UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, January 22, 2026
Nottingham Forest LLWLD 0
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Braga WDDLW 1
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Estádio Municipal de Braga · 12,377 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Nottingham Forest dealt Europa League blow with loss at Braga

Nottingham Forest's hopes of earning automatic qualification to the knockout rounds of the Europa League are all-but over after a disastrous 1-0 defeat at Braga.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
4
43.3
Possession
56.7
12
SHOTS
6
5
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
358
Accurate Passes
488
424
Passes
564
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.4
46
Long Balls
46
15
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
7
11
Effective Clearances
15
11
Clearances
15

Lineups

SCB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukás HornícekG
  2. 4Sikou NiakateCD
  3. 26Bright Arrey-MbiCD-L
  4. 14Gustaf LagerbielkeCD-R
  5. 27Florian GrillitschCM-L
  6. 29GorbyCM-R
  7. 77Gabri MartínezLM
  8. 2Víctor GómezRM
  9. 39Fran NavarroF
  10. 50Diego RodriguesCF-L
  11. 21Ricardo HortaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Paulo OliveiraSUB
  2. 20Mario DorgelesSUB
  3. 18Pau VíctorSUB
  4. 17Gabriel MoscardoSUB
  5. 5Leonardo LeloSUB
  6. 12Tiago SáSUB
  7. 95Sandro VidigalSUB
  8. 41Yanis Da RochaSUB
  9. 6Vítor CarvalhoSUB
  10. 72João AragãoSUB
  11. 8João MoutinhoSUB
  12. 36Alaa BellarouchSUB

NFO · 4-4-2

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 4MoratoCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 34Ola AinaLB
  5. 37Nicolò SavonaRB
  6. 22Ryan YatesCM-L
  7. 12Douglas LuizCM-R
  8. 29Dilane BakwaLM
  9. 24James McAteeRM
  10. 14Dan NdoyeCF-L
  11. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Elliot AndersonSUB
  2. 16Nicolás DomínguezSUB
  3. 3Neco WilliamsSUB
  4. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiSUB
  5. 44Zach AbbottSUB
  6. 18Angus GunnSUB
  7. 64Ben HammondSUB
  8. 6Ibrahim SangaréSUB
  9. 51Archie WhitehallSUB
  10. 58Jack ThompsonSUB
  11. 61Jimmy SinclairSUB
  12. 67Keehan WillowsSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Sikou Niakaté (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Vítor Carvalho replaces Sikou Niakaté.
  3. 50' Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 53' Penalty saved. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Lukás Hornícek (Sporting Braga).
  5. 54' Own Goal by Ryan Yates, Nottingham Forest. Sporting Braga 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
  6. 55' Tiago Sá (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 62' Substitution, Sporting Braga. João Moutinho replaces Florian Grillitsch.
  8. 62' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Pau Víctor replaces Fran Navarro.
  9. 68' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Elliot Anderson replaces Douglas Luiz.
  10. 68' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces James McAtee.
  11. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams replaces Ola Aina.
  12. 75' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Mario Dorgeles replaces Ricardo Horta.
  13. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez replaces Dilane Bakwa.
  14. 83' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Ryan Yates.
  15. 84' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 86' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Leonardo Lelo replaces Gabri Martínez.
  17. 89' Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+4' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the red card.
  19. 90'+5' Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) 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.