UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, October 23, 2025
FC Porto WWWDW 0
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Nottingham Forest DLLLL 2
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NFO112
The City Ground · 29,195 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Dyche starts Nottingham Forest tenure with Europa League win

Morgan Gibbs-White and Igor Jesus' penalties sealed Nottingham Forest a first European victory in 30 years as life under Sean Dyche began with a much-needed 2-0 win against FC Porto.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
1
49.2
Possession
50.8
10
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
365
Accurate Passes
390
436
Passes
457
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
29
Long Balls
57
13
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
4
Interceptions
11
22
Effective Clearances
29
22
Clearances
29

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 3Neco WilliamsRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 8Elliot AndersonLM
  8. 12Douglas LuizRM
  9. 19Igor JesusF
  10. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-L
  11. 14Dan NdoyeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Ryan YatesSUB
  2. 6Ibrahim SangaréSUB
  3. 37Nicolò SavonaSUB
  4. 67Keehan WillowsSUB
  5. 4MoratoSUB
  6. 16Nicolás DomínguezSUB
  7. 13John VictorSUB
  8. 24James McAteeSUB
  9. 15Arnaud KalimuendoSUB
  10. 30Willy BolySUB
  11. 77Zyan BlakeSUB
  12. 44Zach AbbottSUB

FCP · 4-3-3

  1. 99Diogo CostaG
  2. 4Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  3. 5Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 74MouraLB
  5. 20Alberto CostaRB
  6. 22Alan VarelaCM
  7. 13Pablo RosarioLM
  8. 8Victor FroholdtRM
  9. 9Samu AghehowaF
  10. 17Borja SainzLF
  11. 11PepêRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Stephen EustáquioSUB
  2. 47Ángel AlarcónSUB
  3. 7William GomesSUB
  4. 52Martim FernandesSUB
  5. 27Deniz GülSUB
  6. 12Zaidu SanusiSUB
  7. 24João CostaSUB
  8. 86Rodrigo MoraSUB
  9. 10Gabri VeigaSUB
  10. 14Cláudio RamosSUB
  11. 73Gabi BrásSUB
  12. 21Dominik PrpicSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, FC Porto 0. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 25' Francisco Moura (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolò Savona replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko because of an injury.
  5. 58' Substitution, FC Porto. William Gomes replaces Borja Sainz.
  6. 58' Substitution, FC Porto. Gabri Veiga replaces Alan Varela.
  7. 58' Substitution, FC Porto. Martim Fernandes replaces Francisco Moura.
  8. 76' Substitution, FC Porto. Zaidu Sanusi replaces Alberto Costa.
  9. 77' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, FC Porto 0. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  10. 84' Substitution, FC Porto. Rodrigo Mora replaces Pepê.
  11. 85' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Douglas Luiz.
  12. 89' Gabri Veiga (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90' Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+3' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Elliot Anderson.

UEFA Europa League News

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