Nottingham Forest v Midtjylland, Feyenoord v Aston Villa, and extra: Europa League – stay | Europa League

Extra Euro woe for Celtic, overwhelmed at dwelling by Braga, who prime the (very early) Europa League desk with two wins. Brendan Rodgers can level to VAR's choice to disallow Kelechi Iheanacho's equaliser for a handball no person else might see, nevertheless it's nonetheless one other disappointing night time for his workforce.

Palace start their Convention League group-stage marketing campaign with a deserved win, Daniel Muñoz and Eddie Nketiah the scorers. Borna Sosa's late crimson card was the one blemish on an in any other case wonderful night time for Oliver Glasner's military.

Shout out to Lille keeper Berke Ozer, who has saved three Roma penalty makes an attempt to protect his workforce's lead. Ozer saved Matias Soulé's spot-kick after his two earlier saves – each from Artem Dovbyk – had been dominated out for encroachment. Hat-tip to Iain Kelly for pointing on the market had been three makes an attempt, slightly than two. There's a bit extra on Ozer right here, though within the pursuits of stability I ought to level out that my listing additionally included Borna Sosa.

Oh pricey. Celtic followers head for the exits en masse after Braga double their lead. Rodrigues' shot was parried by Schmeichel and whereas Gabri Martínez's first shot was blocked, an tried clearance ricochets off his shins and into the online.

Crimson card! Palace had been cruising, however Borna Sosa has been despatched off after a second yellow card, for what was a reasonably careless problem. There's just below quarter-hour for Dynamo Kyiv to get again into the sport …

Nottingham Forest (3-4-3): Sels; Milenkovic, Morato, Murillo; Ndoye, Anderson, Sangaré, Williams; Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus, Hudson-Odoi.
Subs: John Victor, Wooden, Kalimuendo, Domínguez, Yates, McAtee, Bakwa, Boly, Savona, Abbott.

Midtjylland (3-4-3): Olafsson; Diao, Erlic, Sorensen; Mbabu, Castillo, Billing, Jensen; Junior Brumado, Cho, Simsir.
Subs: Lossl, Lee, Franculino, Osorio, Gabriel, Chilufya, Bravo, Paulinho, Daniel Silva, Etim, Andreasen, Gogorza.

Sturm Graz v Rangers

Sturm Graz (4-3-1-2): Christensen; Oermann, Aiwu, Lavalee, Karic; Stankovic, Horvat, Chukwuani; Kiteishvili; Malone, Beganovic.
Subs: Wiener-Pucher, Bignetti, Mitchell, Jatta, Beck,
Hierlander, Haider, Geyrhofer, Grgic, Weinhandl, Hodl.

Rangers (4-2-3-1): Butland; Tavernier, Cornelius, Souttar, Meghoma; Barron, Raskin; Antman, Aasgaard, Gassama; Chermiti.
Subs: Kelly, Wright, Aarons, Rothwell, Cameron, Djiga, Miovski, Moore,
Rice, Curtis, McCallion, Danilo.

Aberdeen v Shakhtar Donetsk

Aberdeen (3-5-2): Mitov; Knoester, Milne, Dorrington; Devlin, Armstrong, Palaversa, Clarkson, Keskinen; Lazetic, Karlsson.
Subs: Suman, Vitols, Shinnie, Nilsen, Aouchiche, Polvara, Yengi, Milanovic, Nisbet, Molloy, Lobban, Gyamfi.

Shakhtar Donetsk (4-1-4-1): Riznyk; Augusto, Bondar, Matviyenko, Pereira Pedrinho; Nazaryna; Ferreira, Ocheretko, Marlon Gomes, Da Silva Pedrinho; Kaua Elias.
Subs: Fesyun, Marlon, Kryskiv, Shved, Isaque, Azarovi, Ghram, Glushchenko, Bondarenko, Konoplya, Meirelles, Faryna.

Celtic are pushing for an equaliser, however danger conceding a second on the break. João Moutinho is on for Braga, whereas Brendan Rodgers has thrown on Arne Engels and Reo Hatate.

Given how each groups' seasons have panned out thus far, Palace getting demoted to the Convention League and changed by Nottingham Forest appears to have truly labored out within the Eagles' favour.

Feyenoord (4-3-3): Wellenreuther; Learn, Ahmedhodzic, Watanabe, Smal; Valente, Steijn, Hwang; Hadj Moussa, Ueda, Sauer.
Subs: Bijlow, Bossin, Nieuwkoop, Larin, Borges, Bos, Tengstedt, Diarra, Targhaline, Lotomba, Sliti, Plug.

Aston Villa (4-3-3): Martínez; Money, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen; Rogers, Kamara, McGinn; Guessand, Watkins, Buendía.
Subs: Bizot, Proctor, Lindelöf, Elliott, Digne, Malen, Jimoh, Bogarde, Burrowes, Broggio.

Moments later, Nketiah does get his objective, ending effectively after Yeremy Piño's pretty flip and cross into the world. It's not more than Palace deserve.

One other disallowed objective, extra clear-cut this time as substitute Eddie Nketiah's effort for Crystal Palace is chalked off for an offside …

Celtic thought they had been stage, however Kelechi Iheanacho's strike has been disallowed by VAR, who dominated that the ahead managed the ball together with his arm within the buildup. From the angle we've seen, it wasn't clear the ball touched his arm in any respect.

Convention League half-time scores:
Dynamo Kyiv 0-1 Crystal Palace
Jagellonia 0-0 Hamrun
KuPS 0-0 Drita
Lausanne 3-0 Breidablik
Lech Poznan 3-0 Speedy Vienna
Noah 1-0 Rijeka
Omonia Nicosia 0-0 Mainz
Rayo Vallecano 2-0 Shkendija
Zrinjski 3-0 Lincoln Crimson Imps

Europa League half-time scores:
Roma 0-1 Lille
Bologna 1-0 Freiburg
Brann 1-0 Utrecht
Celtic 0-1 Braga
FCSB 0-2 Younger Boys
Fenerbahce 2-1 Good
Ludogorets 0-1 Betis
Panathinaikos 0-0 Go Forward Eagles
Viktoria Plzen 2-0 Malmö

A advantageous begin to the Convention League correct for Palace, with Daniel Muñoz's header giving the guests a deserved lead in Lublin.

One other powerful European night time for Brendan Rodgers thus far, because the guests lead via Ricardo Horta's long-range shot, which had Kasper Schmeichel flapping at skinny air.

Nottingham Forest's final dwelling sport in Europe was a sobering affair: hopeful after getting back from Munich with only a 2-1 deficit, the hosts shipped 5 targets to a rampant Bayern aspect in March 1996. Tonight's opponents, Midtjylland, didn't even exist again then – the Danish aspect had been shaped by a merger in 1999 however have amassed in depth European expertise within the final decade, and characterize a tricky check for Ange Postecoglou, nonetheless looking for his first win as Forest supervisor.

Aston Villa have additionally made an underwhelming begin to the season and face a extra established European identify in Feyenoord – whose dwelling floor in Rotterdam was scene of Villa's best night time again in 1982. Whereas followers get pleasure from a nostalgic journey to De Kuip, Unai Emery's chief concern might be sustaining momentum after eking out successive victories over Bologna and Fulham within the final week.

Talking of powerful begins, Russell Martin might have lastly received a sport and boosted his standing amongst Rangers followers by round 0.0001%, however Sturm Graz look able to returning the beleaguered supervisor to all-time low. One other supervisor below stress, Aberdeen's Jimmy Thelin, welcomes Shakhtar Donetsk to Pittodrie within the Convention League.

All these video games kick off at 8pm (BST), however we'll have updates from Crystal Palace's Convention League journey to face Dynamo Kyiv in Poland and Celtic's dwelling Europa League sport in opposition to Braga, plus all the opposite scorching Euro motion. Maintain tight!