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

Current Table

These early results greatly affect the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and returned to the safety of playoff places.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the win and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the league phase standings. The English side made hard work of that at the end.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Hatate and Nygren.

Latest Action

Villa, concurrently, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at Villa Park.

The Dutch forward's brace there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

The Reds: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, Morato, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

The Swedish side: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, The striker.

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Starting Players

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, The defender, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, The forward, Ricardo Horta.

Referee: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final decades past that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, 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 tier to continental competition in just three years."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

The current fixture is a far cry 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 Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the half-way stage of the group stage with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a playoff spot.

Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.