Postecoglou searches for first winpublished at 14:55 BST
Sophie Brown
BBC Sport
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 in head
coach, and the fact that five of their first seven matches were away, 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’ve 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. 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 2.5 goals a game.
