Nottm Forest vs Midtjylland 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, League Phase

Nottingham Forest

22': Dan Ndoye
90'+3': Chris Wood (P)

FT
2 - 3

FC Midtjylland

18': Ousmane Diao
24': Mads Bech Sørensen
88': Valdemar Byskov

Midtjylland hand Nottingham Forest second Europa League loss

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Nottingham Forest suffered defeat in their first European game at the City Ground in almost 30 years as the home fans turned on new boss Ange Postecoglou during a 3-2 Europa League loss to Midtjylland.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
1': Morato (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
18': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, FC Midtjylland 1. Ousmane Diao (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mads Bech following a set piece situation.
22': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, FC Midtjylland 1. Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White with a cross.
24': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, FC Midtjylland 2. Mads Bech (FC Midtjylland) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
28': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolò Savona replaces Murillo because of an injury.
45'+4': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, FC Midtjylland 2.
45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 1, FC Midtjylland 2.
55': Kevin Mbabu (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Darío Osorio replaces Aral Simsir.
66': Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Lee Han-Beom replaces Kevin Mbabu.
67': Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Pedro Bravo replaces Denil Castillo.
67': Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Valdemar Byskov replaces Cho Gue-Sung.
72': Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Igor Jesus.
76': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Franculino Djú replaces Júnior Brumado.
88': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, FC Midtjylland 3. Valdemar Byskov (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darío Osorio following a fast break.
90'+3': Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, FC Midtjylland 3. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
90'+4': Ousmane Diao (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England

UEFA Europa League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD
+3	Panathinaikos	1	3
+2	Dinamo Zagreb	1	3
+2	FC Midtjylland	1	3
+1	Ludogorets Razgrad	1	3

Full Table

Statistics

MID		NFO
15	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
8	Corner Kicks	10
7	Saves	1
38.4	Possession	61.6
8	SHOTS	22
5	ON GOAL	9
0.6	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
225	Accurate Passes	407
287	Passes	469
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
6	Accurate Crosses	8
19	Crosses	32
0.3	Cross %	0.3
54	Long Balls	41
20	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	6
8	Effective Tackles	16
17	Tackles	20
0.5	Tackle %	0.8
9	Interceptions	3
35	Effective Clearances	18
35	Clearances	18

Line-Ups

Nottingham Forest (3-4-3)

No.	Name
26	Matz Sels (GK)
4	Morato
5	Murillo
31	Nikola Milenkovic
6	Ibrahim Sangaré
8	Elliot Anderson
3	Neco Williams
14	Dan Ndoye
19	Igor Jesus
7	Callum Hudson-Odoi
10	Morgan Gibbs-White

Substitutes:

Willy Boly, Zach Abbott, Ryan Yates, John, Nicolás Domínguez, Chris Wood, James McAtee, Dilane Bakwa, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Nicolò Savona.

FC Midtjylland (3-4-3)

No.	Name
16	Elias Ólafsson (GK)
6	Martin Erlic
22	Mads Bech Sørensen
4	Ousmane Diao
8	Philip Billing
21	Denil Castillo
55	Viktor Bak
43	Kevin Mbabu
10	Cho Gue-Sung
58	Aral Simsir
74	Júnior Brumado

Substitutes:

Jonas Lössl, Mikel Gogorza, Pedro Bravo, Edward Chilufya, Valdemar Byskov, Friday Etim, Adam Gabriel, Daniel Silva, Han-Beom Lee, Franculino Djú, Darío Osorio, Paulo Victor.