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

Latest Standings

These early results greatly affect the competition standings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and are back in the safety of qualification spots.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the win and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. The English side made hard work of that during the closing minutes.

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

Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to find an equaliser!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Match Updates

The Birmingham side, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at their home ground.

Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with visiting fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the authorities and toward the field, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: The goalkeeper, Larsen, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Match official: The German referee (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, The defender, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Official: Lindhout (Netherlands)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship from 1979 that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing Trevor 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 festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European football in a short period."

One should note to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Scandinavian side 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 the mid-nineties. Forest are riding high after thrashing Liverpool at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been beaten by a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the league rankings at the middle of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.

Coverage will persist with all the late games and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.