UEFA Europa Semi-finals 2025-26

Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest
and Crystal Palace hold the advantage after
victories in the first leg of their Europa
semi-final contests – raising the prospect of
a sixth English double in European history

European Cup doubles:
1981 Liverpool / Ipswich Town (UEFA Cup)
1984 Liverpool / Tottenham (UEFA Cup)
2019 Liverpool / Chelsea (Europa League)
2023 Man City / West Ham (Conference League)

UEFA Europa League / Conference League
2025 Tottenham / Chelsea


2ND LEG			Opta tournament predictions (%)
MAY 7	Head-to-head	Final	Winner
Aston Villa ENG 56-29-36	34.8	22.0
Nottingham Forest ENG	65.2	39.8
1st leg result: 0-1. 2nd leg venue: Villa Park

First leg statistics
Passes			331	352
Corners			7	5
Possession		51%	49%
Attacks			45	38
Total shots / on target	10 / 4	11 / 5

Freiburg GER 0-0-1	32.0	12.5
Braga POR		68.0	25.7
1-2, Europa-Park Stadion

Passes			294	427
Corners			1	3
Possession		49%	51%
Attacks			18	29
Total shots / on target	10 / 2	13 / 6

Vítor Pereira
Joined Nottingham
Forest in February
taking team to verge
of Premier League
survival and first
European final
since 1980

UEFA EUROPA
CONFERENCE LEAGUE
Crystal Palace ENG
Shakhtar Donetsk UKR
First leg result: 3-1

Strasbourg FRA
Rayo Vallecano ESP
First leg result: 0-1

Source: UEFA
Picture: Getty Images
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