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

League Position

The opening scores strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and returned to the safety of playoff places.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the win and went equal on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. Villa had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.

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

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

Aston Villa, at the same time, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.

Malen's second goal there sparked furious scenes in the opposition stands, with Swiss fans engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with the player being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, The defender, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Harm Osmers (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

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

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Historical Context

Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final decades past that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from Second Division to European stage in just three years."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Nordic team to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

This match is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.