Utrecht vs Nottingham Forest Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | League Phase

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Dutch outfit FC Utrecht have started this UEFA Europa League campaign slowly as they now welcome Nottingham Forest to the Netherlands this midweek.

Kick-off date/time: 11 December 2025 at 5:45 pm

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Key stats

• This is the first UEFA competition match between Utrecht and Nottingham Forest.
• Utrecht’s only previous UEFA matches against an English team are a pair of 0-0 draws versus Liverpool in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage.
• Utrecht are winless in their previous 15 UEFA competition group stage/league phase matches (D6 L9).
• Utrecht have lost only one of their last 17 UEFA competition matches at home (W7 D9).
• Nottingham Forest have triumphed in three of their four UEFA competition clashes with Dutch opposition (L1). Their most recent meetings came against PSV in the second round of the 1983/84 UEFA Cup, where they secured a 2-1 victory in Eindhoven before completing the double with a 1-0 win in Nottingham.
• Nottingham Forest have lost only three of their last 12 UEFA competition matches (W5 D4).
• Nottingham Forest have not conceded a goal in their last three UEFA Europa League matches.

Utrecht vs Nottingham Forest prediction

FC Utrecht come into this one on the back of a 1-1 draw with FC Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie at the weekend. They overperformed domestically last season but have regressed to towards mid-table this time around. They have collected just one point from their five UEFA Europa League league phase matches.

They now face a Nottingham Forest side that, with third manager of the campaign Sean Dyche at the helm, have been much-improved following the appointment of the former Burnley and Everton boss. However, Forest did most recently suffer a surprise 3-0 hammering at the hands of the aforementioned Everton at the weekend.

Forest may well rotate for this one with a jam-packed festive schedule coming up but they should still come out on top against an average Utrecht side.

Utrecht vs Nottingham Forest tip: Nottingham Forest to win to nil