UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 9, 2026
Nottingham Forest DLDWW 1
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FC Porto WWWWD 1
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NFO101
FCP101
1st Leg · Estádio do Dragão · 46,479 att. · CBSSN

Match Report

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Porto howler gifts Nottingham Forest hope after UEL first leg

Nottingham Forest's Europa League hopes remain intact after a comical own goal helped them get out of their quarterfinal first leg at FC Porto with a 1-1 draw.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
2
48.2
Possession
51.8
6
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
412
Accurate Passes
442
473
Passes
504
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
47
23
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
8
18
Effective Clearances
15
18
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NFO leads series 1-0

Lineups

FCP · 4-3-3

  1. 99Diogo CostaG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 3Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 12Zaidu SanusiLB
  5. 52Martim FernandesRB
  6. 13Pablo RosarioCM
  7. 10Gabri VeigaLM
  8. 42Seko FofanaRM
  9. 29Terem MoffiF
  10. 17Borja SainzLF
  11. 7William GomesRF

NFO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 27Stefan OrtegaG
  2. 5MurilloCD
  3. 4MoratoCD-L
  4. 44Zach AbbottCD-R
  5. 16Nicolás DomínguezCM-L
  6. 22Ryan YatesCM-R
  7. 14Dan NdoyeLM
  8. 29Dilane BakwaRM
  9. 11Chris WoodF
  10. 24James McAteeCF-L
  11. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! FC Porto 1, Nottingham Forest 0. William Gomes (FC Porto) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabri Veiga.
  2. 13' Own Goal by Martim Fernandes, FC Porto. FC Porto 1, Nottingham Forest 1.
  3. 15' Gabri Veiga (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 19' Substitution, FC Porto. Alberto Costa replaces Martim Fernandes because of an injury.
  5. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nikola Milenkovic replaces Murillo.
  6. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus replaces Chris Wood.
  7. 59' Substitution, FC Porto. Pepê replaces Borja Sainz.
  8. 59' Substitution, FC Porto. Victor Froholdt replaces Gabri Veiga.
  9. 59' Substitution, FC Porto. Deniz Gül replaces Terem Moffi.
  10. 60' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Omari Hutchinson replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
  11. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams replaces Dilane Bakwa.
  12. 74' Substitution, FC Porto. Alan Varela replaces Seko Fofana.
  13. 74' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces James McAtee.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.