Football Tracker recap: Forest beaten, Palace held, Villa seal win over Lille

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Welcome to Flashscore's Football Tracker, where we'll be bringing you live coverage of the Europa League and Conference League last 16 first legs.

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22:05 GMT - We're wrapping up there, thanks for joining us!

22:04 GMT - Catch up on tonight's "action" with our reports:

Watkins header gives Aston Villa advantage over Lille in Europa League last 16

Nottingham Forest stung by late Midtjylland winner in Europa League first leg

Wasteful Crystal Palace frustrated again by AEK Larnaca in Conference League

21:55 GMT - FULL-TIME!

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Midtjylland

Crystal Palace 0-0 AEK Larnaca

21:42 GMT - GOAL! It's been a very quiet second half but we do now have a goal - although it's gone against Nottingham Forest.

Midtjylland's Ousmane Diao sends a precise lofted pass into the box, Gue-Sung Cho rises above the defenders to meet the ball near the penalty spot and heads it straight into the bottom right corner.

21:39 GMT - Crystal Palace have had over 70 per cent possession and 11 shots to their opponents' one, but it feels like de ja vu as they still can't find a breakthrough.

20:03 GMT - We're back up and running for the second halves.

20:48 GMT - HALF-TIME!

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Midtjylland

Crystal Palace 0-0 AEK Larnaca

20:31 GMT - No goals to report in the opening 30 minutes for the English sides.

Crystal Palace are all over AEK Larnaca with over 60 per cent possession and five shots, limiting their opponents to nada.

Forest are also seeing plenty of the ball but are yet to find a breakthrough.

20:00 GMT - We're underway in the remaining games.

19:50 GMT - Competition favourites Crystal Palace arrive in the UEFA Conference League round of 16 with a sense of trepidation as they face an AEK Larnaca side who upset the odds at this ground earlier this term. 

Here are the lineups ahead of their 20:00 GMT kick-off:

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19:48 GMT - Nottingham Forest will be keen to put their domestic relegation battle to one side in favour of some European success tonight as they face Denmark's Midtjylland.

Here's how both sides are lining up ahead of kick-off in a little over 10 minutes:

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19:46 GMT - Here's a quick rundown of the other results so far in the Europa League, where a fancied Real Betis were stunned by Panathinaikos, and Roma were held by Serie A rivals Bologna:

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19:42 GMT - FULL-TIME! Aston Villa take a narrow 1-0 lead into the second leg.

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19:36 GMT - We''ll have five minutes of added time.

19:14 GMT - Aston Villa have a record of W6, D0, L1 when scoring the opening goal in the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League.

19:07 GMT - GOAL! We finally have a breakthrough, and it goes the way of Aston Villa.

Emiliano Buendia knocks the ball onto the head of Ollie Watkins, who dinks it over the keeper to give his side the lead.

18:53 GMT - The second half is underway.

18:35 GMT - There's half-time between Lille and Aston Villa, where it remains goalless after just one shot on target in the entirety of the opening 45 minutes.

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18:24 GMT - Nothing separates Villa and Lille as we approach half-time. Only one of the early Europa League fixtures has seen any goals so far, with Porto leading Stuttgart 2-0 through Terem Moffi and Rodrigo Mora.

Down in the Conference League, AZ Alkmaar lead Sparta Prague, Shakhtar are beating Lech Poznan, Strasbourg are in front at Rijeka and Rayo Vallecano are level with Samsunspor.

17:40 GMT - We're about to get underway between Lille and Aston Villa - stick with us for all the key updates.

17:15 GMT - Other clubs in action in the early European kick-offs include AS Roma, FC Porto and Strasbourg.

You can take a look at the full rundown of the fixtures here:

Europa League fixtures

Conference League fixtures

17:10 GMT - Aston Villa have won their last five Europa League games, an impressive record they will hope to continue tonight.

16:47 GMT - Team news is in for Villa's trip to Lille, with Unai Emery naming a strong side featuring the likes of Ollie Watkins, Jadon Sancho, Morgan Rogers and Douglas Luiz.

Lilla v Aston Villa
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16:45 GMT - Good afternoon and welcome to Flashscore's Football Tracker! The European action rolls on this evening with English clubs in action in both the Europa and Conference Leagues.

Aston Villa are in action at 17:45 GMT when they visit Lille, while Nottingham Forest host FC Midtjylland at 20:00 GMT.

In the Conference League, Crystal Palace welcome AEK Larnaca, also at 20:00 GMT.

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