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

Current Table

The opening scores have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and are back in the safety of qualification spots.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the win and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The English side had difficulty of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to get the tying goal!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

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

Game Developments

The Birmingham side, meanwhile, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at Villa Park.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with visiting fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with the player being hit on the head by a plastic cup.

Starting XI Revealed

The Reds: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, The defender, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Referee: The German referee (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, The striker.

The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, Navarro, Horta.

Official: Allard Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a unique relationship, also competing in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the continental championship decades past that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to European stage in just three years."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

This match is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The smart money is on the English side tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a playoff spot.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.