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Braga vs Nottingham Forest Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | League Phase

by Alex Lawes · January 20 2026, 11:54
Updated January 22 2026, 16:32
Braga vs Nottingham Forest Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | League Phase
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Entertaining and exciting Portuguese outfit Braga head into the penultimate match day of this season’s UEFA Europa League league phase with the visit of Nottingham Forest.

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How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Key stats

  • This is the first UEFA meeting between Celta and Lille.
  • Celta have already faced French opposition in this season’s UEFA Europa League, beating Nice 2-1 at home on Matchday 3. It was their first UEFA victory over a French side, achieved at the fifth attempt.
  • Celta have scored in 12 of their last 13 UEFA competition matches.
  • Celta have won their last three competitive matches.
  • Lille have won their last three UEFA matches against Spanish opposition, most recently recording league phase victories over Real Madrid and Atleti in last season’s UEFA Champions League.
  • Lille have lost three of their last four UEFA Europa League matches (W1).
  • Lille have lost their last three competitive matches.

Braga vs Nottingham Forest prediction

Sporting Braga begin the seventh match day of the campaign sitting tucked inside the top eight of the league phase of the UEFA Europa League. They come into this one on the back of a slender 1-0 defeat of Tondela at the weekend. They have been underwhelming as they sit just outside of the top four in the Liga Portugal.

They now face a Nottingham Forest side that put in a much-improved performance as they shared a goalless draw with Premier League leaders Arsenal at the City Ground. Forest are hovering just outside of the top eight, albeit with just one defeat in their six matches in the league phase.

With their home advantage, Braga will get themselves on the front foot against a Forest side that could rotate and their defeat at Wrexham in the FA Cup showed a bit of rotation may majorly limit them.

Braga vs Nottingham Forest tip: Double chance – Braga to win or draw

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