That’s me done for the night. Thanks for reading, and for your emails. Congratulations to Forest and Celtic and commiserations to Rangers, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace! Cheers!
This is what all those results do to the Europa League standings after 3/8 matches played in the league phase. Only three teams – Midtjylland, Braga and Lyon – retain a 100% record. Rangers are rock bottom, dead last of the 36 teams.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midtjylland | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Braga | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Lyon | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Plzen | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Ferencvaros | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Brann | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Celta Vigo | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Lille | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Young Boys | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Fenerbahce | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | FC Porto | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Real Betis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Nottm Forest | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | Bologna | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Genk | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | PAOK | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 21 | Celtic | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 22 | Panathinaikos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Roma | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 24 | Basel | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 25 | Feyenoord | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 26 | Ludogorets | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 27 | Sturm Graz | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 28 | FCSB | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 29 | Stuttgart | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 30 | Red Star Belgrade | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 31 | Malmo FF | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 32 | Maccabi Tel-Aviv | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 33 | Nice | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 34 | Red Bull Salzburg | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 35 | Utrecht | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 36 | Rangers | 3 | -5 | 0 |
