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

Latest Standings

The opening scores strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and are back in the protected playoff places.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the win and went equal on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the league phase standings. The English side had difficulty of that at the end.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

The Birmingham side, at the same time, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and toward the field, with Malen himself being struck in the head by a plastic cup.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: The German referee (from Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, The defender, The center-back, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, The defender, The full-back, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Official: Allard Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Match Background

The European clash and past encounters. 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 46 years ago that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status 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 quietly watching the mafficking," commented the writer. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to continental competition in a short period."

Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under English manager Bob Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the initial phase with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any hope of making a comeback for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.