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

Latest Standings

These early results have significant impact on the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and are back in the protected knockout positions.

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the three points and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. Villa made hard work of that in the final stages.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

The Swiss side created a chance through Monteiro but only have additional time to get the tying goal!

Celtic Secure Victory

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

The Birmingham side, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with visiting fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and items launched at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, The attacker, The winger, The striker.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Match official: Harm Osmers (German)

Starting Players

Rangers: Butland, The defender, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, Horta.

Referee: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Preamble

The European clash and historical connections. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the premier competition final 46 years ago that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from Second Division to European stage in a short period."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to advance to the ultimate game under British coach Houghton.

This match is a far cry from that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are riding high after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since last month following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Additional games on offer in this clockwatch. The Scottish side have already been beaten by a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a qualification place.

Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.