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

League Position

The opening scores greatly affect the league rankings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and regained position in the secure knockout positions.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the win and went equal on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. Villa had difficulty of that at the end.

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

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

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Game Developments

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

Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with visiting fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the officers and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a plastic cup.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

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

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, The full-back, The midfielder, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Horta.

Official: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Match Background

The European clash and past encounters. The both teams have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship decades past that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to European stage in a short period."

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

Tonight's game is a distant from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Scottish side have already been beaten by a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the league phase with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a comeback for a playoff spot.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.