Midtjylland vs Nottingham Forest Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | Round of 16
by Alex Lawes ·
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Midtjylland have been excellent in the UEFA Europa League this season as they now welcome a struggling Nottingham Forest side to Denmark this midweek.
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Key stats
- ·Midtjylland have beaten Nottingham Forest twice in this season’s UEFA Europa League, winning 1-0 in the first leg and 3-2 in Nottingham on Matchday 2.
- Midtjylland have lost only three of their ten previous UEFA matches against English teams (W5 D2).
- Midtjylland have won one and lost two of their three previous UEFA two-legged ties against English teams.
- Midtjylland are in the last 16 of a UEFA competition for the first time in their history.
- Midtjylland have lost only one of their 15 previous UEFA matches this season (W12 D2).
- Midtjylland have won their last six UEFA home matches, keeping five clean sheets in that run.
- Midtjylland have kept eight clean sheets in their last 12 UEFA matches.
- Midtjylland have won seven of their last ten UEFA two-legged ties.
- Midtjylland have won two of their three previous UEFA two‑legged ties after winning the first leg away by a one‑goal margin.
- Nottingham Forest have won 17 of their 22 previous UEFA two-legged ties.
- Nottingham Forest have lost only two of their last eight UEFA away matches (W3 D3).
- Nottingham Forest have won only one of their last ten matches in all competitions (D4 L5).
- Nottingham Forest are playing their first UEFA campaign since the 1995/96 UEFA Cup, when they reached the quarter‑finals but were eliminated 7-2 on aggregate by Bayern Munich.
- Nottingham Forest won their only previous UEFA two‑legged tie in which they lost the first leg at home by a one‑goal margin, overturning a 1-0 defeat against Berliner FC Dynamo in the 1979/80 European Cup quarter‑finals with a 3-1 victory in the away leg.
Midtjylland vs Nottingham Forest prediction
In the first-leg of this UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie, Midtjylland managed to pinch a 1-0 victory at the City Ground, courtesy of an 80th minute winner scored by South Korea international striker Cho Gue-sung.
Midtjylland finished third in the UEFA Europa League league phase table, just behind Olympique Lyonnais and Aston Villa. Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, needed to beat Fenerbahce in the knockout playoff round and, under the management of their fourth permanent boss of the campaign Vitor Pereira, they are now winless in six matches since winning the first-leg of that tie in Istanbul.
Nottingham Forest are in a really tricky spot domestically and have a huge game against Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend so siding with Midtjylland to complete a two-legged win seems a good bet.
Midtjylland vs Nottingham Forest tip: Midtjylland to win
