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

Current Table

The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and returned to the safety of playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. The Birmingham club struggled of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.

Game Developments

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

Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the visitors' section, with visiting fans clashing with police. Punches were thrown and objects thrown at both the police and toward the field, with the player being hit on the head by a plastic cup.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Referee: Harm Osmers (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Match official: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and past encounters. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also meeting in Forest's most recent continental tour in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, unassuming and low-key amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," commented the writer. This represented an remarkable feat that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from Second Division to continental competition in just three years."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to make the championship match under manager Houghton.

This match is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the midpoint of the group stage with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.