UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 19, 2026
Nottingham Forest LLDLD 2
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FC Midtjylland WWDWL 1
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2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - NFO advance 3-0 on penalties · MCH Arena · 10,554 att. · CBSSN

Match Report

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Nottingham Forest beat Midtjylland on penalties, reach Europa League quarters

Nottingham Forest beat FC Midtjylland 3-0 on penalties to reach the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
22
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
7
48.4
Possession
51.6
20
SHOTS
12
8
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
351
Accurate Passes
371
468
Passes
496
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
4
23
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
74
Long Balls
86
22
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
11
24
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
10
38
Effective Clearances
39
38
Clearances
39

Head to Head

MID leads series 2-0

Lineups

MID · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Elias ÓlafssonG
  2. 22Mads Bech SørensenCD-L
  3. 6Martin ErlicCD-R
  4. 55Viktor BakLB
  5. 4Ousmane DiaoRB
  6. 20Valdemar ByskovAM
  7. 19Pedro BravoLM
  8. 8Philip BillingRM
  9. 74Júnior BrumadoF
  10. 11Darío OsorioAM-L
  11. 21Denil CastilloAM-R

NFO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 27Stefan OrtegaG
  2. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD
  3. 4MoratoCD-L
  4. 44Zach AbbottCD-R
  5. 16Nicolás DomínguezCM-L
  6. 22Ryan YatesCM-R
  7. 29Dilane BakwaLM
  8. 14Dan NdoyeRM
  9. 20Lorenzo LuccaF
  10. 24James McAteeCF-L
  11. 21Omari HutchinsonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! FC Midtjylland 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nikola Milenkovic with a headed pass following a corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Lee Han-Beom replaces Valdemar Byskov.
  3. 45' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Aral Simsir replaces Philip Billing.
  4. 51' Júnior Brumado (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Goal! FC Midtjylland 0, Nottingham Forest 2. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by James McAtee.
  6. 56' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Cho Gue-Sung replaces Júnior Brumado.
  7. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams replaces Dan Ndoye.
  8. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces Omari Hutchinson.
  9. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Murillo replaces Nikola Milenkovic.
  10. 69' Goal! FC Midtjylland 1, Nottingham Forest 2. Martin Erlic (FC Midtjylland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  11. 71' Darío Osorio (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Elliot Anderson replaces James McAtee.
  13. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ola Aina replaces Dilane Bakwa because of an injury.
  14. 88' Pedro Bravo (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Adam Gabriel replaces Ousmane Diao.
  16. 90' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  17. 90'
  18. 94' Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 102' Martin Erlic (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 103' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Edward Chilufya replaces Darío Osorio.
  21. 105'+2' First Half Extra Time ends, FC Midtjylland 1, Nottingham Forest 2.
  22. 105' Second Half Extra Time begins FC Midtjylland 1, Nottingham Forest 2.
  23. 114' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  24. 120'+2'
  25. 120'
  26. 120'

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.