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

Latest Standings

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

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the win and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The English side made hard work of that at the end.

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

The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but were left with additional time to get the tying goal!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Match Updates

Aston Villa, concurrently, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at Villa Park.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and items launched at both the officers and toward the field, with the player being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, The attacker, The winger, The striker.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Larsen, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, The forward, The striker.

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Starting Players

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

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The these sides have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship from 1979 that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the Forest supporters.

"Forest's famous bosses, unassuming and low-key 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 hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in a short period."

One should note to pause a little on Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to reach the final under manager Houghton.

This match is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since 9 November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the league phase with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.