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

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These early results have significant impact on the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and returned to the secure playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the top of the league phase standings. The English side made hard work of that in the final stages.

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

Young Boys gave themselves a lifeline through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to find an equaliser!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

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

Match Updates

Aston Villa, concurrently, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at Villa Park.

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

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Match official: Harm Osmers (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, Martinez, The forward, Horta.

Official: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a special connection, also competing in Forest's most recent continental tour in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final decades past that links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing Francis scoring the winner of a largely forgettable match to clinch eternal glory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Forest's famous bosses, unassuming and low-key amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European stage in just three years."

One should note to pause a little on Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to make the championship match under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that peak, 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 last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the middle of the group stage with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a recovery for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.