Forest vs Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and Additional – UEFA Europa League Updates

League Position

The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th position and returned to the protected qualification spots.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the win and went equal on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The English side made hard work of that during the closing minutes.

GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Game Developments

The Birmingham side, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at the stadium.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with visiting fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and items launched at both the police and toward the field, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

The Reds: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, Johnsen, The midfielder, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

Rangers: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, The striker.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, unassuming and low-key amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," commented the writer. Their achievement was an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to continental competition in a short period."

Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under English manager Bob Houghton.

The current fixture is a far cry from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the middle of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a qualification place.

Coverage will persist with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.