UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 16, 2026
FC Porto WWDDW 0
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Nottingham Forest DWWDD 1
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2nd Leg - Nottingham Forest advance 2-1 on aggregate · The City Ground · 29,560 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Nottingham Forest edge Porto to reach Europa semifinals

Nottingham Forest reached their first European semifinal since 1984 as they set up an all-English Europa League last-four meeting with Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
1
39.3
Possession
60.7
10
SHOTS
20
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
259
Accurate Passes
466
334
Passes
522
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
42
29
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
6
14
Effective Tackles
9
22
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
9
13
Effective Clearances
23
13
Clearances
23

Head to Head

NFO leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 27Stefan OrtegaG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 23Jair PaulaCD-R
  4. 3Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 16Nicolás DomínguezLM
  8. 6Ibrahim SangaréRM
  9. 11Chris WoodF
  10. 14Dan NdoyeAM-L
  11. 21Omari HutchinsonAM-R

FCP · 4-3-3

  1. 99Diogo CostaG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 3Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 12Zaidu SanusiLB
  5. 20Alberto CostaRB
  6. 13Pablo RosarioCM
  7. 10Gabri VeigaLM
  8. 42Seko FofanaRM
  9. 29Terem MoffiF
  10. 17Borja SainzLF
  11. 7William GomesRF

Timeline

  1. 8' Jan Bednarek (FC Porto) is shown the red card.
  2. 12' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, FC Porto 0. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Neco Williams.
  3. 16' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus replaces Chris Wood because of an injury.
  4. 32' Terem Moffi (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 36' Alberto Costa (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 40' Omari Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, FC Porto. Francisco Moura replaces Zaidu Sanusi.
  8. 45' Substitution, FC Porto. Jakub Kiwior replaces Gabri Veiga.
  9. 45' Substitution, FC Porto. Victor Froholdt replaces Alberto Costa.
  10. 45' Substitution, FC Porto. Alan Varela replaces Borja Sainz.
  11. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Omari Hutchinson.
  12. 65' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nikola Milenkovic replaces Dan Ndoye.
  13. 66' Substitution, FC Porto. Deniz Gül replaces Terem Moffi.
  14. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morato replaces Murillo because of an injury.
  15. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dilane Bakwa replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi because of an injury.
  16. 90' William Gomes (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card.

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.