Nottingham Forest vs FC Midtjylland match stats & report

2–3 Full time

UEFA Europa League · League Stage - 2 · City Ground, Nottingham · Ref Willy Delajod, France

Nottingham Forest stats & fixtures · FC Midtjylland stats & fixtures

Nottingham Forest lost to FC Midtjylland 2–3 in the UEFA Europa League (League Stage - 2) on 2 October 2025. Expected goals finished 2.05–2.10. Nottingham Forest had 61% of the ball.

Nottingham Forest vs FC Midtjylland match statistics

Nottingham ForestFC Midtjylland

61% Ball possession 39%
2.05 Expected goals (xG) 2.10
22 Total shots 8
9 Shots on target 5
7 Shots off target 2
6 Blocked shots 1
12 Shots inside the box 6
10 Corners 8
14 Fouls 15
3 Offsides 2
3 Yellow cards 2
466 Passes 287
86% Pass accuracy 78%
1 Goalkeeper saves 7

Goals and cards

1' Yellow card Morato Nottingham Forest
18' Goal O. Diao (assist M. B. Sorensen) FC Midtjylland
22' Goal D. Ndoye (assist M. Gibbs-White) Nottingham Forest
24' Goal M. B. Sorensen (assist M. Erlic) FC Midtjylland
55' Yellow card K. Mbabu FC Midtjylland
72' Yellow card Igor Jesus Nottingham Forest
76' Yellow card M. Gibbs-White Nottingham Forest
88' Goal V. Byskov (assist D. Osorio) FC Midtjylland
90' Penalty scored C. Wood Nottingham Forest
90+4' Yellow card O. Diao FC Midtjylland

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nottingham Forest

Confirmed 3-4-3 Angelos Postecoglou

26 M. Sels

5 Murillo 4 Morato 31 N. Milenkovic

3 N. Williams 6 I. Sangare 8 E. Anderson 14 D. Ndoye

7 C. Hudson-Odoi 19 Igor Jesus 10 M. Gibbs-White

Bench John , C. Wood , A. Kalimuendo , N. Domínguez , R. Yates , J. McAtee , D. Bakwa , Willy Boly , N. Savona , Z. Abbott

FC Midtjylland

Confirmed 3-4-3 Mike Tullberg

16 E. Olafsson

22 M. B. Sorensen 6 M. Erlic 4 O. Diao

55 V. Bak 8 Philip Billing 21 Denil Castillo 43 K. Mbabu

58 Aral Şimşir 10 Gue-sung Cho 74 Junior Brumado

Bench Jonas Lössl , Lee Han-Beom , Franculino Djú , D. Osorio , A. Gabriel , E. Chilufya , Pedro Bravo , V. Byskov , Paulinho , M. Gogorza , Dani Silva , Friday Etim

Form guide

Nottingham Forest at home

5–3–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.9 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

FC Midtjylland away

5–4–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.1 per game
Conceded: 0.8 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 5.5 per game
Shots on target: 4.9 per game

10% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.