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Live from Seville (24/09/2025) BBC Radio Nottingham This video can not be played Nottingham Forest travel to Real Betis in first European game for nearly 30 years Igor Jesus scores twice as Forest come from behind after Cedric Bakambu opener Forest's place in competition confirmed after Crystal Palace demoted to Conference League Get Involved: Comment on this page, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Emlyn Begley Comment at the top of this page, Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Best I’ve seen Forest play in a long long long long long time. Sangare is much better suited to the pace of European football. But give Ange the credit he deserves. Gets a lot of flak but he’s made an impact! Elsewhere. .. Red Star Belgrade and Celtic are goalless at half-time. So are Nice and Roma, and Braga and Feyenoord. Freiburg lead Basel 1-0 and Dinamo Zagreb are 1-1 with Fenerbahce. Ludogorets are 2-0 up at Malmo. Comment at the top of this page, Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Igor Jesus' scoring boots didn't get lost on the flight from Brazil! Terry Angeball? Never doubted it mate Arron Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Igor Jesus' two goals have Nottingham Forest ahead at the break on their European return. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Elliot Anderson wins the ball off Antony and is then chopped down by Natan. Deserved yellow card. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Two minutes added on. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Antony swings a cross straight into the gloves of Matz Sels. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Forest clear from a Betis corner. The hosts are finishing the half quite brightly. They did win a European Cup in the 1980s. .. Comment at the top of this page, Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Forest haven’t played this well since the 1970’s. John Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Lucy Ward Former Leeds striker on TNT Sports Anderson works so hard, he has been fouled I don't know how many times, but his recovery is excellent. What a player he has turned into, he is so composed on the ball. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest VAR checking for a potential Betis penalty for handball. NOT GIVEN. I don't even know what the incident was. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Well he does reach it but doesn't get enough contact on it. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Another Forest chance but Morgan Gibbs-White is on the slide and can't quite reach the ball in the box. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Good play by Forest left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko to cut out a one-two involving Antony. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Lucy Ward Former Leeds striker on TNT Sports There is some good rotations [out wide] from Forest, they always have that extra player so you have someone to pass to. It requires the players to work very hard. It's starting to look like they are clicking into what Postecoglou wants. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest have attempted the last nine shots in this game. Real Betis haven't had one since their goal. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Six of Igor Jesus' 16 touches have been shots so far. Amazing. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Another Forest chance. Igor Jesus' first-time effort from six yards out is straight at Pau Lopez though. Real Betis 1-2 Nottingham Forest Lucy Ward Former Leeds striker on TNT Sports Forest have done well when they have attacked in numbers and kept Real Betis in their own half. They have done well when defending their own third. But at times, they get a bit stretched between the units and that is where the problems occur. Match report to appear here. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. No players have been substituted yet No players have been substituted yet After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 24th September 2025 at 20: 52 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Manuel Pellegrini Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Ange Postecoglou Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 Manager: Manuel Pellegrini Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Ange Postecoglou Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 To watch and listen, you need to enable Java Script in your browser. Live from Seville (24/09/2025) BBC Radio Nottingham. Audio Live from Seville (24/09/2025) BBC Radio Nottingham Real Betis v Nottingham Forest post-match. BBC Radio Nottingham. Real Betis v Nottingham Forest post-match BBC Radio Nottingham Listen here at 22: 00 UEFA Europa League All competitions All competitions All competitions This will be the first ever meeting between Real Betis and Nottingham Forest – the Spanish side have lost seven of nine previous European games against English teams (W1 D1), losing most recently in the 2025 UEFA Conference League final to Chelsea. In major European competition, Nottingham Forest’s only previous meeting with a Spanish club was in the Fairs Cup first round in 1961-62, losing 7-1 on aggregate to Valencia. Real Betis were losing finalists in last season’s Conference League. They’ve lost just one of their last 18 major European home games in the group stage (W11 D6), though it was their last home UEFA Europa League group game back in December 2023 against Rangers. This is Nottingham Forest’s first game in major European competition since losing 5-1 to Bayern Munich in March 1996 in a UEFA Cup quarter-final. Their gap of 10, 781 days between games is the longest by an English club since Wolves went 14, 232 days without one between 1980 and 2019. Nottingham Forest boss Ange Postecoglou won the UEFA Europa League last season as Spurs boss – the Australian has a 67%-win ratio in the competition (P15 W10), the third-best behind Diego Simeone (81%, P26 W21) and Julen Lopetegui (69%, P16 W11) among managers with 15+ games. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.