Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and Additional – Europa League News

Current Table

These early results strongly influence the Europa League table. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and are back in the protected qualification spots.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the victory and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the competition table. Villa had difficulty of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, 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 Swiss fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the police and onto the pitch, with the player being caught on the head by a plastic cup.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

The Swedish side: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: Osmers (from Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, The striker.

The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, Navarro, Horta.

Referee: Lindhout (Netherlands)

Match Background

The European clash and historical connections. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final decades past that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Francis netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, unassuming and low-key amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," commented the writer. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from Second Division to European football in three seasons."

One should note to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Nordic team to advance to the ultimate game under English manager Bob Houghton.

The current fixture is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are riding high after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since last month following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the league phase with precisely zero points. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.