UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 12, 2026
FC Midtjylland WWWWD 1
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Nottingham Forest WLLLD 0
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1st Leg · The City Ground · 29,502 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Late Midtjylland winner sinks Nottingham Forest in UEL first leg

Nottingham Forest suffered another Europa League defeat to Midtjylland after Cho Gue-sung's late header earned the Danish side a 1-0 win at the City Ground in the last-16 first leg.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
1
42.5
Possession
57.5
6
SHOTS
22
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
282
Accurate Passes
421
375
Passes
511
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.1
61
Long Balls
41
18
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
7
5
Effective Tackles
5
13
Tackles
16
0.4
Tackle %
0.3
9
Interceptions
9
30
Effective Clearances
22
30
Clearances
22

Head to Head

MID leads series 1-0

Lineups

NFO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD
  3. 4MoratoCD-L
  4. 23Jair PaulaCD-R
  5. 16Nicolás DomínguezCM-L
  6. 8Elliot AndersonCM-R
  7. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiLM
  8. 34Ola AinaRM
  9. 19Igor JesusF
  10. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-L
  11. 21Omari HutchinsonCF-R

MID · 3-5-2

  1. 16Elias ÓlafssonG
  2. 6Martin ErlicCD
  3. 22Mads Bech SørensenCD-L
  4. 4Ousmane DiaoCD-R
  5. 19Pedro BravoCM-L
  6. 21Denil CastilloCM-R
  7. 8Philip BillingAM
  8. 55Viktor BakLM
  9. 43Kevin MbabuRM
  10. 58Aral SimsirCF-L
  11. 74Júnior BrumadoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nikola Milenkovic replaces Jair Cunha because of an injury.
  2. 33' Morato (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Valdemar Byskov replaces Denil Castillo.
  4. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams replaces Morato.
  5. 57' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Cho Gue-Sung replaces Júnior Brumado.
  6. 57' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Mikael Uhre replaces Aral Simsir.
  7. 60' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Lee Han-Beom replaces Kevin Mbabu because of an injury.
  8. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  9. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Igor Jesus.
  10. 80' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, FC Midtjylland 1. Cho Gue-Sung (FC Midtjylland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Diao with a cross.
  11. 82' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dilane Bakwa replaces Ola Aina.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.