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

Latest Standings

These early results greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and are back in the protected qualification spots.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. The Birmingham club made hard work of that at the end.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but were left with four more minutes to get the tying goal!

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.

Game Developments

Aston Villa, concurrently, held onto 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 away end, with Swiss fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the officers and at the playing surface, with the player being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, The midfielder, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: Osmers (German)

Starting Players

The Glasgow side: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship from 1979 that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," noted the journalist. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European football in a short period."

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

The current fixture is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. Rangers have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the half-way stage of the group stage with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a playoff spot.

Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.