Midtjylland meet Nottingham Forest in the second leg of their Round of 16 tie in 2025-26 UEFA Europa League.
With 1-0 aggregate lead from the first leg, Midtjylland simply need to avoid defeat to advance to the Quarter-Finals.
Forest meanwhile must win by a two-goal margin to secure their place in the last eight.
Team News
Dario Osorio is set to return for Midtjylland after he was suspended for the first leg of this tie due to an accumulation of yellow cards in the League Phase.
Franculino (knee) and Mikel Gogorza (unspecified) remain absent.
Forest have no fresh injury concerns to report following their goalless Premier League draw at home to Fulham.
Stefan Ortega (calf),is set to return but Jair Cunha (foot), Willy Boly, Nicolo Savona, John Victor and Chris Wood (all knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Midtjylland host Forest at MCH Arena on Thursday 19 March at 6:45pm CET (5:45pm UK Time), live on TNT Sports 2 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Midtjylland have won each of their two previous meetings against Nottingham Forest (W2), having won 3-2 in the League Phase then 1-0 in the first leg of this tie.
- Forest are making their first competitive visit to Midtjylland in all UEFA competitions.
- Midtjylland have kept clean sheets in five of their seven home matches in this season’s competitions (W6, D1).
- Igor Jesus has scored in two of Forest’s last three away games in the Europa League (W2, L1).
Prediction
Having won both of their two meetings against Forest and holding a slender lead coming into this leg after a tightly-fought first leg, Midtjylland just need to keep their focus because this tie is theirs to lose if they switch off and act like the tie is done given Forest’s domestic woes.
Forest though realistically must decide between European glory and Premier League survival now, of which Vitor Pereira seemed to be leaning towards the latter with a must-win trip to Tottenham on Sunday 22 March so I do expect changes here as the top-flight survival takes priority financially.
I though do think that Forest will at least try and make a decent fight of this leg but this sadly should be where their European adventure concludes, especially given Midtjylland’s defensive record at home.
Prediction: Midtjylland 2-1 Forest
Result: Midtjylland 1-2 Forest (Tie level 2-2 on aggregate, Forest win 3-0 on penalties)