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

Current Table

The opening scores greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th place and regained position in the protected knockout positions.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the victory and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. Villa had difficulty of that in the final stages.

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

Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to get the tying goal!

Celtic Secure Victory

A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

Aston Villa, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with Swiss fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with Malen himself being struck in the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: John Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Referee: Harm Osmers (from Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Official: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Historical Context

The European clash and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a special connection, also competing in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Francis heading the only goal of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory 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 calmly observing the revelry," noted the journalist. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European football in just three years."

One should note to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to reach the final under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a far cry from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Scottish side have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.