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

Latest Standings

These early results greatly affect the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th position and regained position in the protected knockout positions.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. Villa made hard work of that at the end.

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

Young Boys gave themselves a hope through Monteiro but were left with additional time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang, Hatate and Nygren.

Match Updates

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

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with visiting fans clashing with police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

The Reds: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, The defender, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: Osmers (German)

Starting Players

The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, The striker.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, The defender, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, Horta.

Match official: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Historical Context

The European clash and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a special connection, also competing in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed 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 difficult to imagine happening again – from second tier to European stage in just three years."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under British coach Houghton.

This match is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been beaten by a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the midpoint of the group stage with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a recovery for a playoff spot.

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 Feyenoord v Celtic.