Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are competing in the Europa League knockout phase, with matches scheduled for the final 16 teams. The tournament concludes on May 20 in Turkiye.
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Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are on the hunt for long-sought silverware as the Europa League is down to its final 16 teams.
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Vitor Pereira's Forest face a do-or-die second leg with his old pals Porto at the City Ground in West Bridgord, while Villa bring a 3-1 lead back from Italy into their second leg with Bologna.
It's all part of a journey that will conclude May 20 in Turkiye for two teams seeking the UEFA Cup.
Thursday, April 9
Braga 1-1 Real Betis
Freiburg 3-0 Celta Vigo
Porto 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Bologna 1-3 Aston Villa
Thursday, April 16
Celta Vigo v Freiburg — 12:45pm ET
Real Betis v Braga — 3pm ET
Nottingham Forest v Porto — 3pm ET
Aston Villa v Bologna — 3pm ET
Nottingham Forest or Porto — vs — Aston Villa or Bologna
Braga or Real Betis — vs — Freiburg or Celta Vigo
TBD
First legs — February 19
Ludogorets Razgrad 2-1 Ferencvaros
Panathinaikos 2-2 Viktoria Plzen
Dinamo Zagreb 1-3 Genk
PAOK 1-2 Celta Vigo
Celtic 1-4 Stuttgart
Fenerbahce 0-3 Nottingham Forest
SK Brann 0-1 Bologna
Lille 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Second legs February 26
Ferencvaros 2-0 (3-2 agg) Ludogorets Razgrad
Viktoria Plzen 1-1 aet (3-3 agg, 3-4 pens) Panathinaikos
Genk 3-3 aet (6-4 agg) Dinamo Zagreb
Celta Vigo 1-0 (3-1 agg) PAOK
0-1 (4-2 agg) Celtic
1-2 (4-2 agg) Fenerbahce
1-0 (2-0 agg) SK Brann
Red Star Belgrade 0-2 (1-2 agg)
Key fixtures include Nottingham Forest facing Porto and Aston Villa playing Bologna.
The knockout phase concludes on May 20 in Turkiye.
Nottingham Forest is in a do-or-die second leg against Porto, while Aston Villa has a 3-1 lead against Bologna.
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First legs will be March 12, and second legs March 19
Thursday, March 12
Ferencvaros 2-0 Braga
Panathinaikos 1-0 Real Betis
Genk 1-0 Freiburg
Celta Vigo 1-1 Lyon
Stuttgart 1-2 Porto
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Midtjylland
Bologna 1-1 AS Roma
Lille 0-1 Aston Villa
Thursday, March 19
Braga 4-0 (4-2 agg) Ferencvaros
Real Betis 4-0 (4-1 agg) Panathinaikos
Freiburg 5-1 (5-2 agg) Genk
Lyon 0-2 (1-3 agg) Celta Vigo
Porto 2-0 (4-1 agg) Stuttgart
Midtjylland 1-2 aet (2-2 agg, 0-3 pens) Nottingham Forest
AS Roma 3-4 aet (4-5 agg) Bologna
Aston Villa 2-0 (3-0 agg) Lille