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

Current Table

These early results greatly affect the competition standings. Celtic have moved up to 17th place and returned to the protected knockout positions.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. The English side struggled of that in the final stages.

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

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

Aston Villa, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at Villa Park.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Physical altercations occurred and items launched at both the police and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Referee: The German referee (German)

Starting Players

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, The midfielder, The attacker, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Lindhout (Netherlands)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The two clubs have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing Francis scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, unassuming and low-key amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," commented the writer. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to continental competition in three seasons."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to make the championship match under English manager Bob Houghton.

This match is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the home team tonight.

Additional games on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been beaten by a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the midpoint of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a recovery for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.