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

League Position

The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th place and are back in the protected playoff places.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the top of the league phase standings. The English side made hard work of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but only have additional time to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

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

Latest Action

Villa, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

Malen's double there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Swiss fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the police and toward the field, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a plastic cup.

Starting XI Revealed

Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, The defender, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: The German referee (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

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

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

Referee: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Historical Context

Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The these sides have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final decades past that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," commented the writer. This represented an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in three seasons."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the middle of the group stage with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any hope of making a comeback for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the latest scores from the concluded fixtures, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.