Nottingham Forest 2-0 FC Porto: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Nottingham Forest

M. Gibbs-White 19' (Pen)

Igor Jesus 77' (Pen)

FC Porto

UEFA Europa League 2025/2026

League Stage - 3

October 23, 2025 7:00pm

City Ground, Nottingham

Key stats

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Nottingham Forest 4-2-3-1

FC Porto 4-3-3

Goalkeeper

M. Sels

6.9

Diogo Costa

6.2

Defenders

O. Zinchenko

6.6

Francisco Moura

6.3

Murillo

7.5

J. Kiwior

6.7

N. Milenković

7.6

J. Bednarek

6.9

N. Williams

8.5

Alberto Baio

6.9

Midfielders

E. Anderson

7.3

P. Rosario

6.3

Douglas Luiz

7.5

A. Varela

7.2

C. Hudson-Odoi

6.9

Victor Mow Froholdt

6.5

M. Gibbs-White

7.3

D. Ndoye

6.6

Forwards

Igor Jesus

6.6

Borja Sainz

6.9

Samu

6.5

Pepê Aquino

6.2

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Highest rating

8.5

N. Williams

7.2

A. Varela

Match Summary

On October 23, 2025 during the 2025/2026 UEFA Europa League match, Nottingham Forest faced off against FC Porto at City Ground, Nottingham. The game concluded with Nottingham Forest securing a victory. With 51% possession, Nottingham Forest versus FC Porto's 49% and shots on goal at 3 to 2. Nottingham Forest had 85% successful passes (of 457 passes) over FC Porto which had 84% successful passes (of 436 passes). The outstanding efforts by N. Williams and A. Varela played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

4-3-3

Sels

6.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
1 of 1

Accurate passes:
17/25

Won duels:
1/1

Williams

8.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
5

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
45/51

Won duels:
8/15

Milenković

7.6

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
37/45

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Murillo

7.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
42/44

Won duels:
2/5

Zinchenko

6.6

Played:
44Min

Accurate passes:
14/19

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/2

Luiz

7.5

Played:
85Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
53/55

Won duels:
6/11

Dribbles:
2/3

Anderson

7.3

Played:
89Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
78/87

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/14

Dribbles:
1/1

Ndoye

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/17

Won duels:
6/13

Dribbles:
2/3

Gibbs-White

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
29/38

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/8

Hudson-Odoi

6.9

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
28/30

Won duels:
4/9

Dribbles:
2/3

Jesus

6.6

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
10/14

Won duels:
1/6

Sainz

6.9

Played:
58Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
15/19

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
0/2

Samu

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
15/17

Won duels:
4/10

Dribbles:
1/2

Aquino

6.2

Played:
84Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
24/36

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
2/7

Rosario

6.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
27/32

Won duels:
2/5

Varela

7.2

Played:
58Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
27/35

Won duels:
5/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Froholdt

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
15/19

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/5

Moura

6.3

Played:
58Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
25/30

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/5

Kiwior

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
70/80

Won duels:
3/4

Bednarek

6.9

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
75/82

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/6

Baio

6.9

Played:
76Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
25/26

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
2/3

Costa

6.2

Played:
90Min

Saves:
1 of 3

Accurate passes:
19/22

Substitutes

Coach

Angelos Postecoglou

John

Willows

Morato

Sangaré

Played:
1Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Kalimuendo

Domínguez

Yates

6.3

Played:
12Min

Accurate passes:
3/5

Won duels:
0/2

McAtee

Boly

Savona

7.5

Played:
46Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
20/25

Won duels:
3/3

Abbott

Blake

Coach

Francesco Farioli

Ramos

Andorinha

Eustáquio

William

6.3

Played:
32Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
1/4

Won duels:
2/9

Dribbles:
1/5

Veiga

6.3

Played:
32Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
11/11

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Sanusi

6.2

Played:
14Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
2/2

Prpić

Gül

Alarcón

Fernandes

6.3

Played:
32Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
10/14

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/8

Dribbles:
2/2

Brás

Mora

6.3

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Won duels:
0/1

Dribbles:
0/1

Stats

Ball Possession

Nottingham Forest: 51%

FC Porto: 49%

Total Shots

Nottingham Forest: 8

FC Porto: 10

Shots on Goal

Nottingham Forest: 3

FC Porto: 2

Corner Kicks

Nottingham Forest: 3

FC Porto: 8

Offsides

Nottingham Forest: 0

FC Porto: 2

Fouls

Nottingham Forest: 13

FC Porto: 15

Yellow Cards

Nottingham Forest: 2

FC Porto: 2

Red Cards

Nottingham Forest: 0

FC Porto: 0

Total Passes

Nottingham Forest: 457

FC Porto: 436

Goals Prevented

Nottingham Forest: 0

FC Porto: 0

Passes Accuracy

Nottingham Forest: 390 (85%)

FC Porto: 365 (84%)

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Nottingham Forest vs FC Porto

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline