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

Latest Standings

These early results greatly affect the competition standings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and regained position in the safety of qualification spots.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. Villa struggled of that at the end.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

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

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 the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.

Game Developments

The Birmingham side, concurrently, retained 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. Physical altercations occurred 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

The Reds: Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Larsen, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, The striker.

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, The striker.

Referee: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Historical Context

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's most recent continental tour in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final decades past that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in three seasons."

It's also interesting to reflect upon Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to reach the final under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are at the foot of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a playoff spot.

Coverage will persist with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.