Malmö vs Nottingham Forest, Rangers vs Braga, and Additional – UEFA Europa League News

League Position

These early results strongly influence the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th position and are back in the secure playoff places.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and went equal on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that in the final stages.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to get the tying goal!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A famous and valuable win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Game Developments

Aston Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at Villa Park.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the away end, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the police and onto the pitch, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

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

Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The these sides have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's most recent continental tour in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the continental championship decades past that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to European stage in just three years."

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

This match is a distant from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since last month following the end of the Swedish league season. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a European rival this season. Rangers are at the foot of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.