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

League Position

The opening scores have significant impact on the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and are back in the safety of qualification spots.

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 summit of the league phase standings. Villa had difficulty of that in the final stages.

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

The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but were left with additional time to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, Reo Hatate and Nygren.

Game Developments

Villa, meanwhile, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.

Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the officers and at the playing surface, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

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

Official: Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Referee: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Preamble

Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The these sides have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the continental championship 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing the English forward heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to continental competition in a short period."

Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club to reach the final under British coach Houghton.

This match is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The general expectation is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any hope of making a comeback for a playoff spot.

Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.