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

Latest Standings

The opening scores greatly affect the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and are back in the protected qualification spots.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the win and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the competition table. The English side made hard work of that at the end.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to score the leveler!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and Nygren.

Latest Action

Aston Villa, concurrently, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at Villa Park.

Malen's double there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Swiss fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the officers and toward the field, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a plastic cup.

Starting XI Revealed

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

Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, The striker.

Match official: Harm Osmers (German)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Ricardo Horta.

Referee: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Preamble

Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward heading the only goal of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," commented the writer. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in a short period."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Nordic team to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

This match is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the middle of the group stage with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.