Nottingham Forest vs Midtjylland Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | League Phase
by Alex Lawes ·
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For the first time in close to 30 years, European football is returning to the City Ground as Nottingham Forest welcome Danish Superliga outfit Midtjylland this midweek.
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How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Key stats
- This is the first UEFA competition match between these teams and Nottingham Forest’s first against a Danish club.
- Nottingham Forest have lost only three of their last 21 UEFA competition matches at home (W14 D4). *They did lose against Bayern in their most recent such fixture (L 1-5 UEFA Cup quarter-final second leg, 19/03/1996).
- Nottingham Forest have kept nine clean sheets in their last ten UEFA competition matches at home. *They did concede five goals against Bayern in their most recent such fixture (L 1-5 UEFA Cup quarter-final second leg, 19/03/1996).
- Midtjylland have lost only two of their last six UEFA matches against English teams (W2 D2).
- Midtjylland have won their last six UEFA competition matches – their longest sequence of successive wins in UEFA competition history.
- Midtjylland have not conceded a goal in their last four UEFA competition matches.
- Midtjylland have scored in 24 of their last 26 UEFA competition matches.
Nottingham Forest vs Midtjylland prediction
Nottingham Forest began their UEFA Europa League campaign with a reasonable performance as they shared an entertaining 2-2 draw with Real Betis at La Cartuja in Seville. Forest have struggled for results at the start of the Ange Postecoglou era, but this is a brilliant chance to get a European victory.
Midtjylland managed to stumble their way through qualification for the UEFA Europa League with some unconvincing performances. They managed to begin their UEFA Europa League campaign with an impressive and comfortable 2-0 defeat of Austrian Bundesliga champions Sturm Graz.
Midtjylland were underwhelming in qualification and they will be major underdogs for this one, and so siding with Nottingham Forest is the way to go for this one.
Nottingham Forest vs Midtjylland tip: Nottingham Forest to win
