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

Latest Standings

The initial outcomes strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and regained position in the secure playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. The Birmingham club made hard work of that during the closing minutes.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

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

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and Nygren.

Latest Action

Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at the stadium.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with visiting fans engaging with police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the officers and toward the field, with the goalscorer being caught on the head by a plastic cup.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, Morato, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

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

Official: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

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

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Match official: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also competing in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European stage in a short period."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the initial and final Nordic team to make the championship match under English manager Bob Houghton.

The current fixture is a distant from that peak, 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 Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the middle of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.