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Nottingham Forest vs FC Midtjylland — result, stats & head-to-head, 2 Oct 2025

Nottingham Forest vs FC MidtjyllandEuropa League · Round 2 · The City Ground2–3
Matches
Nottingham Forest 2–3 Full time FC Midtjylland

Team news injuries and suspensions, as reported before kick-off

FC Midtjylland1 out
Mark UgbohSuspendedsince 21 Aug · 61 matches missed

Starting XI

Timeline

  1. 18'
    Ousmane Diao · 0–1assist: Mads Bech Sørensen 
  2. 22'
    Dan Ndoye · 1–1assist: Morgan Gibbs-White
  3. 24'
    Mads Bech Sørensen  · 1–2assist: Martin Erlić
  4. 88'
    Valdemar Byskov · 1–3assist: Darío Osorio
  5. 90+1'
    Elliot AndersonVAR check
  6. 90+3'
    Chris Wood  · 2–3Right foot shot
Show all 19 events (+13 subs & bookings)
  1. 1'
    Moratoyellow card
  2. 18'
    Ousmane Diao · 0–1assist: Mads Bech Sørensen 
  3. 22'
    Dan Ndoye · 1–1assist: Morgan Gibbs-White
  4. 24'
    Mads Bech Sørensen  · 1–2assist: Martin Erlić
  5. 28'
    Murillo ↑ Nicolò Savona ↓substitution
  6. 55'
    Kevin Mbabuyellow card
  7. 58'
    Aral Şimşir ↑ Darío Osorio ↓substitution
  8. 60'
    Mike Tullbergyellow card
  9. 66'
    Kevin Mbabu ↑ Han-beom Lee ↓substitution
  10. 67'
    Denil Castillo ↑ Pedro Bravo ↓substitution
  11. 67'
    Gue-sung Cho ↑ Valdemar Byskov ↓substitution
  12. 72'
    Igor Jesusyellow card
  13. 75'
    Igor Jesus ↑ Chris Wood  ↓substitution
  14. 76'
    Morgan Gibbs-Whiteyellow card
  15. 88'
    Valdemar Byskov · 1–3assist: Darío Osorio
  16. 88'
    Júnior Brumado ↑ Franculino ↓substitution
  17. 90+1'
    Elliot AndersonVAR check
  18. 90+3'
    Chris Wood  · 2–3Right foot shot
  19. 90+4'
    Ousmane Diaoyellow card

Nottingham Forest left · FC Midtjylland right

Periods

Nottingham Forest
1st half1
2nd half1
Extra time0
FC Midtjylland
1st half2
2nd half1
Extra time0

Match statistics

22Shots8
9Shots on target5
10Corners8
14Fouls15
19Tackles16
3Yellow cards2

Match information

Europa LeagueCompetition
2Round
Thu 2 Oct · 19:00 UTCKickoff
The City GroundVenue
30,445Capacity
29,323 (96% full)Attendance
Willy DelajodReferee
17°C · overcast cloudsWeather

Possession

Possession
61% · 39%
Duels won
54% · 46%
Pass accuracy
86% · 78%

Breakdown

Shooting
12Shots inside box6
10Shots outside box2
6Shots blocked1
4Big chances created4
2Big chances missed1
Passing
466Passes287
32Crosses19
8Accurate crosses6
37Long passes53
20Accurate long passes19
Defence
3Interceptions8
1Keeper saves7
Duels & dribbles
55Duels won46
18Dribble attempts20
9Successful dribbles8

Goalscorers

Igor Jesus 7Nottingham Forest
Martin Erlić 4FC Midtjylland

Bench

Nottingham Forest · bench

11Wood7.0↑ 75'
13FurtadoGK
15MuingaFW
16DomínguezMF
22YatesMF
24McateeMF
29BakwaFW
30BolyDF
37Savona6.6↑ 28'
44AbbottDF

FC Midtjylland · bench

1LösslGK
3Lee6.2↑ 66'
7Gluda Djú↑ 88'
11Osorio6.7↑ 58'
13GabrielDF
14ChilufyaFW
19Landazuri6.6↑ 67'
20Andreasen7.0↑ 67'
29da SilvaDF
41JohnsenFW
80SilvaMF
90Ubi EtimFW

Managers

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Previous meetings

In 2 recorded meetings, Nottingham Forest have won 1 and FC Midtjylland 1 — 0 ended level.

2026 · Europa LeagueFC Midtjylland vs Nottingham Forest 1–2 2026 · Europa LeagueNottingham Forest vs FC Midtjylland 0–1 All 2 meetings →

Recent form

Nottingham Forest LLDDL
FC Midtjylland WLWWW

Europa League

#Team PWDLGFGAGD Pts
1Olympique Lyonnais8701185+1321
2Aston Villa8701146+821
3FC Midtjylland8611188+1019
4Real Betis8521137+617
5Porto8521137+617
6Sporting Braga8521115+617
7SC Freiburg8521104+617
8Roma8512136+716
9Genk8512117+416
10Bologna8431147+715
11VfB Stuttgart8503159+615
12Ferencvárosi84311211+115
13Nottingham Forest8422157+814
14Viktoria Plzeň835083+514
15Crvena Zvezda842276+114
16Celta de Vigo84131511+413
17PAOK83321714+312
18LOSC Lille8404129+312
19Fenerbahçe8332107+312
20Panathinaikos8332119+212
21Celtic83231315-211
22Ludogorets83141215-310
23Dinamo Zagreb83141216-410
24Brann8233911-29
25Young Boys83051016-69
26Sturm Graz8215511-67
27FCSB8215916-77
28Go Ahead Eagles8215614-87
29Feyenoord82061115-46
30Basel8206913-46
31Salzburg82061015-56
32Rangers8116514-94
33Nice8107715-83
34FC Utrecht8017515-101
35Malmö FF8017415-111
36Maccabi Tel Aviv8017222-201

Form and ranking

#TeamLast 5RatingPts
13
Nottingham Forest
LLDDL
 7.04 14
3
FC Midtjylland
WLWWW
 6.86 19
Market

No market on record.

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Form
Nottingham ForestLLDDL
FC MidtjyllandWLWWW
Match stats
61Possession39
22Shots8
9On target5
10Corners8
3Yellow cards2