Nottingham Forest renew their European adventure on Thursday having not won in any competition since their opening game of the season. In many respects, their start to the season has not been markedly worse than others they have had since returning to the top flight, and has been better than the one they made to their first season back in 2022-23. Forest have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their eight matches in all competitions in 2025-26 and their 15 goals conceded so far is their worst since their return to the top tier.
Nottingham Forest renew their European adventure on Thursday having not won in any competition since their opening game of the season.
However, they have had to contend with a change of head coach and the fact that five of their seven matches since were away from home, including games at Arsenal, in-form Crystal Palace and Burnley, whose Turf Moor ground has been a fortress in recent times.
In many respects, their start to the season has not been markedly worse than others they have had since returning to the top flight, and has been better than the one they made to their first season back in 2022-23.
But what is perhaps concerning is the absence of clean sheets, which they kept in a third of their matches last season.
Forest have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their eight matches in all competitions in 2025-26 and their 15 goals conceded so far is their worst since their return to the top tier.
In 2022-23, they actually kept two clean sheets but their overall goals conceded figure was skewed by a 6-0 thrashing by Manchester City.
New boss Ange Postecoglou is yet to win in five games in charge although there have been some positive signs that results might come soon.
But his attacking brand of football means Forest fans might not be confident that the defence will open their clean sheet account against Midtjylland, who are the top scorers in the Danish top flight, averaging two and a half goals per game.
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