PORTO 1 - 1 FOREST - Thu Apr 09, 2026 (Europa League)

Date:
Thu Apr 09, 2026 (8:00 PM)

Opponent:
Porto

Country:
Portugal

Home/Away:
Away

Ground:
Estádio do Dragão

Game Type:
Europa League

Round:
Quarter

Leg:
1 (2nd Leg)

Score:
1-1  DRAWN 

Half-time: 1-1
Added Times:
mins / 5 mins


Sources:
Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)
BBC (Link)
Sky Sports (Link)
The Guardian (Link)

Season:
2025-26

Referee:
Marco Guida

Sponsor:
Nottingham Forest Community Trust

Attendance:
46,479


STATS (Forest/Porto):
Possession:
49%/51%
Shots On Target:
2 / 8
Shots Off Target:
4 / 8
Corners:
2 / 5
Fouls:
8 / 4
NEXT GAMES:

Next Game:
Aston Villa (League Tier 1)

Europa League:
Porto

Porto:
Apr 16, 2026


GAME COUNT:

Europa League:
13 (of 14)
Competitive:
5814 (of 5816)
Total:
7609 (of 7611)
Played:
8 days ago

Review
Well that was a pleasant surprise. After six months away, Chris Woods was announced on the starting sheet and we have our striker back! He only played the first half (probably because we still have seven very important league games coming up) but it was good to see him on the field again. He didn't score (in fact none of the Forest players did), but had a good 45 minutes of fighting for the ball. We went one-down after just 10 minutes but were gifted an amazing equalizer two minutes later when Fernandes scord an own goal from 30 yards out! His back-pass was so wide of the Porto keeper that he couldn't get to it in time and it crept into his net. We'll take it though, and now have a very interesting return leg next week.


Logo
FOREST
Manager: Vitor Pereira

Goal Scorers
Martim Fernandes (13') (OG)
Logo
PORTO
Manager: Francesco Farioli

Goal Scorers
William Gomes (11')

Lineup
 
Num Pos Age Player Notes
27GK33 Stefan Ortega
4D24 Morato
5D23 Murillo off for Nikola Milenkovic (46')
44D19 Zach Abbott
10M26 Morgan Gibbs-White off for Omari Hutchinson (60')
16M27 Nicolás Domínguez
22M28 Ryan Yates
24M23 James McAtee off for Ibrahim Sangaré (74')
11F34 Chris Wood off for Igor Jesus (46')
14F25 Dan Ndoye
29M23 Dilane Bakwa off for Neco Williams (61')
Subs
31D28 Nikola Milenkovic on for Murillo (46')
19F25 Igor Jesus on for Chris Wood (46')
21M22 Omari Hutchinson on for Morgan Gibbs-White (60')
3D24 Neco Williams on for Dilane Bakwa (61')
6M28 Ibrahim Sangaré on for James McAtee (74')
26GK34 Matz Sels
34D29 Ola Aina
65D21 Justin Hanks
61D19 Jimmy Sinclair
51M19 Archie Whitehall
7M25 Callum Hudson-Odoi
20F25 Lorenzo Lucca


Lineup

Num Pos Player
99GKDiogo Costa
3DThiago Silva
5DJan Bednarek
12DZaidu Sanusi
52DMartim Fernandes (19')
10MGabri Veiga  15  (59')
13MPablo Rosario
42MSeko Fofana (74')
7MWilliam Gomes goal
17FBorja Sainz (59')
29FTerem Moffi (59')
Subs
20Alberto Costa (19')
8Victor Froholdt (59')
11Pepê (59')
27Deniz Gül (59')
22Alan Varela (74')
14Cláudio Ramos
24João Costa
4Jakub Kiwior
21Dominik Prpic
74Francisco Moura
86Rodrigo Mora
58Tiago Silva