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

Latest Standings

The opening scores have significant impact on the league rankings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and returned to the safety of qualification spots.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the victory and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. Villa struggled of that in the final stages.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys gave themselves a hope through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to get the tying goal!

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Hatate and Nygren.

Game Developments

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 double there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with visiting fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and objects thrown at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, The forward, Busanello.

Match official: Osmers (from Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, The midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, The full-back, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Official: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The both teams have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final from 1979 that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing Francis heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the celebrations," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from Second Division to continental competition in a short period."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

This match is a very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are at the foot of the competition table at the middle of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a comeback for a qualification place.

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.