FC Midtjylland set for rematch with Nottingham Forest in 1/8-finals of Europa League

[p]It will be the second meeting of the season between the Premier League team and the current runners-up in the Danish domestic league, Superligaen. At the beginning of October, the Danes surprisingly won 3-2 at the City Ground after two goals on set pieces.[/p][p]The English outfit finished 13th in the league phase of the tournament and secured access to the 1/8-finals thanks to a 4-2 aggregate win against Turkish side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fenerbahce/MsbmracL/"]Fenerbahce[/a] in the playoff round.[/p][p]The first match will be played at the City Ground on 12 March while the return leg in Herning will be played on 19 March. [/p][p]The Danes will also start with an away match and finish at home in a potential quarter-final in April, where they will face the winner of the match between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-porto/S2NmScGp/"]FC Porto[/a] and Stuttgart.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/midtjylland/8GZDmdbB/"]FC Midtjylland[/a] booked their ticket for the 1/8-finals after finishing third in the league phase, where the team won six out of eight matches and picked up 19 out of 24 possible points.[/p][p]The Danes secured wins against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a], Genk, Dinamo Zagreb, Celtic, Sturm Graz, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/maccabi-tel-aviv/req5XE5Q/"]Maccabi Tel Aviv[/a] while they drew against  Brann and were defeated by AS Roma.[/p]