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

Latest Standings

These early results strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and regained position in the secure knockout positions.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the victory and went equal on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. Villa struggled of that during the closing minutes.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but had just additional time to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, 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 opposition stands, with visiting fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and onto the pitch, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a plastic cup.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Larsen, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Official: The German referee (Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Moutinho, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, Horta.

Referee: Allard Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and past encounters. The two clubs have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the Forest supporters.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, unassuming and low-key amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the revelry," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European stage in a short period."

One should note to pause a little on Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Scandinavian side to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a comeback for a qualification place.

Coverage will persist with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.