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

Latest Standings

The initial outcomes strongly influence the league rankings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and are back in the protected knockout positions.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

Villa managed to hold on for the victory and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The Birmingham club made hard work of that in the final stages.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to score the leveler!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A memorable and crucial win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

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

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with Swiss fans confronting police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Nottingham Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Harm Osmers (German)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, The striker.

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Historical Context

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final from 1979 that links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing the English forward netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from second tier to European stage in three seasons."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

The current fixture is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a qualification place.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.