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

League Position

These early results have significant impact on the league rankings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and returned to the safety of knockout positions.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. The English side made hard work of that at the end.

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

Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to score the leveler!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A famous and valuable win for the Glasgow side. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Game Developments

Aston Villa, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the police and toward the field, with Malen himself being struck in the head by a plastic cup.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

The Reds: Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: The German referee (German)

Starting Players

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, The striker.

Match official: Lindhout (Netherlands)

Historical Context

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and historical connections. The two clubs have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the premier competition final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European stage in just three years."

It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to make the championship match 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 1995-96. Forest are riding high after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the latest scores from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.