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

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The opening scores have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and returned to the safety of playoff places.

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the top of the league phase standings. The Birmingham club made hard work of that during the closing minutes.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

The Swiss side created a chance through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and the Swedish striker.

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The Birmingham side, concurrently, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at the stadium.

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with Swiss fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and objects thrown at both the authorities and toward the field, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, The midfielder, Sangare, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: The German referee (Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, The striker.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, Horta.

Official: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Preamble

The European clash and historical connections. The two clubs have a special connection, also competing in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship from 1979 that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a largely forgettable match to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in just three years."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to make the championship match under English manager Bob Houghton.

The current fixture is a far cry from that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight.

Additional games on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been defeated by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the half-way stage of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.