🔗 Share this article Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – Europa League Coverage Match Coverage Major Moments Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys GOAL!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1) Full-time: Feyenoord defeated 1-3 by Celtic Starting XI: Forest and Malmö lineups Team news: Rangers and Braga lineups Opening notes Latest Standings The initial outcomes have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and are back in the safety of qualification spots. Position Team Played GD Points 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51 Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys Villa managed to hold on for the win and went equal on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the competition table. Villa had difficulty of that during the closing minutes. Late Goal: Monteiro Scores The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but only have additional time to find an equaliser! Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker. Match Updates Aston Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at their home ground. Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the away end, with visiting fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being caught on the head by a drinking vessel. Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo. Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker. Official: Harm Osmers (from Germany) Starting Players The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti. Braga: The goalkeeper, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, Horta. Match official: Lindhout (Holland) Historical Context Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship from 1979 that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Francis netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the the English club. "The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to European football in three seasons." Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to reach the final under British coach Houghton. The current fixture is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are riding high after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight. Additional games on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the middle of the initial phase with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a qualification place. Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.
Latest Standings The initial outcomes have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and are back in the safety of qualification spots. Position Team Played GD Points 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51
Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys Villa managed to hold on for the win and went equal on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the competition table. Villa had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but only have additional time to find an equaliser!
Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.
Match Updates Aston Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at their home ground. Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the away end, with visiting fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.
Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo. Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker. Official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)
Starting Players The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti. Braga: The goalkeeper, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, Horta. Match official: Lindhout (Holland)
Historical Context Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship from 1979 that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Francis netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the the English club. "The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to European football in three seasons." Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to reach the final under British coach Houghton. The current fixture is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are riding high after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight. Additional games on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the middle of the initial phase with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a qualification place. Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.