Forest vs Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – UEFA Europa League Updates

Current Table

The initial outcomes have significant impact on the league rankings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and regained position in the protected qualification spots.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the victory and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to get the tying goal!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

The Birmingham side, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

Malen's double there triggered intense reactions in the visitors' section, with Young Boys supporters clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and toward the field, with the player being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, The winger, The striker.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

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

Referee: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship 46 years ago that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the celebrations," noted the journalist. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to European stage in a short period."

One should note to reflect upon Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

This match is a far cry from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the English side tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the half-way stage of the league phase with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the latest scores from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.