§ Europa League · 2025-26 · Round of 16

FC Midtjylland 1–2 Nottingham Forest

  • Erlić 69'
  • Domínguez 40'
  • Yates 52'

19 March 2026

The match in data

A 2–1 win for Nottingham Forest against FC Midtjylland on 19 March 2026, in the 2025-26 Europa League (Round of 16).

Player of the match: Nikola Milenković (Nottingham Forest), rated 69, thanks above all to 9 duels won and 5 final-third passes. Milenković produced 1.7 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For FC Midtjylland, the highest-rated player was Martin Erlić, with 64.

69
Player of the match

Nikola Milenković

Nottingham Forest · 61'

Produced 1.66× and cost 0.50× their position's average

Added
  • 9 duels won 2.9×
  • 5 final-third passes 1.3×
  • 2 interceptions 2.7×
Took away
  • 6 misplaced passes 1.3×
  • 2 duels lost 0.8×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

FC Midtjylland
PlayerPositionMinRating
Martin Erlić Defender 120 64
Elías Ólafsson Goalkeeper 120 54
Mads Bech Sørensen Defender 120 54
Han-beom Lee Defender 74 50
Júnior Brumado Forward 56 46
Aral Şimşir Midfielder 74 44
Gue-sung Cho Forward 64 43
Adam Gabriel Defender 29 43
Denil Castillo Midfielder 120 38
Ousmane Diao Defender 91 37
Valdemar Byskov Midfielder 46 36
Pedro Bravo Midfielder 120 34
Victor Bak Defender 120 34
Darío Osorio Midfielder 103 31
Philip Billing Midfielder 46 29
Edward Chilufya Forward 17 no rating
Nottingham Forest
PlayerPositionMinRating
Nikola Milenković ★ Defender 61 69
James McAtee Midfielder 75 58
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder 59 58
Zach Abbott Defender 120 57
Omari Hutchinson Midfielder 61 57
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder 91 55
Dilane Bakwa Forward 75 54
Ola Aina Defender 45 47
Lorenzo Lucca Forward 120 45
Morato Defender 120 43
Elliot Anderson Midfielder 45 40
Stefan Ortega Goalkeeper 120 39
Ryan Yates Midfielder 120 36
Murillo Defender 59 30
Dan Ndoye Forward 61 29
Ibrahim Sangaré Midfielder 29 27
Neco Williams Defender 59 20

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Nottingham Forest player won the most aerial duels?

Nicolás Domínguez, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Morato 4, Lorenzo Lucca 3.

Nicolás Domínguez led Nottingham Forest in the air with 5 aerial duels won in the 1–2 win. That topped Morato's 4 and Lorenzo Lucca's 3.

Which FC Midtjylland player won the most duels?

Denil Castillo, with 15 duels won. Next: Martin Erlić 7, Darío Osorio 7.

Denil Castillo won 15 duels for FC Midtjylland, more than double Martin Erlić and Darío Osorio with 7 each. Despite that physical presence, the match ended in a 1–2 defeat.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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FC Midtjylland 1–2 Nottingham Forest, Europa League 2025-26. Player of the match: Nikola Milenković, 69
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.