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

Latest Standings

These early results have significant impact on the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and returned to the safety of playoff places.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The English side struggled of that during the closing minutes.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

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

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

Aston Villa, at the same time, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Physical altercations occurred and items launched at both the officers and onto the pitch, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

The Reds: The goalkeeper, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Official: The German referee (German)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, The midfielder, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, Navarro, Horta.

Official: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship decades past that links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing the English forward netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to continental competition in three seasons."

One should note to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to make the championship match under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the middle of the league phase with exactly zero. They urgently require 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 current standings from the earlier matches, including the Birmingham match and Feyenoord v Celtic.