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

Latest Standings

The opening scores strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and regained position in the safety of qualification spots.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the three points and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the league phase standings. Villa made hard work of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

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

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

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

Malen's second goal there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

The Reds: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, The defender, Jansson, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.

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

Official: Lindhout (Netherlands)

Preamble

Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The both teams have a special connection, also competing in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.

"The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in a short period."

It's also interesting to reflect upon Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to reach the final under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that peak, 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 the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the middle of the group stage with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.