Lindhout (from Netherlands) Historical Context Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final decades past that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Francis netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters. "Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," commented the writer. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European stage in a short period." It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to make the championship match under British coach Houghton. Tonight's game is a distant from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight. Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. Rangers have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the middle of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a playoff spot. Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.
League Position These early results have significant impact on the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and regained position in the secure playoff places. Position Side Matches Goal Difference Pts 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51
Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1 The English side clung on for the win and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that at the end.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1) The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but were left with additional time to score the leveler!
Celtic Secure Victory A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.
Latest Action Villa, meanwhile, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium. The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with visiting fans engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with the player being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.
Lineups: Forest vs Malmö Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, The winger, The striker. Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker. Match official: Osmers (German)
Starting Players The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti. Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, The striker. Official: Lindhout (from Netherlands)
Historical Context Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final decades past that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Francis netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters. "Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," commented the writer. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European stage in a short period." It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to make the championship match under British coach Houghton. Tonight's game is a distant from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight. Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. Rangers have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the middle of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a playoff spot. Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.