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

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The opening scores have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and regained position in the safety of qualification spots.

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the three points and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.

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

Young Boys earned a lifeline through Monteiro but had just additional time to get the tying goal!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A memorable and crucial win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.

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Villa, at the same time, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.

The Dutch forward's brace there caused dramatic events in the away end, with visiting fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and toward the field, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

The Reds: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, The defender, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, Busanello.

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, The striker.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Ricardo Horta.

Official: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

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 mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final decades past that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player Francis heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to European stage in just three years."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

This match is a far cry from that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been beaten by a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the current standings from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.