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

Latest Standings

These early results greatly affect the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and regained position in the protected qualification spots.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the victory and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. Villa made hard work of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but only have additional time to find an equaliser!

Celtic Secure Victory

A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

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

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with visiting fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and toward the field, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, The forward, Busanello.

Match official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Glasgow side: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Official: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Historical Context

The European clash and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final decades past that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is unlikely to be replicated – from second tier to European stage in a short period."

One should note to pause a little on Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game 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 defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. 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 Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a qualification place.

Coverage will persist with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.