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

League Position

These early results strongly influence the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to the 17th spot and are back in the protected qualification spots.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that in the final stages.

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

Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but only have additional time to get the tying goal!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

The Birmingham side, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the officers and at the playing surface, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

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

Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, The defender, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Horta.

Match official: Lindhout (Netherlands)

Historical Context

The European clash and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final from 1979 that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the Forest supporters.

"Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," noted the journalist. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in a short period."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to make the championship match under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November 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 Scottish side have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the midpoint of the league phase with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a playoff spot.

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