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

Current Table

These early results greatly affect the Europa League table. The Glasgow side rose to the 17th spot and regained position in the secure qualification spots.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

Aston Villa secured for the three points and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. Villa struggled of that in the final stages.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys gave themselves a hope through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to get the tying goal!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.

Match Updates

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

Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with visiting fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the police and toward the field, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Starting XI Revealed

Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Official: The German referee (Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, The striker.

Referee: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a special connection, also competing in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player Francis heading the only goal of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the Forest supporters.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the celebrations," noted the journalist. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to European football in three seasons."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Nordic team to advance to the ultimate game under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The smart money is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. The Scottish side have already been beaten by a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the league phase with no points whatsoever. 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 the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including the Birmingham match and Feyenoord v Celtic.