Forest vs Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and Additional – UEFA Europa League News

Latest Standings

These early results greatly affect the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th position and returned to the secure playoff places.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the three points and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The English side made hard work of that during the closing minutes.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

The Swiss side created a chance through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and Nygren.

Match Updates

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

The Dutch forward's brace there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with Swiss fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and toward the field, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

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

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, Busanello.

Match official: Osmers (German)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

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

Official: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Historical Context

Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. 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 entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," commented the writer. Theirs has been an remarkable feat that it is unlikely to be replicated – from second tier to European football in a short period."

One should note to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

The current fixture is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the league phase with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.

Coverage will persist with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.