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

League Position

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

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the three points and became tied on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. The English side struggled of that during the closing minutes.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but were left with additional time to get the tying goal!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

The Birmingham side, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the away end, with Young Boys supporters clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the police and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

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

Malmö: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Osmers (Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and historical connections. The two clubs have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in a short period."

One should note to reflect upon Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Nordic team to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the middle of the initial phase with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a recovery for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.