Nottingham Forest FC vs FC Porto, Europe 2025-26 LEAGUE STAGE

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UEFA Europa League · 2025-26

Nottingham Forest FC

2 – 0

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FC Porto

Thu 23 Oct 2025 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Nottingham Forest FC vs FC Porto — Europe .

Nottingham Forest FC 8 games · 14 pts (2026/27)
FC Porto 8 games · 17 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Radu Petrescu

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Olympique Lyonnais	8	21
2	Aston Villa FC	8	21
3	FC Midtjylland	8	19
4	Real Betis Balompié	8	17
5	FC Porto	8	17
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	8	17
7	SC Freiburg	8	17
8	AS Roma	8	16
9	KRC Genk	8	16
10	Bologna FC 1909	8	15
11	VfB Stuttgart	8	15
12	Ferencvárosi TC	8	15
13	Nottingham Forest FC	8	14
14	FC Viktoria Plzeň	8	14
15	FK Crvena Zvezda	8	14
16	RC Celta de Vigo	8	13
17	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	8	12
18	Lille OSC	8	12
19	Fenerbahçe SK	8	12
20	Panathinaikos AO	8	12
21	Celtic FC	8	11
22	PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad	8	10
23	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	8	10
24	SK Brann	8	9
25	BSC Young Boys	8	9
26	SK Sturm Graz	8	7
27	FCSB Bukarest	8	7
28	Go Ahead Eagles	8	7
29	Feyenoord Rotterdam	8	6
30	FC Basel 1893	8	6
31	FC Red Bull Salzburg	8	6
32	Rangers FC	8	4
33	OGC Nice	8	3
34	FC Utrecht	8	1
35	Malmo FF	8	1
36	Maccabi Tel Aviv FC	8	1

Head-to-Head

Nottingham Forest FC 3 games · Avg 1.7 goals FC Porto

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-23 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 FC Porto

Recent Form

Nottingham Forest FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Oct	FC Porto	H	2–0	W
18 Oct	Chelsea FC	H	0–3	L
05 Oct	Newcastle United FC	A	0–2	L
02 Oct	FC Midtjylland	H	2–3	L
27 Sep	Sunderland AFC	H	0–1	L
24 Sep	Real Betis Balompié	A	2–2	D

FC Porto

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Oct	Nottingham Forest FC	A	0–2	L
05 Oct	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	0–0	D
02 Oct	FK Crvena Zvezda	H	2–1	W
29 Sep	FC Arouca	A	4–0	W
25 Sep	FC Red Bull Salzburg	A	1–0	W
19 Sep	Rio Ave FC	A	3–0	W

Season Stats

Nottingham Forest FC		FC Porto
#13	Position	#5
14	Points	17
8	Played	8
4 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	5 / 2 / 1
15	Scored	13
7	Conceded	7
+8	GD	+6
1.75	PPG	2.13
50%	Win %	63%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)

0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Nottingham Forest FC are 13th (14 pts). FC Porto are 5th (17 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Nottingham Forest FC and FC Porto.
FC Porto will have plenty to reflect on. Nottingham Forest FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Nottingham Forest FC Lineups

FC Porto Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
William da Silva	1
Morgan Gibbs-White	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.4 Nottingham Forest FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.05 FC Porto xG

I would bet for: Nottingham Forest FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Nottingham Forest FC44% Draw29% FC Porto27%

Actual: Nottingham Forest FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.45

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Nottingham Forest FC or Draw

72%

Draw or FC Porto

56%

Nottingham Forest FC or FC Porto

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Nottingham Forest FC31% Draw49% FC Porto20%

Actual: Nottingham Forest FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.6%

1 – 0

11.1%

0 – 0

10.8%

2 – 1

8.6%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

1 – 2

6.4%

0 – 2

4.6%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

3 – 0

3.8%

1 – 3

2.2%

Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC

Handicap	Nottingham Forest FC covers	Push	FC Porto covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	22%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	16%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

FC Porto keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.