Forest vs Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and More – Europa League News

Current Table

The opening scores greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and returned to the safety of knockout positions.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The English side struggled of that at the end.

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

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but had just stoppage time to get the tying goal!

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, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

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

Malen's second goal there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and toward the field, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, Bolin, The forward, The striker.

Match official: Osmers (Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Horta.

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Match Background

The European clash and memories of 1979. The both teams have a special connection, also competing in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing the English forward netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.

"The legendary management duo, unassuming and low-key amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," noted the journalist. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in a short period."

One should note to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

This match is a very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been beaten by a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the league phase with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.

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