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

Current Table

The opening scores have significant impact on the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and are back in the secure knockout positions.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the victory and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. 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 lifeline through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

Aston Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with visiting fans engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Starting XI Revealed

Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, The defender, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Referee: The German referee (Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

Rangers: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Official: Allard Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The both teams have a unique relationship, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final from 1979 that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing Francis scoring the winner of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the celebrations," commented the writer. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in just three years."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

This match is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive 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 group stage with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.