A Matt Derbyshire penalty helped Nottingham Forest to a 1-0 lead at half-time against Royal Antwerp.
Just as he had done against Chesterfield, Derbyshire looked lively early on, forcing a smart save from keeper Bjorn Sengier with a low, driven effort in the sixth minute.
Barely a minute after that, after Andy Reid had been felled by Jonas de Roeck, Derbyshire made no mistake from the spot to put the home side ahead, slotting a precise, low shot to the keeper's right and inside the post.
The Belgian side hit back with a powerful, curling effort from the edge of the box by Emrullah Guvenc, which Karl Darlow saved well, stretching high to his right.
Forest were producing a few flashes of dangerous passing football and, following a swift interchange on the edge of the box, Henri Lansbury saw his crisp effort from eight yards out blocked smartly by the keeper's legs.
John Bostock, the former Spurs midfielder, came close to a levelling goal for the visitors when he bent a sublime looking free kick around the wall, which missed the target by a tiny margin as Darlow flung himself across goal to cover.
But Derbyshire was still full of energy for the Reds, planting a powerful header against the bar following good work from Reid, with keeper Sengier well beaten.
Majewski, who had been a quiet figure for the Reds, then had Sengier back tracking with a 25-yard drive that took a nasty deflection to send it looping menacingly towards goal.
Guvenc was a dangerous influence for Antwerp and the forward was unlucky not to find the top corner with a driven, rising shot that flew over the bar by less than a foot.
Forest: Darlow, Lichaj, Collins, Hobbs, Harding, Greening, Majewski, Lansbury, Reid, Henderson, Derbyshire. Subs: de Vries, Gillett, Moussi, Cohen, McLaughlin, Halford, Lascelles, Paterson, Blacklstock.
Antwerp: Sengier, Marzo, de Roeck, Diakite, Vansteenkiste, de Decker, Kil, Bostock, van Tronhout, Guvenc, Tano. Subs: Bakkenes, Faucher. Nirisarike, Iboma, Kil, Mombongo-Dues, Carvalho, Brondeel.
Referee: D Coote.
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