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

Latest Standings

The initial outcomes greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th position and are back in the protected playoff places.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the three points and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but were left with four more minutes to score the leveler!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

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

Match Updates

The Birmingham side, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium.

Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with Swiss fans clashing with police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with the player being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Starting XI Revealed

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

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

Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, The midfielder, The midfielder, Gassama, The forward, The striker.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, The defender, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, Navarro, The striker.

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Preamble

The European clash and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a historical link, also competing in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final decades past that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis heading the only goal of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the celebrations," wrote the match reporter. This represented an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in a short period."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to make the championship match under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. Rangers have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the initial phase with precisely zero points. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a qualification place.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.