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

League Position

These early results have significant impact on the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th position and returned to the protected qualification spots.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the victory and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. Villa struggled of that in the final stages.

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

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but only have additional time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

The Birmingham side, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at Villa Park.

Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with visiting fans clashing with police. Punches were thrown and objects thrown at both the police and onto the pitch, with the player being caught on the head by a plastic cup.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: Osmers (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, The defender, The center-back, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and historical connections. 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 premier competition final from 1979 that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the Forest supporters.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from second tier to European football in a short period."

It's also interesting to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

This match is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are absolutely buzzing after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The smart money is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the midpoint of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the concluded fixtures, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.