Key events
Bologna have a goal, one that’s been coming, Thijs Dallinga nodding in beyond Kasper Schmeichel in the 58th minute, and that may mean a long 30 minutes for 10-man Celtic. Lewis Ferguson, the Scotland midfielder, is pulling some strings.
Rangers v Ludogorets teams
Rangers: Butland, Aarons, Djiga, Fernandez, Meghoma, Raskin, Diomande, Gassama, Aasgaard, Moore, Chermiti. Subs: Kelly, Wright, Tavernier, Rothwell, Antman, Miovski, Adamson, Curtis, Stewart, Danilo, Gentles.
Ludogorets: Bonmann, Son, Dinis Almeida, Verdon, Nedyalkov, Pedro Naressi, Duarte, Stanic, Caio Vidal, Bile, Erick Marcus. Subs: Padt, Hristov, Andersson, Machado, Chochev, Kaloc, Tekpetey, Shishkov, Nachmias, Penev, Stanislav Ivanov.
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
Aston Villa lead in Turkey after a Jadon Sancho goal, his first ever for the club, while Celtic lead 2-0 in Italy despite having Reo Hatate being red-carded. He had scored their early goal, before Auston Trusty got the second.
The later games
Celta Vigo v Lille
Dinamo Zagreb v Steau
Ferencvaros v Panathinaikos
Nice v Go Ahead Eagles
Rangers v Ludogorets
Red Bull Salzburg v Basel
Roma v Stuttgart
Braga v Nottingham Forest
Utrecht v Genk
Half-time scores in the early matches
Bologna 0-2 Celtic
Brann 1-2 Midtjylland
Fenerbahce 0-1 Aston Villa
Freiburg 0-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Malmo 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
PAOK 0-0 Real Betis
Viktoria 1-0 Porto
Young Boys 0-1 Lyon
Preamble
Good evening, and it’s the Thursday club. Nottingham Forest have chance to nail down their hopes of making the knockout rounds, while Rangers need to win their last two matches to have any hope whatsoever of rescuing a grim campaign; it’s unlikely they will able to make it but perhaps pride can restored. We’ll also start with the latest from the earlier kick-offs, with Aston Villa and Celtic in action.
And full coverage of the 8pm kick-offs across Europe. Join me.
