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

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The opening scores greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th place and returned to the secure knockout positions.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the win and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the competition table. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that in the final stages.

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

The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but only have additional time to find an equaliser!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A significant and important win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

Aston Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.

Malen's double there triggered intense reactions in the visitors' section, with Swiss fans engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the officers and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Referee: Harm Osmers (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Glasgow side: The goalkeeper, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Referee: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)

Historical Context

The European clash and memories of 1979. The these sides have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the premier competition final decades past that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the celebrations," commented the writer. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in three seasons."

It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. The Scottish side have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the half-way stage of the league phase with precisely zero points. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a comeback for a knockout position.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.