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Key occasions
Full-time: Rangers 1-1 Braga
Boos at Ibrox. That may be a very poor consequence for Danny Röhl. Rangers shall be kicking themselves that they didn’t handle to win the sport, after being 1-0 up in opposition to 10 males at house.
RED CARD! Rangers Diomande despatched off in opposition to Braga!
It’s very harsh on the Rangers midfielder, who’s penalised for a stray arm to the face of Braga’s El Ouazzani in stoppage time. Ten males in opposition to 10.
Full-time: Nottingham Forest 3-0 Malmö
That’s about as easy because it will get in Europe. Sean Dyche shall be delighted. Forest as much as eight factors and the protection of mid-table.
Rangers 1-1 Braga
90 min: Ten-man Braga so practically snatch a winner at Ibrox! As soon as once more, some embarrassing defending from Djiga presents a nook to Braga. The wind is totally howling in Glasgow and Horta curls a supply proper beneath the Rangers bar. Butland flaps unconvincingly, Tavernier successfully has to move the ball off the road and Gorby has an opportunity to shoot from the penalty spot, however Butland palms the trouble away. It’s exceptional that Rangers are usually not profitable this, given how poor 10-man Braga have performed. However the Portuguese aspect practically received it there on the demise.
GOAL! Go Forward Eagles 0-4 Stuttgart (Bouanani 90)
Bouanani seals the win for Stuttgart. Bilal El Khannouss has actually impressed since his mortgage transfer from Leicester and the 21-year-old obtained the third for Stuttgart.
Rangers 1-1 Braga
81 min: The onus is all on Rangers to get the winner in opposition to 10 males. Braga are content material to defend deep and see this out. Rangers don’t look significantly harmful, save for Gassama on their left wing. Diomande is unfortunate to slide simply earlier than he shoots. Groans from the Ibrox crowd.
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Malmo
78 min: When you find yourself 3-0 up, there isn’t rather a lot that may go improper. Other than accidents in fact. It’s not clear if Murillo and James McAtee are certainly injured, however each winced shortly earlier than coming off. Teenager Jimmy Sinclair replaces McAtee to make his senior debut for Forest.
GOAL! Bologna 3-1 RB Salzburg (Bernardeschi)
Catching up with just a few extra objectives across the continent. It was beforehand all sq. at 1-1 between Bologna and RB Salzburg however two quickfire second-half objectives from the Italian aspect imply they appear prone to take the three factors. Federico Bernardeschi with the newest objective – the 31-year-old was launched by MLS aspect Toronto FC in the summertime.
GOAL! Rangers 1-1 Braga (Martínez 69)
A nightmare for Rangers in opposition to 10-man Braga! The guests claw themselves again into the sport by Gabri Martínez, who bundles a end on the again publish after a mixture up within the Rangers defence, an terrible error from Nasser Djiga. The transfer stemmed from a Braga throw in, however replays present it ought to clearly have been a nook.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 3-0 Malmö (Milenkovic 60)
Not the prettiest objective however Milenkovic received’t care one jot. Up from the again for a set-piece, the massive Serbian pounces on a rebound after Yates has a shot blocked. Forest are far superior, however it’s been disappointing how dangerous Malmo have been. They’ve confirmed so little ambition tactically, contemplating they solely have one level from their first 4 matches.
GOAL! Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0-6 Lyon (Karabec 62)
The Israeli aspect are sinking with out hint. Karabec takes a cross on his chest and finishes beneath the goalkeeper from an acute angle to attain Lyon’s sixth of the night! Sixth! Corentin Tolisso, the previous Bayern Munich midfielder now at Lyon, has a hat-trick, by the best way.
RED CARD! Braga’s Zalazar is distributed off at Ibrox!
60 min: Zalazar, Braga’s prime scorer this season, will get concerned in an argument with Rangers’ Raskin, after which the Uruguayan makes a headbutt movement in direction of the Belgian. It’s not clear how a lot contact has been made, however the intention was actually aggressive and it’s an act of stupidity from Braga’s prime scorer. The referee goes to the monitor and points the crimson card! Complete headloss. Rangers merely should win the match from this pint. Thirty minutes to go, a objective and a person to the nice.
Rangers 1-0 Braga
53 min: Braga feeling their means again into this sport. João Moutinho, now 39 years younger, remains to be pulling the strings in midfield. It’s so windy at Ibrox by the best way that the gamers are struggling to maintain the ball nonetheless to take a nook.
GOAL! Purple Star Belgrade 1-0 Steaua Bucharest (Duarte 51)
Regardless of being right down to 10 males after Tebo Uchenna noticed crimson, Purple Star have taken the lead by Bruno Duarte!
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Malmo
48 min: Bolin goes down in a heap after a heavy problem with the hefty Murillo. The Swede has rolled an ankle, I feel, resulting in the Malmo physios making use of what can solely be described as artistic quantity of tape to Bolin’s ankle space, type of wrapping an ice pack across the foot. Appears to be like good, to be honest. Bolin hobbles off, Ekong on.
Peeeeeeep!
We’re again underway in our 9 8pm GMT kick-offs.
Half-time studying:
Half-time scores!
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 2-0 Malmo (Kalimuendo 44)
Kalimuendo will get his first objective for Forest after signing in the summertime! That’s an enormous objective for the Frenchman, who faucets in a rebound after a wonderful Yates header.
GOAL! Actual Betis 1-0 Utrecht (Cucho Hernández 42)
Antony the creator as the previous Manchester United winger reveals unbelievable higher physique energy to shoulder-barge his well past a marker, earlier than delivering a pin-point cross to Cucho Hernández within the center. Any person sound the diving header klaxon!
GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Braga (Tavernier 45)
Tavernier sends Hornicek the improper means, passing it into the web. That’s the right-back’s twenty first European objective, which places him stage with Ally McCoist within the Rangers historical past books.
Penalty to Rangers! Braga’s Navarro penalised for handball!
The referee missed it first time round, however VAR intervenes and Navarro clearly handles the ball from a cross. It’s undoubtedly not deliberate, however the arm is away from the physique, and so on and so forth. It’s in all probability the proper name, inside the realms of those ridiculous guidelines.
GOAL! Go Forward Eagles 0-2 Stuttgart (Leweling 35)
I can’t have eyes on each sport, so am grateful for this electronic mail from Kári Tulinius. “Leweling scored one other,” he writes. “He obtained a go upfield from Angelo Stiller, superior upfield and positioned it completely into the underside left nook from exterior the field. Oh, and he deserves extra reward for his first, as a result of he created the prospect by having the presence of thoughts to dummy the ball in order that it ran to Deniz Undav, who set Leweling up for his objective.”
GOAL! Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0-3 Lyon (Niakhaté pen 35)
Lyon are working riot in Serbia in opposition to the Israeli aspect, with former Nottingham Forest defender Niakhaté scoring from the spot. Tolisso had scored Lyon’s second.
Rangers 0-0 Braga
36 min: The Scottish aspect are urgent for the opener. Danilo wastes a great probability after Chermiti creates the opening. Then very legitimate shouts for a Rangers penalty as Gassama goes down within the field. It actually seemed clumsy from Martínez, who bundles into the again of the Gers winger.
GOAL! Bologna 1-1 RB Salzburg (Vertessen 33)
The Austrian aspect are stage, with Vertessen main a counter assault and pouncing on a rebound when Ravaglia spilled an preliminary shot.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Malmö (Yates 27)
Yates has scored in every of the highest 5 divisions of English soccer – the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, and Nationwide League – and now has scored his first European objective for Forest. The house aspect caught Malmo chilly with a fast throw, Milenkovic of all folks popped up on the proper wing and after a deflected cross, Yates was there to steer a end into the nook. “He’s one among our personal” serenade the Forest followers.
GOAL! Bologna 1-0 RB Salzburg (Odgaard 26)
Dreadful defending from the Austrian aspect as they fail to cope with a cross – the ball bobbling out to Odgaard on the sting of Salzburg’s space, and the Dane whips it into the nook.
GOAL! Go Forward Eagles 0-1 Stuttgart (Leweling 20)
Stuttgart are going effectively in the mean time, fifth within the Bundesliga and secured a 3-3 draw at Dortmund on the weekend, with former Brighton striker Deniz Undav getting a hat-trick.
Nevertheless it’s Leweling that has obtained the objective at Go Forward Eagles, scoring with a neat trivela end after being slipped by.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Malmo
18 min: Abbott just isn’t shy coming ahead and takes goal from 25 yards, however the shot flies over. Neither aspect look significantly harmful. You may inform that the house aspect are made up of largely second-string gamers and inform that the guests haven’t performed a aggressive sport of soccer in 17 days.
Rangers 0-0 Braga
14 min: Butland makes an extroadinary save to disclaim Braga skipper Horta, who shot by a crowd of gamers in direction of the far nook. Horta was sure he had scored earlier than Butland tipped it huge, and wore a face of disbelief afterwards.
GOAL! Genk 1-0 Basel (Oh Hyeon-gyu 14)
Oh Hyeon-gyu will get his third Europa League objective of the season – now joint prime of the scoring standings on this competitors – to provide the Belgian aspect the lead.
Rangers 0-0 Braga
8 min: A really sluggish begin by the house aspect. From what I’ve seen, there hasn’t been an enormous enchancment beneath Danny Röhl, though it’s nonetheless early days in his Rangers tenure.
GOAL! Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 Lyon (Abner Vinícius 4)
We’ve our first objective from the 8pm GMT kick-offs! A easy faucet in for the Brazilian on the again publish. This match is being performed in Serbia, by the best way.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Malmo
3 min: Kalimuendo flashes a shot throughout the six-yard field after a beautiful slide rule go from Murillo. There’s a good mix of expertise and youth on this Forest aspect, with Dyche making seven adjustments from the group that beat Liverpool on Saturday. Teenager Zach Abbott is in at right-back for simply his fifth first-team look. Malmo are captained this night by the previous Leeds defender Pontus Jansson and have former Blackburn and Norwich defender Martin Olsson lurking on the bench.
Peeeeeeeep!
The 8pm GMT video games are all underway.
The groups are out at each the Metropolis Floor and Ibrox. Tifos galore on the former, celebrating Brian Clough sat with Peter Taylor, plus Trevor Francis. It’s a particular environment.
That is what these early outcomes do to the Europa League desk. Celtic as much as seventeenth and again into the protection of the playoff locations.
Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Younger Boys
Villa cling on for the victory and go stage on factors with leaders Midtjylland on the prime of the league part standings. Gosh, the English aspect made onerous work of that on the finish.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Younger Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
Younger Boys give themselves a lifeline by Monteiro however solely have 4 extra minutes of stoppage time to seek out an equaliser!
Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
A well-known and invaluable win for the Glasgow aspect. Regardless of going 1-0 down, Celtic roared again with objectives from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.
Aston Villa, in the meantime, retain a 2-0 lead over Younger Boys with round 5 minutes left at Villa Park.
Malen’s second objective there sparked livid scenes within the away finish, with Younger Boys supporters clashing with police. Punches have been thrown and objects thrown at each the police and onto the pitch, with Malen himself being caught on the top by a plastic cup.
Celtic have scored once more, by Benjamin Nygren! They lead Feyenoord 3-1 now, and simply have a couple of minutes of stoppage time to see out!
Nottingham Forest v Malmö groups!
Nottingham Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.
Subs: Sels, Willows, Williams, Anderson, Ndoye, Igor Jesus, Boly, Savona, Whitehall, Thompson, Sinclair.
Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.
Subs: Olsen, Johan Karlsson, Lewicki, Christiansen, Ekong, Olsson, Berg, Botheim, Holmquist Vecchia, Busuladzic, Soumah.
Referee: Hurt Osmers (Germany)
Rangers v Braga groups!
Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.
Subs: Kelly, Wright, Aasgaard, Cameron, Antman, Miovski, Meghoma, Curtis, Adamson.
Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.
Subs: Tiago Sa, Bellarouch, Lelo, Carvalho, El Ouazzani, Paulo Oliveira, Gabriel Moscardo, Victor, Dorgeles, Grillitsch, Rodrigues, Vidigal.
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Holland)
Villa are coasting in direction of victory over Younger Boys thanks to 2 objectives from Donyell Malen. With leaders Midtjylland shedding 1-0 to Roma, which means Villa will go stage on factors on the prime of the league part standings, ought to the scores keep this fashion.
Martin O’Neill is on the verge of signing off as interim Celtic supervisor in fashion with a 2-1 win away at Feyenoord. Simply 25 minutes to go for what can be a really spectacular victory.
That is the present state of play within the early kick-offs, and a full run down of the 8pm kick-offs to return.
Preamble
Nottingham Forest v Malmö and reminiscences of 1979. The 2 golf equipment have a particular connection, additionally assembly in Forest’s final European marketing campaign within the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, however it’s the European Cup remaining 46 years in the past that entwines these two collectively, with Britain’s first £1m participant Trevor Francis heading the one objective of a reasonably depressing remaining to clinch everlasting glory for the crimson half of Nottingham.
“Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and nameless amid all the color and celebration, stood for a second on a bench calmly observing the mafficking,” wrote David Lacey in 1979. Theirs has been an excellent achievement that it’s onerous to see being repeated – from Second Division to European soccer in three seasons.”
It’s additionally attention-grabbing to pause slightly on Malmö, who turned the primary, and thus far the final, Scandinavian aspect to achieve the ultimate beneath English supervisor Bob Houghton. If you wish to know slightly bit extra about that aspect and the way they practically conquered Europe, Jonathan Wilson does a reasonably good job right here.
This match is a far cry from that summit, nearer maybe to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are completely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, whereas Malmö haven’t kicked a aggressive ball since 9 November following the top of the Swedish league season (wherein they completed a disappointing sixth). The sensible cash is on the English aspect tonight.
Loads of different motion on supply on this clockwatch. Rangers have already been overwhelmed by a Braga this season (Striker Claudio Braga helped Hearts to a 2-0 win over the Glasgow aspect in September). Rangers are all-time low of the 36-team Europa League standings on the half-way stage of the league part with exactly zero factors and one objective scored. They desperately want a victory if they’re to have any hope of constructing a late surge for a playoff spot (they must end not less than twenty fourth to take action).
We’ll maintain you updated with all 9 of the 8pm kick-offs and supply the newest scores from the sooner matches, together with Aston Villa v Younger Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.