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

League Position

The initial outcomes strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and returned to the protected playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the win and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. The Birmingham club struggled of that at the end.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys gave themselves a hope through Monteiro but were left with four more minutes to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and Nygren.

Match Updates

The Birmingham side, concurrently, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at the stadium.

Malen's double there triggered intense reactions in the visitors' section, with Young Boys supporters clashing with police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with the player being caught on the head by a plastic cup.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Nottingham Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Harm Osmers (German)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, The midfielder, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, The striker.

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The both teams have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's most recent continental tour in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the premier competition final from 1979 that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis scoring the winner of a largely forgettable match to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European stage in just three years."

Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Nordic team to advance to the ultimate game under English manager Bob Houghton.

The current fixture is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a playoff spot.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.