"Forest started brightly, with Callum Hudson-Odoi twice forcing saves out of Vasilios Barkas inside the opening seven minutes before Oleksandr Zinchenko dragged well wide from close range shortly after. Morato also saw an effort cleared off the line, and Douglas Luiz's shot was parried away before the momentum swung in the hosts' favour when John Victor was called into action to deny Miguel Rodriguez."
"Forest came out fighting in the second and took the lead seven minutes after the break when Arnaud Kalimuendo's low drive across goal nestled into the bottom-right corner. Kalimuendo hit the side netting shortly after, and substitute Mike van der Hoorn punished Forest's wasted chances in the 73rd minute by guiding a tight-angled header in from Souffian El Karouani's free-kick."
"Prior to this match, all five of Forest's goals under Sean Dyche had come from set-pieces, and they had not conceded a single such goal under him. Both of those runs were broken on Thursday, though Forest will feel they deserved the victory after the pressure they applied. Their 19 attempts were worth 1.56 expected goals (xG) to Utrecht's 0.75 xG from 10 shots."
Nottingham Forest claimed a 2-1 victory at Utrecht thanks to Igor Jesus's late goal after coming on as a substitute. Forest began strongly with early chances from Callum Hudson-Odoi and pressure that forced saves and a clearance off the line. Arnaud Kalimuendo opened the scoring seven minutes after half-time with a low drive into the bottom-right corner. Mike van der Hoorn equalised in the 73rd minute from a free-kick header. Dan Ndoye's header was pushed out by goalkeeper Vasilios Barkas and Jesus slotted the rebound through the keeper's legs. Forest registered 19 attempts and 1.56 xG to Utrecht's 0.75 xG.
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