UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, October 2, 2025
FC Midtjylland WLWWW 3
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Nottingham Forest LLDDL 2
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MID213
NFO112
The City Ground · 29,323 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Midtjylland hand Nottingham Forest first Europa League loss

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.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
1
38.6
Possession
61.4
8
SHOTS
22
5
ON GOAL
9
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
223
Accurate Passes
402
287
Passes
466
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
8
19
Crosses
32
0.3
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
37
19
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
6
5
Effective Tackles
15
16
Tackles
19
0.3
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
3
37
Effective Clearances
18
37
Clearances
18

Lineups

NFO · 3-4-3

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 4MoratoCD
  3. 5MurilloCD-L
  4. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  5. 6Ibrahim SangaréCM-L
  6. 8Elliot AndersonCM-R
  7. 3Neco WilliamsLM
  8. 14Dan NdoyeRM
  9. 19Igor JesusF
  10. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiCF-L
  11. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-R

MID · 3-4-3

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

Timeline

  1. 1' Morato (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 28' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolò Savona replaces Murillo because of an injury.
  6. 55' Kevin Mbabu (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Darío Osorio replaces Aral Simsir.
  8. 66' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Lee Han-Beom replaces Kevin Mbabu.
  9. 67' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Pedro Bravo replaces Denil Castillo.
  10. 67' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Valdemar Byskov replaces Cho Gue-Sung.
  11. 72' Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Igor Jesus.
  13. 76' Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Franculino Djú replaces Júnior Brumado.
  15. 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 with a through ball following a fast break.
  16. 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.
  17. 90'+4' Ousmane Diao (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card.

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.