Nottingham Forest 2-3 FC Midtjylland: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 2 October 2025

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-3 FC Midtjylland

Europa League · Thursday 2 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Nottingham Forest · FC Midtjylland · Europa League predictions

Nottingham Forest 2-3 FC Midtjylland: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by FC Midtjylland 2-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 2 October 2025. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Ousmane Diao opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Dan Ndoye (22') and Chris Wood (90+3', penalty). FC Midtjylland scored through Ousmane Diao (18'), Mads Bech Sørensen (24') and Valdemar Byskov (88').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; FC Midtjylland received 3 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 3-4-3 and FC Midtjylland in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Anderson of Nottingham Forest (8.6), ahead of Mads Bech Sørensen (8.0).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · MoratoNottingham Forest
  • 18'Goal · Ousmane DiaoFC Midtjylland · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Dan NdoyeNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 24'Goal · Mads Bech SørensenFC Midtjylland · 1-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Kevin MbabuFC Midtjylland
  • 60'Yellow card · Mike TullbergFC Midtjylland
  • 72'Yellow card · Igor JesusNottingham Forest
  • 76'Yellow card · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest
  • 88'Goal · Valdemar ByskovFC Midtjylland · 1-3
  • 90+3'Penalty goal · Chris WoodNottingham Forest · 2-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ousmane DiaoFC Midtjylland

Team news

Unavailable

  • Omari HutchinsonNottingham Forest · suspension (No Eligibility)
  • Jair CunhaNottingham Forest · suspension (No Eligibility)
  • Angus GunnNottingham Forest · suspension (No Eligibility)
  • Ovie EjeheriFC Midtjylland · suspension (No Eligibility)
  • Ola AinaNottingham Forest · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Taiwo AwoniyiNottingham Forest · suspension (No Eligibility)

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-3)

Matz Sels, Nikola Milenković, Morato, Murillo, Dan Ndoye, Elliot Anderson, Ibrahim Sangaré, Neco Williams, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus, Callum Hudson-Odoi

FC Midtjylland line-up (3-4-3)

Elías Ólafsson, Ousmane Diao, Martin Erlić, Mads Bech Sørensen, Kevin Mbabu, Denil Castillo, Philip Billing, Victor Bak, Júnior Brumado, Gue-sung Cho, Aral Şimşir