Nottingham Forest vs Porto Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | League Phase
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The third managerial reign of the season at the City Ground is getting underway as Sean Dyche leads his Nottingham Forest side into a clash with FC Porto this midweek.
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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 competition match between these teams and Nottingham Forest’s first against a Portuguese club.
- Nottingham Forest are without a win in their last five UEFA competition matches (D2 L3).
- Nottingham Forest have lost their last two UEFA competition matches at home. The same number they lost in the previous 20 such fixtures (W14 D4).
- Nottingham Forest scored in the first half in their previous two UEFA Europa League matches this season.
- Porto have won only two of their last 13 UEFA matches against English teams (D3 L8).
- Porto are without a win in their previous 22 UEFA matches against English teams in England (D3 L19).
- Porto have lost only two of their last nine matches in the league phase of the UEFA Europa League (W5 D2). They have won the last three.
- William Gomes has scored in Porto’s previous two UEFA Europa League matches this season.
Nottingham Forest vs Porto prediction
Ange Postecoglou was sacked on Saturday after an eight-match winless run, following him replacing Nuno Espirito Santo during the September international break. It has been a tumultuous campaign for Forest thus far, winless in 11 matches across all competitions since a victory on the opening day of the season.
FC Porto, under the management of former Ajax and Nice boss Francesco Farioli, have been much-improved this season as they sit at the top-of-the-table in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. The Dragons have started their UEFA Europa League campaign with back-to-back victories against Red Bull Salzburg and then Red Star Belgrade.
Porto are a very strong team and will head to Nottingham confident of the avoidance of defeat with a very tight defence, which Dyche will hope to replicate with Forest.
Nottingham Forest vs Porto tip: Under 2.5 goals
