Nottingham Forest

UEFA Europa League

Nottingham Forest LLDDWL

1:0

Finished

Kick-off was 16 Apr, 20:00 BST

FC Porto WWWLWW

Venue: City Ground City: Nottingham

In the UEFA Europa League game on 16 April 2026, Nottingham Forest beat FC Porto 1:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:1, corners 8:1.

Key numbers

Possession, % 61 – 39

Shots on target 5 – 1

Shots off target 9 – 6

Expected goals 2.17 – 0.97

🟥 8' J. Bednarek — Red card ⚽ 12' M. Gibbs-White — Goal ⇄ 16' C. Wood — Substitution 🟨 32' T. Moffi — Yellow card 🟨 36' A. Costa — Yellow card 🟨 40' O. Hutchinson — Yellow card ⇄ 46' Zaidu — Substitution ⇄ 46' G. Veiga — Substitution ⇄ 46' A. Costa — Substitution ⇄ 46' B. Sainz — Substitution ⇄ 46' O. Hutchinson — Substitution ⇄ 65' D. Ndoye — Substitution ⇄ 66' T. Moffi — Substitution ⇄ 72' Murillo — Substitution ⇄ 72' C. Hudson-Odoi — Substitution 🟨 90' William Gomes — Yellow card

Match events

8' 0:0 FC Porto Red card J. Bednarek
12' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Goal M. Gibbs-White assist: N. Williams
16' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution C. Wood off: Igor Jesus
32' 1:0 FC Porto Yellow card T. Moffi
36' 1:0 FC Porto Yellow card A. Costa
40' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Yellow card O. Hutchinson
46' 1:0 FC Porto Substitution Zaidu off: F. Moura
46' 1:0 FC Porto Substitution G. Veiga off: J. Kiwior
46' 1:0 FC Porto Substitution A. Costa off: V. Froholdt
46' 1:0 FC Porto Substitution B. Sainz off: A. Varela
46' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution O. Hutchinson off: C. Hudson-Odoi
65' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution D. Ndoye off: N. Milenkovic
66' 1:0 FC Porto Substitution T. Moffi off: D. Gul
72' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution Murillo off: Morato
72' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution C. Hudson-Odoi off: D. Bakwa
90' 1:0 FC Porto Yellow card William Gomes

Statistics

61 Possession, % 39

5 Shots on target 1

9 Shots off target 6

2.17 Expected goals 0.97

3 Big chances 3

97 Attacks 78

8 Corners 1

16 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 15

2 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 1

6 Goal kicks 10

9 Throw-ins 17

All statistics

12/2255% Aerial duels 10/2245%

86 Backward passes 57

6 Blocked shots 3

23 Clearances 13

6/1932% Crosses 3/1323%

5/1436% Dribbles 6/1346%

1.58 Expected assists 0.68

56 Failed passes 75

1 Goalkeeper saves 4

9 Interceptions 5

17 Key passes 6

29/4269% Long passes 29/6346%

173 Passes into the final third 50

357 Passes in the opposition half 195

184 Passes in own half 152

0.25 Shot accuracy 0.10

9 Shots from outside the box 6

11 Shots inside the box 4

9/1753% Tackles 14/2264%

522 Total passes 334

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
27	Stefan Ortega	27
3	Neco Williams	3
5	Murillo	5
23	Jair	23
34	Ola Aina	34
6	Ibrahim Sangaré	6
10	Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White	10
14	Dan Assane Ndoye	14
16	Nicolás Domínguez	16
21	Omari Elijah Giraud-Hutchinson	21
11	Christopher Grant Wood	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
26	Matz Sels	26
67	Keehan Willows	67
4	Morato	4
31	Nikola Milenković	31
44	Zach Abbott	44
22	Ryan Yates	22
24	James John McAtee	24
61	Jimmy Sinclair	61
7	Callum James Hudson-Odoi	7
19	Igor Jesus	19
20	Lorenzo Lucca	20
29	Dilane Bakwa	29

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FC Porto

Starting XI
#	Player	number
99	Diogo Costa	99
3	Thiago Silva	3
5	Jan Bednarek	5
12	Zaidu Sanusi	12
20	Alberto Oliveira Baio	20
10	Gabriel Veiga Novas	10
13	Pablo Rosario	13
42	Seko Mohamed Fofana	42
7	William Gomes	7
17	Borja Sainz	17
29	Terem Moffi	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
14	Cláudio Pires Morais Ramos	14
24	João Costa	24
4	Jakub Piotr Kiwior	4
21	Dominik Prpić	21
73	Gabriel Costa Brás	73
74	Francisco Sampaio de Moura	74
8	Viktor Fröhholdt	8
22	Alan Gonzalo Varela	22
58	Thiago Silva	58
86	Rodrigo Mora	86
11	Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa	11
27	Deniz Gül	27