Nottingham Forest vs Midtjylland Predictions & Betting Tips - High-Scoring UEL Clash Likely
Nottingham Forest face Midtjylland in their first-ever clash on October 2, 2025, in the Europa League. Forest have been poor defensively and are winless under their new manager, while Danish side Midtjylland are in excellent form with four consecutive wins. Given Forest's struggle to keep clean sheets and Midtjylland's scoring power, experts predict both teams to score (BTTS) and over 2.5 goals in the match. The action points are to consider BTTS and over 2.5 goals as strong betting options.
- Forest have failed to keep a clean sheet this season
- Midtjylland are a dangerous attacking side
- Goals are expected in this Europa League clash
Nottingham Forest vs Midtjylland Preview
Nottingham Forest concede loads of goals and are poor in defence. Midtjylland know how to score goals and BTTS and over 2.5 goals are expected in this Europa League encounter.
- Nottingham Forest vs Midtjylland Preview
- Stats
- HTH
- Nottingham Forest Form
- Midtjylland Form
- Predicted Starting Lineups & Team News
Stats
- Nottingham Forest have seen BTTS in 3 of their last 4 games.
- Nottingham Forest have seen over 2.5 goals in 2 of their last 3 home matches.
- Midtjylland have seen over 2.5 goals in 2 of their last 3 away games.
HTH
This will be the first-ever meeting between Nottingham Forest and Midtjylland.
Nottingham Forest Form
Nottingham Forest have been out of form this season, with just one win from eight matches. The Reds sacked Nuno Espirito Santo in September and replaced him with Ange Postecoglou.
Forest are winless under Postecoglou, losing three, drawing two and conceding 10 goals. The Reds also drew 2-2 at Real Betis in the Europa League during this run.
The Midlands side followed the Betis draw with a 1-0 home defeat against Sunderland. Forest had 22 shots, 1.68 XG and conceded the winner after 38 minutes.
Midtjylland Form
Midtjylland is a tough-to-beat side and has remained undefeated in 19 of their last 20 matches.
The Danish side are on a four-match winning run that started with a 3-0 cup win at Aalborg. Mike Tullberg’s team then beat Viborg 2-0 and Sturm Graz 2-0 in the Europa League.
The Wolves extended their winning streak with a 2-1 home win against Randers. Midtjylland conceded first before Gue-Sung Cho and an own goal completed the comeback.
Predicted Starting Lineups & Team News
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Mats Sels; Nico Williams, Nikola Milenkovic, Morato, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Ibrahim Sangare, Elliot Anderson, Dilane Bakwa, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jesus
Midfielder Douglas Luiz and defender Murillo are doubtful due to injury. Full back Ola Aina is unavailable with a hamstring issue.
Midtjylland (3-5-2): Elias Olafsson; Ousmane Diao, Martin Erlic, Mads Sorensen; Kevin Mbabu, Denil Castillo, Phillip Billing, Aral Simsir, Paulinho; Franculino, Junior Brumado
Winger Mikel Gogorza has a hamstring injury and won’t feature.
Verdict
Nottingham Forest are struggling defensively this season and Midtjylland score goals. BTTS and over 2.5 goals are solid picks in the Europa League on Thursday.
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