Home / Football / Europa League News Midtjylland vs Nottingham Forest: Confirmed teams and full lineups in Europa League Midtjylland vs Forest team news in the Europa League Written by Mitch Fretton Last Update: March 19, 2026 04:48:57 pm GMT 3 min read Midtjylland and Nottingham Forest have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at the MCH Arena in the second leg of the 2025/26 Europa League round of 16. Guesung Chos 80th-minute winner separated the sides at the City Ground, where the Danish side won for the second time this season.The winners of the tie will meet Porto or Stuttgart in the quarter-finals in April. Those sides meet again at the Estadio do Dragao later on Thursday (20:00 GMT), with the hosts protecting a 2-1 first-leg lead.101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Midtjylland vs Forest in the Europa League, as well as details on how to watch.Table of Contents1 Midtjylland confirmed starting team vs Forest2 Nottingham Forest full line up vs Midtjylland3 Where to watch Midtjylland vs Forest: TV channel, live online streams4 Midtjylland vs Nottingham Forest statsMidtjylland confirmed starting team vs ForestLeft-back Paulinho (illness), midfielder Alamari Djabi and forwards Ola Brynhildsen and Franculino (both knee) are injured.Midtjylland starting XI: Olafsson; Erlic, Bech, Diao; Bak, Byskov, Bravo; Billing; Castillo, Osorio, BrumadoMidtjylland substitutes: Lossl, Ugboh, Lee, Gabriel, Ze, Cho, Gogorza, Chilufya, Uhre, Emefile, SimsirNottingham Forest full line up vs MidtjyllandForest boss Vitor Pereira clearly outlined his priorities by making nine changes from the side that drew with Fulham on Sunday. Only Nikola Milenkovic and Nicolas Dominguez retain their places with the likes of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White being held back for the crunch trip to Tottenham at the weekend.Goalkeeper John Victor, defenders Willy Boly and Nicolo Savona and striker Chris Wood are out with knee injuries.Centre-back Jair Cunha has a foot issue and left-back Luca Netz is ineligible.Nottingham Forest starting XI: Ortega; Morato, Milenkovic, Abbott; Dominguez, Yates, McAtee, Bakwa; Hutchinson, Ndoye, LuccaForest substitutes: Sels, Willows, Williams, Murillo, Sangare, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Jesus, Aina, Whitehall, Sinclair, HanksWhere to watch Midtjylland vs Forest: TV channel, live online streamsKick-off on Thursday is at 17:45 GMT (12:45 ET / 09:45 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on TNT Sports 2. Streaming is on the Discovery Plus app.TNT Sports costs �30.99 a month, including Eurosport and entertainment and available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles. From March 26, TNT Sports streaming will switch from Discovery Plus to HBO Max.Midtjylland vs Nottingham Forest statsMidtjylland have won five of their 10 previous matches against English teams (L3 D2)The European last-16 debutants have won one and lost twooftheir three previous two-legged ties against English clubsOnly one of their European matches this season has ended in defeat (W12 D2), including six straight home wins featuring five clean sheetsSevenoftheir last 10 two-legged European ties have been successful, winning twoofthe three in which they have prevailed in the first leg away by a onegoal marginBraga (6) are the only team to have kept more clean sheets than Midtjylland (5) in the 2025/26 Europa LeagueForest have won 17 of their 22 previous two-legged European tiesTheir record in their last eight European away matches is W3 D3 L2, but they are on a run of one win in 10 games in all competitions (D4 L5)Only Stuttgart (20) can better Forest and Midtjyllands tallies of 19 goals each in this seasons Europa LeagueThis is Forests first European campaign since they competed in this competition in 1995/96, losing 7-2 on aggregate to Bayern Munich in the last eightIn their only previous twolegged European tie in which they lost the first leg at home by a onegoal margin, Forest knocked out Berliner FC Dynamo in the 1979/80 European Cup quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory in the away leg Topics: Europa League FC Midtjylland Morgan Gibbs-White Nottingham Forest F.C. Vitor Pereira Follow us: Mitch Fretton Mitch is a freelance sports journalist with experience working for LiveScore, GOAL and Colchester United. He has experience working from both his desk at home and in the press box at games covering the Champions League and international football. Read more from Mitch Fretton
