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

Current Table

The initial outcomes strongly influence the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th position and are back in the secure knockout positions.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the victory and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The Birmingham club struggled of that during the closing minutes.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but only have additional time to find an equaliser!

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Match Updates

Aston Villa, meanwhile, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at Villa Park.

Malen's second goal there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with visiting fans clashing with police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the police and toward the field, with the player being struck in the head by a plastic cup.

Starting XI Revealed

Forest: John Victor, Abbott, The center-back, The defender, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Referee: Osmers (from Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, The striker.

Official: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Historical Context

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also competing in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final decades past that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to European football in three seasons."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a far cry from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Scottish side have already been defeated by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the middle of the group stage with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a playoff spot.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.