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

Current Table

The opening scores greatly affect the Europa League table. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and returned to the protected playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the victory and became tied on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that at the end.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but had just additional time to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

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

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the officers and at the playing surface, with the player being struck in the head by a drinking vessel.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: Osmers (Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, The striker.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, The striker.

Match official: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v 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 continental championship decades past that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward heading the only goal of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," commented the writer. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to continental competition in just three years."

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

Tonight's game is a distant from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since 9 November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Scottish side have already been defeated by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the midpoint of the league phase with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a playoff spot.

Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.