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

Latest Standings

The opening scores have significant impact on the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th place and are back in the protected knockout positions.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

Villa managed to hold on for the victory and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The English side made hard work of that during the closing minutes.

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

Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but were left with four more minutes to score the leveler!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A memorable and crucial win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

The Birmingham side, concurrently, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium.

Malen's second goal there sparked furious scenes in the visitors' section, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: John Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Official: Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, The midfielder, The attacker, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

The European clash and historical connections. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing Francis netting the decisive goal of a largely forgettable match to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European football in just three years."

It's also interesting to reflect upon Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to reach the final under British coach Houghton.

The current fixture is a far cry from that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the group stage with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.