Nottingham Forest vs Porto Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | Quarter-Final
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Nottingham Forest have a very good chance of a European semi-final as they welcome Portuguese giants FC Porto to the City Ground in their quarter-final second-leg.
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- Before the first leg of this tie. the only previous UEFA encounter between the two sides was a 2-0 home win for Nottingham Forest on Matchday 3 of this season’s Europa League.
- All three of Nottingham Forest’s previous UEFA meetings with Portuguese opposition have come in this season’s UEFA Europa League. Before the 1-1 first leg draw in this tie, they beat Porto 2-0 at home on Matchday 3 and lost 1-0 away to Braga on Matchday 7.
- Nottingham Forest are playing their first UEFA campaign since the 1995/96 UEFA Cup, when they reached the quarter‑finals but were eliminated 7-2 on aggregate by Bayern Munich. Their last success in a UEFA quarter‑final came in the 1983/84 UEFA Cup, when they defeated Sturm Graz 2-1 on aggregate.
- Nottingham Forest have won 18 of their 23 previous UEFA two-legged ties.
- Nottingham Forest have lost only three of their last 11 UEFA Europa League matches (W6 D2).
- Nottingham Forest lost the home leg in their two previous knockout phase ties in this season’s UEFA Europa League.
- Nottingham Forest have won two and lost one of their three previous UEFA two‑legged ties that began with a first leg draw. This is the first time they have entered the second leg at home following an away draw.
- Porto have won only two of their last 15 UEFA matches against English teams (D4 L9).
- Porto are winless in their last eight UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League matches against English teams (D3 L5).
- Porto have never won a UEFA match in England against English opposition, failing to do so in 23 attempts (D3 L20).
- Porto have lost their last eight UEFA two‑legged ties against English teams, a run stretching back to their 3-2 aggregate victory over Manchester United in the 2003/04 Champions League round of 16.
- This is Porto’s fifth UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League quarter‑final appearance (W2 L2). Their most recent was a 4-2 aggregate defeat to Sevilla in 2013/14, while their last success at this stage was a 10-3 aggregate win over Spartak Moskva in 2010/11.
- Porto have won 13 and lost eight of the 21 UEFA two‑legged ties in which they drew the first leg, including five wins and six defeats from the 11 ties where the first‑leg draw came at home.
- Porto have lost their last four UEFA competition quarter‑final ties, their most recent success at this stage being their 10-3 aggregate win over Spartak Moskva in the last eight of the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League.
- Porto are unbeaten in their last eight UEFA Europa League matches (W5 D3), a run that began after their 2-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Matchday 3.
- Porto have opened the scoring in the first half in each of their three previous knockout‑phase matches in this season’s UEFA Europa League.
Nottingham Forest vs Porto prediction
A fast start in the first-leg of this UEFA Europa League quarter-final tie saw Porto take an early lead via William before a bizarre and comical Martim Fernandes own goal provided Nottingham Forest an equaliser in a 1-1 draw.
Forest backed that up with a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at the City Ground as they continue to battle against the bottom three and the relegation places in the Premier League. Porto, under the management of former Ajax and Nice boss Francesco Farioli, have been magnificent throughout this season as they edge towards winning the Portuguese league title.
Porto head to Nottingham, the scene of their first defeat of the season back in October, in a precarious spot but they simply have to be viewed as the slight favourites against surely distracted opposition, even in England.
Nottingham Forest vs Porto tip: Double chance – Porto to win or draw
