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

Latest Standings

The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th position and are back in the safety of playoff places.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the victory and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to get the tying goal!

Celtic Secure Victory

A famous and valuable win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.

Latest Action

Aston Villa, concurrently, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium.

The Dutch forward's brace there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with visiting fans engaging with police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the officers and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: John Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, The defender, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, The forward, The striker.

Match official: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Historical Context

Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The both teams have a unique relationship, also competing in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final from 1979 that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Francis scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European football in just three years."

One should note to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under English manager Bob Houghton.

The current fixture is a very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since last month following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the group stage with precisely zero points. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the current standings from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.