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

Latest Standings

These early results have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to 17th place and regained position in the protected knockout positions.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the victory and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the league phase standings. The Birmingham club struggled of that during the closing minutes.

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

The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but had just stoppage time to find an equaliser!

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

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 visitors' section, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and items launched at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with the goalscorer being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Starting XI Revealed

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

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Referee: The German referee (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, The striker.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, The striker.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The these sides have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," noted the journalist. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European football in a short period."

Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to make the championship match under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a far cry from that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the home team tonight.

Additional games on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the middle of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a comeback for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the current standings from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Feyenoord v Celtic.