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

Current Table

The opening scores strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic climbed to 17th position and returned to the safety of playoff places.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the win and went equal on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. The English side struggled of that during the closing minutes.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

The Swiss side created a chance through Monteiro but had just additional time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

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

Malen's double there sparked furious scenes in the visitors' section, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and onto the pitch, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a plastic cup.

Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö

The Reds: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, The attacker, The winger, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, The striker.

Match official: Osmers (from Germany)

Starting Players

Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, The defender, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, The striker.

Match official: Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The these sides have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final decades past that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the celebrations," commented the writer. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to European football in three seasons."

It's also interesting to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a far cry from that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a recovery for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.