Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – Europa League Updates

Current Table

The initial outcomes greatly affect the league rankings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and regained position in the safety of qualification spots.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the win and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. Villa made hard work of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys gave themselves a lifeline through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A famous and valuable win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Game Developments

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

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and items launched at both the authorities and toward the field, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Starting XI Revealed

Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Official: The German referee (German)

Starting Players

Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, The striker.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a rather dull championship game 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. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European football in three seasons."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are riding high after thrashing Liverpool at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the home team tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.