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

League Position

The initial outcomes have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and regained position in the protected knockout positions.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the victory and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. 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 stoppage time to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

Villa, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at Villa Park.

Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the visitors' section, with Swiss fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: The goalkeeper, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: The German referee (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Referee: Lindhout (Netherlands)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship decades past that links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing Francis netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," wrote the match reporter. This represented an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in three seasons."

Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Nordic team to reach the final under British coach Houghton.

Tonight's game is a far cry from that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The general expectation is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the half-way stage of the league phase with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the latest scores from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and Feyenoord v Celtic.