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

League Position

These early results have significant impact on the league rankings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and are back in the secure qualification spots.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the victory and went equal on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that in the final stages.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but were left with four more minutes to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Match Updates

The Birmingham side, meanwhile, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at Villa Park.

The Dutch forward's brace there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with visiting fans confronting police. Physical altercations occurred and items launched at both the officers and toward the field, with the goalscorer being struck in the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Nottingham Forest: John Victor, The defender, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, The forward, Busanello.

Referee: Harm Osmers (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, The midfielder, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Referee: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship decades past that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a largely forgettable match to clinch eternal glory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in three seasons."

Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club 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 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the midpoint of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a recovery for a qualification place.

Coverage will persist with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.