The great series of victories of Red Star football players in the Europa League continued in 2026.
The Serbian champion recorded its fourth victory, the fourth with a score of 1:0, defeating Malmo in Sweden and securing at least a place in the play-offs of the second-strongest European competition.
Although, even the round of 16 is not an impossible mission for the team that was recently taken over by Dejan Stanković from Vladan Milojević.
The "Red and Whites" were a much better rival, they should have celebrated more convincingly, and it is remembered that the three points were brought to them by young Vasilije Kostov in the 16th minute, scoring on a pass from Marko Arnautović.
Before Malmo, Red Star won against Lille, Sturm and FCSB with minimal results, lost to Porto and Braga and drew with Celtic. In the last round of the league (January 29th), Celta will arrive in Belgrade.
In Malmo, which has a point in seven rounds, Montenegrin international Sead Hakšabanović played from the 62nd minute, while Andrej Đurić remained on the bench.
Aston Villa secured a place in the round of 16 after triumphing in Istanbul against Fenerbahçe - it was 1:0, the only goal was scored by Jadon Sancho in the 25th minute.
Lyon remains the leader in the table after defeating Young Boys 1-0 in Bern.
Results
Malmo - Red Star Belgrade 0:1
Fenerbahce - Aston Villa 0:1
Young Boys - Lyon 0:1
Bolonja - Seltik 2:2
Bran - Midtjylland 3:3
Feyenoord - Sturm 3:0
Freiburg - Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:0
PAOK - Betis 2:0
Viktoria Plzen - Porto 1:1
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