Forest vs Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and More – UEFA Europa League Coverage

Current Table

The opening scores greatly affect the league rankings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and are back in the protected playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and became tied on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. The English side made hard work of that during the closing minutes.

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

Young Boys gave themselves a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to find an equaliser!

Celtic Secure Victory

A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang, Reo Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

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

Malen's double there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with Swiss fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with the player being struck in the head by a plastic cup.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, Bolin, The forward, Busanello.

Official: Osmers (Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, The striker.

Official: Lindhout (Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and past encounters. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also competing in Forest's most recent continental tour in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the continental championship 46 years ago that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," noted the journalist. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European stage in a short period."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to make the championship match under English manager Bob Houghton.

This match is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are absolutely buzzing after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since 9 November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Scottish side 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 group stage with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a playoff spot.

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