Real Betis Balompié drew 2-2 with Nottingham Forest at La Cartuja Stadium on Matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League. Bakambu opened the scoring before the 15-minute mark. The visitors quickly leveled the score through Igor Jesús, who soon after scored again to make it 2-1. Betis equalized in the final stretch of the match with a goal from Antony.

Real Betis: Pau López, Ángel Ortiz, Natan, Valentín Gómez, Junior Firpo (Ricardo Rodríguez 46'), Altimira (Marc Roca 46'), Amrabat; Antony, Lo Celso (Fornals 76'), Ez Abde (Riquelme 46'), and Bakambu (Cucho 72').

Nottingham Forest: Sels, Zinchenko, Milenkovic (Boly 94'), Morato, Neco Williams, Anderson, Sangaré (Yates 82'), Douglas Luiz (Bakwa 46'), Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi (Kalimuendo 64') and Igor Jesús (Ndoye 64').

Referee: Sascha Stegemann (German). He booked Gibbs-White, Igor Jesús, Natan, Ricardo Rodríguez and Cucho Hernández.

Goals: 1-0 (14'): Bakambu. 1-1 (18'): Igor Jesús. 1-2 (23'): Igor Jesús. 2-2 (85'): Antony.