Forest vs Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – Europa League Updates

Latest Standings

The initial outcomes greatly affect the league rankings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and returned to the safety of qualification spots.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the victory and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The Birmingham club made hard work of that at the end.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to get the tying goal!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

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

Latest Action

Aston Villa, at the same time, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being struck in the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The these sides have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final decades past that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European stage in just three years."

Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

The current fixture is a very different to that summit, 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 have been inactive since early November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the group stage with precisely zero points. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a qualification place.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the concluded fixtures, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.