Nottingham Forest vs FC Midtjylland · Europa League
Nottingham Forest
0-1-1
2 – 3
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FC Midtjylland
2-0-0
The City Ground · Nottingham · England
One goal separated them as FC Midtjylland beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 at The City Ground (crowd 29,323); Midtjylland have now won 4 straight. The first goal went to Ousmane Diao at the 18-minute mark and the equaliser came from Dan Ndoye after 22 minutes; Mads Bech Sørensen scored the winner just two minutes after that and it went to 1-3 when Valdemar Byskov scored late on, at 88 minutes. Chris Wood reduced the gap for Nottm Forest just two minutes after that with a penalty. Yellow cards: five. Nottm Forest had 61% of the ball and 22 shots to 8, yet did not win. Nottm Forest hit the target 9 times from 22 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Europa League UEFA
- Campaign
- 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, League Phase
- Ground
- The City Ground · Nottingham · England
- Crowd
- 29,323
- Referee
- Willy Delajod
- Nottm Forest form
- WLLLD
- Midtjylland form
- WDWLD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottm Forest | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Midtjylland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Side by side
14Fouls15
3Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
3Offsides2
10Corner Kicks8
1Saves7
61.4%Possession38.6%
22Shots8
9On Goal5
40%On Target %60%
1Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
402Accurate Passes223
466Passes287
90%Pass Completion %80%
8Accurate Crosses6
32Crosses19
30%Cross %30%
37Long Balls53
20Accurate Long Balls19
50%Long Balls %40%
6Blocked Shots1
15Effective Tackles5
19Tackles16
80%Tackle %30%
3Interceptions8
18Effective Clearances37
18Clearances37
Timeline
Full time · 2-3
90'+4'
🟨Ousmane Diao
⚽Chris WoodPenalty
90'+3'2 - 3
88'1 - 3
⚽Valdemar ByskovAssist: Darío Osorio
88'
🔁Franculino Djúreplacing Júnior Brumado
🟨Morgan Gibbs-White
76'
🔁Chris Woodreplacing Igor Jesus
75'
🟨Igor Jesus
72'
67'
🔁Valdemar Byskovreplacing Cho Gue-Sung
67'
🔁Pedro Bravoreplacing Denil Castillo
66'
🔁Lee Han-Beomreplacing Kevin Mbabu
58'
🔁Darío Osorioreplacing Aral Simsir
55'
🟨Kevin Mbabu
Half-time · 1-2
🔁Nicolò Savonareplacing Murillo
28'
24'1 - 2
⚽Mads Bech Sørensen
⚽Dan NdoyeAssist: Morgan Gibbs-White
22'1 - 1
18'0 - 1
⚽Ousmane DiaoAssist: Mads Bech Sørensen
🟨Morato
1'
Kick-off
Teams
Nottingham Forest3-4-3
7Hudson-Odoi
10🟨Gibbs-White
19🟨↓Jesus
3Williams
6Sangaré
14⚽Ndoye
8Anderson
5↓Murillo
4🟨Morato
31Milenkovic
26Sels
Bench
- 30Willy Boly
- 44Zach Abbott
- 22Ryan Yates
- 13John Victor
- 16Nicolás Domínguez
- 11Chris Woodon for Igor Jesus, 75' ⚽
- 24James McAtee
- 29Dilane Bakwa
- 15Arnaud Kalimuendo
- 37Nicolò Savonaon for Murillo, 28'
FC Midtjylland3-4-3
58↓Simsir
74↓Brumado
10↓Gue-Sung
55Bak
8Billing
43🟨↓Mbabu
21↓Castillo
22⚽Bech Sørensen
6Erlic
4⚽🟨Diao
16Ólafsson
Bench
- 1Jonas Lössl
- 41Mikel Gogorza
- 19Pedro Bravoon for Denil Castillo, 67'
- 14Edward Chilufya
- 20Valdemar Byskovon for Cho Gue-Sung, 67' ⚽
- 90Friday Etim
- 13Adam Gabriel
- 80Daniel Silva
- 3Lee Han-Beomon for Kevin Mbabu, 66'
- 7Franculino Djúon for Júnior Brumado, 88'
- 11Darío Osorioon for Aral Simsir, 58'
- 29Paulo Victor
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 3 |  AFC Bournemouth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| 4 |  Ferencvaros | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| 5 |  Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 |  Union St.-Gilloise | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +7 | 7 |
| 7 |  Juventus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 7 |
| 8 |  Besiktas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 9 |  Sunderland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| 10 |  AZ Alkmaar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Omonia Nicosia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 12 |  Lyon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 |  Stade Rennais | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 14 |  Real Sociedad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
| 15 |  Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 |  Sparta Prague | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| 17 |  Levski Sofia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 |  Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 |  SK Sturm Graz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 |  NEC Nijmegen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 21 |  RB Salzburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 |  Anderlecht | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 23 |  TSG Hoffenheim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 |  AC Milan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 25 |  Celta Vigo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 26 |  OFI Crete | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 27 |  Jagiellonia Bialystok | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 28 |  Torreense | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 29 |  NK Celje | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 30 |  Hapoel Be'er | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 31 |  Lillestrom | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
| 32 |  Lech Poznan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -8 | 1 |
| 33 |  Viktoria Plzen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 34 |  Marseille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 35 |  Celtic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 36 |  Ararat-Armenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
Meetings
Form
Last games: Nottm Forest
L3-0L3-2D1-1D2-2L1-0
Last games: Midtjylland
W3-1L1-0W2-0W2-0W2-1
