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Football Tracker: Gibbs-White puts Forest ahead in Dyche's first match in charge

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Nottingham Forest celebrate scoring the opening goal against Porto
Nottingham Forest celebrate scoring the opening goal against PortoOli SCARFF / AFP

Welcome to Flashscore UK's Football Tracker for the Europa League and UEFA Conference League, featuring Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, Rangers, Celtic and Aberdeen on a bumper night of action with 36 matches taking place.

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21:16 BST - Porto have the ball in the back of the net but the 'goal' is ruled out for offside. A huge let off for Forest.

21:14 BST - GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 AEK Larnaca: Palace have been the better side but Larnaca collect a sloppy pass and Riad Bajic fires the Cypriots ahead against the run of play.

21:07 BST - We're back underway at Celtic Park and Selhurst Park, and a few moments later at the City Ground.

20:52 BST - HALF-TIME! Crystal Palace 0-0 AEK Larnaca

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20:51 BST - HALF-TIME! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Porto

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20:48 BST - HALF-TIME: Celtic 0-1 Sturm Graz

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20:33 BST - In a shock of the night so far, Roma are now 2-0 down to Plzen. Prince Adu and Cheick Souare with the goals, three minutes apart.

20:30 BST - Not the best start for Celtic. 1-0 down already and have seen both Kelechi Iheanacho and Alistair Johnston come off injured.

20:22 BST - Crystal Palace have had 82.8% possession over the opening 15 minutes of their match against AEK Larnaca, but it's still goalless.

20:21 BST - GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Porto: Morgan Gibbs-White scores his first goal of the season and his first in Europe! A huge sigh of relief goes around the City Ground as the Forest captain wallops the ball past goalkeeper Diogo Costa and into the net.

The last time Forest scored a penalty in a European fixture at home was John Robertson in the 1980 European Cup semi-final against Ajax, which they won 2-0. Robertson would go on to score the winning goal in the final against Hamburg.

20:19 BST - PENALTY! Nottingham Forest float the ball into the area and Jan Bednarek clearly touches the ball with his hand. Referee Radu Marián Petrescu points to spot. There's a short VAR check and it's been awarded.

20:16 BST - GOAL! Celtic 0-1 Sturm Graz: Pick that one out! Tomi Horvat fires the Austrian's ahead inside the opening 15 minutes at Celtic Park with a brilliant strike.

20:01 BST - Off we go!

19:58 BST - The players are coming out of the tunnels and we're moments away from kick-off.

19:44 BST - Attention turns quickly to the later kick-offs and all eyes will be on Sean Dyche's first match in charge at Nottingham Forest as they take on Porto.

Click on the links below to listen to live audio commentary and see the latest stats. As a reminder, here's how the teams line up:

Nottingham Forest v Porto

Nottingham Forest: Matz Sels, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Douglas Luiz, Elliot Anderson, Dan Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Igor Jesus

Porto: Diogo Costa, Francisco Moura, Jakub Kiwior, Jan Bednarek, Alberto Costa, Pablo Rosario, Alan Varela, Victor Froholdt, Borja Sainz, Samu Aghehowa, Pepê

Crystal Palace v AEK Larnaca

Crystal Palace: Dean Henderson, Marc Guéhi, Maxence Lacroix, Jaydee Canvot, Tyrick Mitchell, Jefferson Lerma, Will Hughes, Daniel Muñoz, Yéremy Pino, Ismaïla Sarr, Jean-Philippe Mateta

AEK Larnaca: Zlatan Alomerovic, Enric Saborit, Valentin Roberge, Hrvoje Milicevic, Jérémie Gnali, Gus Ledes, Pere Pons, Yerson Chacón, Marcus Rohdén, Jorge Miramón, Riad Bajic

Celtic v Sturm Graz

Celtic: Kasper Schmeichel, Kieran Tierney, Liam Scales, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Alistair Johnston, Benjamin Nygren, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Sebastian Tounekti, Kelechi Iheanacho, Arne Engels

Sturm Graz: Matteo Bignetti, Emir Karic, Dimitri Lavalée, Emanuel Aiwu, Tim Oermann, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Tomi Horvat, Tochi Chukwuani, Otar Kiteishvili, Maurice Malone, Filip Rózga

19:43 BST - A historic night for Go Ahead Eagles who beat the pre-tournament favourites. Aston Villa dominated throughout, as this momentum chart illustrates.

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19:40 BST - FULL-TIME: AEK Athens 6-0 Aberdeen

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19:40 BST - FULL-TIME: Braan 3-0 Rangers

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19:39 BST - FULL-TIME: Go Ahead Eagles 2-1 Aston Villa

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19:34 BST - GOAL! AEK Athens 6-0 Aberdeen: Oh dear. Dereck Kutesav thumps the ball past Dimitar Mitov and Aberdeen slide to the foot of the UEFA Conference League table.

19:30 BST - GOAL! AEK Athens 5-0 Aberdeen: Mijat Gacinovic plays the ball through to Luka Jovic who lashes the ball into the roof of the net.

19:26 BST - GOAL! Brann 3-0 Rangers: Vetle Dragsnes crosses into the box and Noah Holm smashes the ball past Jack Butland to score Brann's third.

19:24 BST - MISSED PENALTY! Goodness me. Emiliano Buendía has only ever taken one penalty in his career - the last being five years ago for Norwich - and he spanks his effort over high the bar. Absolutely dreadful.

Look away Villa fans...

19:22 BST - PENALTY! Aston Villa win a penalty after Matty Cash kicks the ball onto Dean James' hand in the area. It's as clear as day, but after a lengthy VAR review it's been awarded.

19:12 BST - Amid the flurry of goals involving British clubs, Fiorentina have doubled their lead over SK Rapid through former Man City star Edin Dzeko.

The 39-year-old made his senior debut in 2003 and is still banging them in!

You can follow that match by clicking here.

19:06 BST - GOAL! Go Ahead Eagles 2-1 Aston Villa: Route one! Mats Deijl collects a lovely lofted pass from Joris Kramer and lashes the ball past Emiliano Martínez.

19:03 BST - GOAL! AEK Athens 4-0 Aberdeen: Razvan Marin spectacularly thumps home from the goalline after the ball bounces kindly at his feet.

Aberdeen have conceded the most goals in the Conference League so far this season (seven).

19:00 BST - GOAL! Brann 2-0 Rangers: It's far from the start new manager Danny Röhl wanted. Jacob Lungi Sorensen heads past Jack Butland to double Brann's lead.

18:59 BST - There's a pitch inspection in the next few minutes at Rijeka to decide whether their Conference League clash against Sparta Prague can resume.

The match was paused after 14 minutes because of heavy rain.

18:50 BST - The team news has arrived for the 20:00 kick-offs featuring Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Celtic.

You can see these line-ups below:

Nottingham Forest v Porto

Nottingham Forest: Matz Sels, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Douglas Luiz, Elliot Anderson, Dan Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Igor Jesus

Porto: Diogo Costa, Francisco Moura, Jakub Kiwior, Jan Bednarek, Alberto Costa, Pablo Rosario, Alan Varela, Victor Froholdt, Borja Sainz, Samu Aghehowa, Pepê

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Crystal Palace v AEK Larnaca

Crystal Palace: Dean Henderson, Marc Guéhi, Maxence Lacroix, Jaydee Canvot, Tyrick Mitchell, Jefferson Lerma, Will Hughes, Daniel Muñoz, Yéremy Pino, Ismaïla Sarr, Jean-Philippe Mateta

AEK Larnaca: Zlatan Alomerovic, Enric Saborit, Valentin Roberge, Hrvoje Milicevic, Jérémie Gnali, Gus Ledes, Pere Pons, Yerson Chacón, Marcus Rohdén, Jorge Miramón, Riad Bajic

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Celtic v Sturm Graz

Celtic: Kasper Schmeichel, Kieran Tierney, Liam Scales, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Alistair Johnston, Benjamin Nygren, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Sebastian Tounekti, Kelechi Iheanacho, Arne Engels

Sturm Graz: Matteo Bignetti, Emir Karic, Dimitri Lavalée, Emanuel Aiwu, Tim Oermann, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Tomi Horvat, Tochi Chukwuani, Otar Kiteishvili, Maurice Malone, Filip Rózga

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18:49 BST - We're back underway between Go Ahead Eagles and Aston Villa, and moments later Rangers and Aberdeen resume.

18:34 BST - HALF-TIME! The whistle blows for the break around Europe.

Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 Aston Villa

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Brann 1-0 Rangers

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AEK 3-0 Aberdeen

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18:27 BST - GOAL! Brann 1-0 Rangers: Fantastic goal from Brann who break quickly, with the ball bundled into the back of the net by Emil Kornvig.

18:27 BST - GOAL! Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 Aston Villa: Game on! The Eagles have a free kick that finds Mathis Suray, whose shot takes a wicked deflection past Emiliano Martínez and into the net.

18:21 BST - Aston Villa are in total control against Go Ahead Eagles. They've had 12 shots at goal (compared to Eagles' three) and have enjoyed 61% possession, but they only lead by the single goal...

18:15 BST - It's raining goals in Athens while it's still literally raining in Croatia. I'm not sure when Rijeka v Sparta Prague can re-start given there's pools of water over the pitch.

18:13 BST - GOAL! AEK Athens 3-0 Aberdeen: Err.. game over? Niclas Eliasson slots the ball past Dimitar Mitov and it's all too easy. We've had 27 minutes in Athens and the home side have scored with all three of their shots on target.

18:03 BST - GOAL! AEK Athens 2-0 Aberdeen: It goes from bad to worse for Aberdeen. Aboubakary Koita scores his second of the night after just 18 minutes.

18:02 BST - Rijeka v Sparta Prague has been delayed after 14 minutes due to heavy rain in Croatia. It's absolutely lashing it down. The players have gone off, and the spectators are diving for cover.

17:57 BST - GOAL! AEK Athens 1-0 Aberdeen: AEK open the scoring against Aberdeen, and it's a superb strike from Aboubakary Koita who rifles a shot low past Dimitar Mitov.

17:49 BST - GOAL! Go Ahead Eagles 0-1 Aston Villa: Villa take the lead inside the opening five minutes! Evann Guessand is on hand to prod the ball into the net.

Guessand has scored his first goal in the Europa League this season, netting for the first time since 12th December 2024 against Union Saint-Gilloise.

17:45 BST - Away we go in the early kick-offs! You can listen to live audio commentary and follow all the stats by clicking the links below:

Go Ahead Eagles v Aston Villa

Brann v Rangers

AEK Athens v Aberdeen

17:41 BST - There are two new managers taking charge of British teams in Europe tonight with Sean Dyche leading Nottingham Forest out from 20:00, and Danny Röhl, who takes over at Rangers from Russell Martin.

Martin was unceremoniously sacked after just 40 days in charge and Röhl told TNT Sports how he wasnts to give the Ibrox faithful belief.

17:24 BST - Aston Villa fans have begun arriving at the Stadion De Adelaarshorst in Deventer, the Netherlands, which has a capacity of 10,400...

17:15 BST - Opta statisticians give Go Ahead Eagles a 9.4% chance of beating Aston Villa later, and some fans are getting prepared for a long night...

Go Ahead Eagles fans arrive prior to kick-off
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16:35 BST - The team news has dropped for Go Ahead Eagles v Aston Villa, Brann v Rangers and AEK v Aberdeen, with just over an hour to go until kick-off.

You can see how they line up below:

Aston Villa: Emiliano Martínez, Ian Maatsen, Pau Torres, Tyrone Mings, Victor Lindelof, Lamare Bogarde, Amadou Onana, Jadon Sancho, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins, Evann Guessand

Go Ahead Eagles: Jari De Busser, Dean James, Joris Kramer, Gerrit Nauber, Mats Deijl, Yassir Salah Rahmouni, Melle Meulensteen, Mathis Suray, Jakob Breum, Richonell Margaret, Milan Smit

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Rangers: Jack Butland, Jayden Meghoma, Nasser Djiga, John Souttar, James Tavernier, Nicolas Raskin, Joe Rothwell, Thelo Aasgaard, Djeidi Gassama, Youssef Chermiti, Oliver Antman

Brann: Mathias Dyngeland, Vetle Dragsnes, Eivind Helland, Fredrik Knudsen, Denzel De Roeve, Eggert Gudmundsson, Jacob Sørensen, Emil Kornvig, Noah Holm, Bård Finne, Ulrik Mathisen

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Aberdeen: Dimitar Mitov, Nicky Devlin, Mats Knoester, Jack Milne, Topi Keskinen, Graeme Shinnie, Stuart Armstrong, Alexander Jensen, Jesper Karlsson, Marko Lazetic, Adil Aouchiche

AEK: Thomas Strakosha, James Penrice, Filipe Relvas, Domagoj Vida, Lazaros Rota, Aboubakary Koïta, Petros Mantalos, Orbelín Pineda, Niclas Eliasson, Razvan Marin, Frantzdy Pierrot

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16:20 BST - We'll bring you team news ahead of the 17:45 kick-offs shortly...

16:10 BST - Sean Dyche said taking charge of Nottingham Forest for the first time on Thursday 'rounds the circle' of his career, having been an apprentice at the City Ground in the days of the club's greatest ever manager Brian Clough.

The 54-year-old became Forest's third manager this season when he was named as successor to Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked 39 days after replacing Nuno Espirito Santo.

Former Watford, Burnley and Everton manager Dyche's main focus will be arresting Forest's Premier League slide, but he starts with a Europa League tie at home to Porto tonight.

You can read more on this story here.

16:00 BST - Hello and welcome along to the live blog for the Europa League and UEFA Conference League!

And what a night we have in store with Sean Dyche taking charge of Nottingham Forest for the first time, Rangers welcome Danny Röhl as their new manager, and Aston Villa, Crystal PalaceCeltic and Aberdeen are all in action.

Kick-off various around Europe tonight, with Aston Villa, Rangers and Aberdeen the first to get underway in just over one hour's time.

Brann v Rangers - 17:45 BST

Go Ahead Eagles v Aston Villa - 17:45 BST

AEK v Aberdeen - 17:45 BST

Celtic v Sturm Graz - 20:00 BST

Nottingham Forest v Porto - 20:00 BST

Crystal Palace v AEK Larnaca - 20:00 BST

Stay with us for all the updates throughout the night.