Nottingham Forest vs FC Porto match stats & report

1–0 Full time

UEFA Europa League · Quarter-finals · City Ground, Nottingham · Ref Danny Makkelie, Netherlands

Nottingham Forest stats & fixtures · FC Porto stats & fixtures

Nottingham Forest beat FC Porto 1–0 in the UEFA Europa League (Quarter-finals) on 16 April 2026. Expected goals finished 2.17–0.97. Nottingham Forest had 61% of the ball.

Nottingham Forest vs FC Porto match statistics

Nottingham ForestFC Porto

61% Ball possession 39%
2.17 Expected goals (xG) 0.97
20 Total shots 10
5 Shots on target 1
9 Shots off target 6
6 Blocked shots 3
11 Shots inside the box 4
8 Corners 1
16 Fouls 11
2 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 1
522 Passes 334
89% Pass accuracy 78%
1 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

8' Red card J. Bednarek FC Porto
12' Goal M. Gibbs-White (assist N. Williams) Nottingham Forest
32' Yellow card T. Moffi FC Porto
36' Yellow card Alberto Baio FC Porto
40' Yellow card O. Hutchinson Nottingham Forest
90' Yellow card William Gomes FC Porto

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nottingham Forest

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Vitor Pereira

27 S. Ortega

3 N. Williams 5 Murillo 23 Jair 34 O. Aina

16 N. Domínguez 6 I. Sangare

14 D. Ndoye 10 M. Gibbs-White 21 O. Hutchinson

11 C. Wood

Bench M. Sels , Keehan Willows , N. Milenkovic , R. Yates , D. Bakwa , Igor Jesus , J. McAtee , C. Hudson-Odoi , L. Lucca , Morato , Z. Abbott , J. Sinclair

FC Porto

Confirmed 4-3-3 Francesco Farioli

99 Diogo Costa

12 Zaidu 5 J. Bednarek 3 Thiago Silva 20 Alberto Baio

10 Gabri Veiga 13 P. Rosario 42 S. Fofana

17 Borja Sainz 29 T. Moffi 7 William Gomes

Bench Cláudio Ramos , João Costa , J. Kiwior , D. Prpic , Deniz Gül , Gabriel Brás , Pepê Aquino , Francisco Moura , A. Varela , V. Froholdt , Rodrigo Mora , T. Silva

Form guide

Nottingham Forest at home

5–3–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.9 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

FC Porto away

6–0–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.9 per game
Conceded: 1.2 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 4.8 per game
Shots on target: 4.6 per game

21% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Nottingham Forest vs FC Porto head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
9 Apr 26	FC Porto v Nottingham Forest	1–1
23 Oct 25	Nottingham Forest v FC Porto	2–0

Only 2 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Nottingham Forest vs FC Porto head-to-head record