Nottingham Forest 0-1 FC Midtjylland
Key numbers
- Possession 58% – 42%
- Shots 22 (6 on target) – 6 (2)
- Decisive moment: 80' Gue-sung Cho, FN xPts +1.6
HT 0:0
Gue-sung Cho 80'
Nottingham Forest edged xG (1.72–0.69) but FC Midtjylland took the win.
Player of the matchOusmane DiaoDecisive moment80' Gue-sung Cho+1.6
Player of the match
Ousmane Diao Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.9 (Strong)
Game state
Nottingham Forest ahead 0 min · level 80 min · FC Midtjylland ahead 10 min
- Gue-sung Cho — off the bench 33 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
80'
Gue-sung Cho
Goal · scorer +1.1 · assist Ousmane Diao +0.5
+1.6
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for FC Midtjylland is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Nottingham ForestFC Midtjylland
58%Possession42%
1.72Expected goals (xG)0.69
0.08xG per shot0.12
22Shots6
6Shots on target2
27%Shots on target %33%
14Shots in box3
511Passes375
82%Pass accuracy75%
7Corners2
1Saves5
9Fouls13
1Yellow cards0
2Offsides4
Compared with usual
Nottingham Forest
41 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.72 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 0.69 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 22 | 14.3 | |
| On target | 6 | 4.7 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 11.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 58% | 49.5% | |
| Passes | 511 | 446 | |
| Pass accuracy | 82% | 82.7% | |
| Corners | 7 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 11.5 |
FC Midtjylland
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.3 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | |
| xG | 0.69 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.72 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 6 | 12.1 | low |
| On target | 2 | 5.9 | |
| Shots faced | 22 | 13.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 42% | 51.6% | |
| Passes | 375 | 376.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 75% | 77.8% | |
| Corners | 2 | 5.3 | low |
| Fouls | 13 | 16.4 |
Timeline
- 9' Sub Jair → Nikola Milenković
- 33' Yellow Morato
- 46' Sub Morato → Neco Williams
- 46' Sub Denil Castillo → Valdemar Byskov
- 57' Sub Júnior Brumado → Gue-sung Cho
- 57' Sub Aral Şimşir → Mikael Uhre
- 59' Sub Kevin Mbabu → Han-Beom Lee
- 69' Sub Nicolás Domínguez → Ibrahim Sangaré
- 69' Sub Igor Jesus → Lorenzo Lucca
- 80' Goal Gue-sung Cho assist Ousmane Diao
- 82' Sub Ola Aina → Dilane Bakwa
Category leaders
- Key passesOmari Hutchinson4
- Duels wonPhilip Billing8/11
- DribblesPhilip Billing3/4
- Defensive actionsNicolás Domínguez5
- ShotsIgor Jesus4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonIgor Jesus3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.