UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, December 11, 2025
Nottingham Forest WWLWL 2
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FC Utrecht WDLDD 1
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Stadion Galgenwaard · 22,865 att. · CBSSN

Match Report

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Igor Jesus' late goal helps Nottingham Forest beat Utrecht

Igor Jesus' late goal sealed Nottingham Forest a 2-1 win in Utrecht and boosted their hopes of a top-eight finish in the Europa League group phase.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
8
56.6
Possession
43.4
19
SHOTS
10
11
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
421
Accurate Passes
304
488
Passes
361
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
38
21
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
9
7
Tackles
20
0.0
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
9
26
Effective Clearances
33
26
Clearances
33

Lineups

UTR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Vasilios BarkasG
  2. 44Mike EerdhuijzenCD-L
  3. 40Matisse DiddenCD-R
  4. 16Souffian El KarouaniLB
  5. 2Siebe HoremansRB
  6. 27Alonzo EngwandaCM
  7. 21Gjivai ZechiëlLM
  8. 20Dani de WitRM
  9. 91Sébastien HallerF
  10. 10Yoann CathlineLF
  11. 22Miguel RodríguezRF

NFO · 4-3-3

  1. 13John VictorG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 4MoratoCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 44Zach AbbottRB
  6. 12Douglas LuizCM
  7. 16Nicolás DomínguezLM
  8. 24James McAteeRM
  9. 15Arnaud KalimuendoF
  10. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiLF
  11. 14Dan NdoyeRF

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces James McAtee.
  2. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Elliot Anderson replaces Douglas Luiz.
  3. 47' Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 52' Goal! FC Utrecht 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Arnaud Kalimuendo (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner.
  5. 63' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Mike van der Hoorn replaces Matisse Didden because of an injury.
  6. 65' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nikola Milenkovic replaces Murillo.
  8. 73' Goal! FC Utrecht 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani with a cross following a set piece situation.
  9. 78' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  10. 80' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Adrian Blake replaces Yoann Cathline.
  11. 80' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Nick Viergever replaces Mike Eerdhuijzen.
  12. 87' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo.
  13. 88' Goal! FC Utrecht 1, Nottingham Forest 2. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  14. 89' Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  15. 90' Gjivai Zechiël (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Miliano Jonathans replaces Miguel Rodríguez.

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.