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

Current Table

The opening scores strongly influence the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and returned to the safety of playoff places.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

Aston Villa secured for the win and went equal on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the league phase standings. The Birmingham club made hard work of that at the end.

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

The Swiss side created a chance 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. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

The Birmingham side, concurrently, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at Villa Park.

Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the away end, with visiting fans confronting police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the officers and onto the pitch, with the player being struck in the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: John Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Referee: Osmers (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, The midfielder, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Official: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)

Historical Context

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The both teams have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final from 1979 that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the celebrations," commented the writer. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from second tier to European stage in a short period."

One should note to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Scottish side have already been beaten by a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a comeback for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.