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

League Position

The opening scores have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and regained position in the secure knockout positions.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the win and went equal on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. Villa made hard work of that in the final stages.

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

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but had just additional time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A memorable and crucial win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

Villa, meanwhile, 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 away end, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Punches were thrown and objects thrown at both the officers and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being struck in the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

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

Malmö: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, The midfielder, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Referee: Harm Osmers (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Glasgow side: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Match Background

The European clash and historical connections. The two clubs have a historical link, also competing in Forest's most recent continental tour in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the continental championship 46 years ago that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing the English forward netting the decisive goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. This represented an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from second tier to continental competition in three seasons."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to make the championship match under English manager Bob Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are riding high after thrashing Liverpool at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Additional games on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are at the foot of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the initial phase with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.