Nottingham Forest and FC Midtjylland have already faced in the UEFA Europa League this season, with the Danish side beating Ange Postecoglou’s Forest side 3-2 at the City Ground in October.
FC Midtjylland have won four of their nine matches against English sides in all European competitions (D2 L3), with all four wins coming against different clubs (Man City, Southampton, Man Utd, Nottingham Forest).
Nottingham Forest have a 65% win ratio in the first legs of major European knockout ties (won 15/23, D3 L5), beating Fenerbahçe 3-0 in the first leg of this season’s play-offs.
FC Midtjylland have won 11 of their last 13 matches in European competition (inc. qualifiers), although the two games they haven’t won in that run are their two most recent away games (D1 L1).
Igor Jesus has seven goals in the UEFA Europa League this season, the most ever by a Nottingham Forest player in a single major European season. The last time a player had more goals in a Europa League season for an English club was in 2018-19 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Arsenal (8) and Olivier Giroud for Chelsea (11).