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

League Position

These early results have significant impact on the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and regained position in the safety of playoff places.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the three points and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. Villa struggled of that in the final stages.

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

The Swiss side created a chance through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to find an equaliser!

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

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

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Scuffles broke out and items launched at both the police and toward the field, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a plastic cup.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, The defender, Rosler, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: The German referee (Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

Rangers: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Horta.

Referee: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also competing in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship decades past that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing Francis scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the revelry," commented the writer. Theirs has been an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in three seasons."

It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

The current fixture is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the midpoint of the initial phase with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a playoff spot.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.