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

League Position

These early results strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and returned to the protected qualification spots.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. Villa had difficulty of that at the end.

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

Young Boys gave themselves a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

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

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the authorities and toward the field, with the player being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Match official: Osmers (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, The striker.

Referee: Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

The European clash and historical connections. The these sides have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final decades past that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," wrote the match reporter. This represented an extraordinary accomplishment that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to European stage in a short period."

One should note to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the league phase with precisely zero points. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.