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

League Position

These early results have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to 17th place and are back in the secure playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the victory and went equal on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. Villa struggled of that at the end.

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

The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but had just additional time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

Aston Villa, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the away end, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and items launched at both the police and toward the field, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: Victor, The defender, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: The German referee (Germany)

Starting Players

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, The forward, The striker.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, Navarro, The striker.

Referee: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final from 1979 that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, unassuming and low-key amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. This represented an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European stage in a short period."

It's also interesting to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the half-way stage of the initial phase with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.