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

Latest Standings

These early results greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th place and are back in the safety of knockout positions.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. The English side had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys gave themselves a lifeline through Monteiro but only have additional time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Celtic. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and Nygren.

Latest Action

The Birmingham side, at the same time, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium.

Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with visiting fans clashing with police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the authorities and toward the field, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, The defender, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, The forward, Busanello.

Referee: Osmers (from Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Historical Context

Forest vs Malmö and past encounters. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also competing in Forest's most recent continental tour in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to European football in three seasons."

It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the initial and final Nordic team to reach the final under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a far cry from that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since 9 November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the initial phase with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a comeback for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.