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

Current Table

The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th place and are back in the protected playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the victory and went equal on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. The English side had difficulty of that at the end.

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

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to score the leveler!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

Aston Villa, meanwhile, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the police and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a plastic cup.

Starting XI Revealed

Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Glasgow side: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, The midfielder, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Official: Lindhout (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 previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status 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 mafficking," commented the writer. This represented an remarkable feat that it is unlikely to be replicated – from second tier to continental competition in just three years."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Additional games on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the midpoint of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a comeback for a playoff spot.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.