Nottingham Forest v Porto: Confirmed line-ups for Europa League clash

Nottingham Forest will aim to reach their first European semi-final since 1984 when they host Porto in a perfectly poised Europa League quarter-final tie.

Forest were the beneficiaries of a spectacular Martim Fernandes own goal in the first leg as they earned a 1-1 draw at Estadio do Dragao.

Having already beaten Porto at home in the league phase this season, the hosts have reason for confidence they can claim victory and set up a last-four tie with either Midlands rivals Aston Villa or Bologna.

101GreatGoals has the full team news from the City Ground.

Nottingham Forest team news

Forest are without midfielder Elliott Anderson following the death of his mother, Helen.

Nottingham Forest: Ortega, Cunha, Murillo, Williams; Aina, Gibbs-White, Sangare, Dominguez, Ndoye; Hutchinson; Wood.

Nottingham Forest substitutes: Sels, Willows, Morato, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus, Lucca, Yates, McAtee, Bakwa, Milenkovic, Abbott, Sinclair

Porto team news

Porto: D. Costa, A. Costa, Thiago Silva, Bednarek, Zaidu; Fofana, Rosario, Veiga; Gomes, Moffi, Sainz

Porto substitutes: Ramos, J. Costa, Kiwior, Froholdt, Pepe, Prpic, Varela, Gui, Tiago Silva, Bras, Moura, Mora

Where to watch Nottingham Forest v Porto: TV and online streams

Nottingham Forest v Porto kicks off at 8:00pm UK time. It will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 and can be streamed via HBO Max. Sky subscribers with a TNT package can stream the game via Sky Go.

Stats for Nottingham Forest v Porto

• In their major European history, Porto have played 24 away matches in England and have never won (D3 L21). Their only ‘away’ win against an English side was against Chelsea in April 2021 in a Champions League quarter-final second leg, which was played in Seville due to Covid-19 restrictions.
• Forest have lost three home Europa League matches this season no English side has ever lost four home games in a major European season.
• Porto have failed to win any of their five Europa League games against English opposition (D2 L3), the most times they have faced sides from a particular nation in the competition without success.
• This will be Forest’s first major European quarter final on home soil since a 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup in 1995-96. They’ve lost each of their last three home knockout matches in major European competition including that match, as many defeats as across their prior 21 such matches combined (W14 D4).
• Porto have only won the second leg of four of their last 22 two-legged major European knockout ties (D6 L12), though one was against Stuttgart in the last 16 of this season’s Europa League.
• Forest’s Igor Jesus has netted seven goals in this season’s Europa League; only one Brazilian has ever scored more in a single season in the competition, Giuliano for Zenit St Petersburg in 2016-17 (8).
• After scoring in the first leg, William Gomes’ became Porto’s top Europa League scorer this season with four goals. The last time a Brazilian netted five times or more for the club in a major European campaign was Galeno in the Champions League in 2023-24 (5), while the last to score more in the Europa League/UEFA Cup was Derlei in 2002-03 (12).