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FC Porto v Nottingham Forest : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Francesco Farioli welcomes Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira to the Estádio do Dragão on Thursday night, as their FC Porto and Nottingham Forest sides clash in the Europa League. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, statistics for every betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds from leading bookmakers are included as well.

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FC Porto's next match is v Estoril at 20:30 on Sunday 12th April
Nottingham Forest's next match is v A Villa at 14:00 on Sunday 12th April
The last European Europa League meeting between Porto and Nottm Forest was on Thursday 9th April 2026
European Europa League
April 9th 2026
Porto 1
1 Nottm Forest
 
W. Gomes Carvalho Santos 11'13' (OG)M. Moreira Moutinho Fernandes
 
PTO
NFO
Shots On
8
2
Shots Off
5
1
Corners
5
2
Possession
52%
48%
Fouls
4
11
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
PortoNottm Forest
 
D. Meireles Costa
T. da Silva
J. Bednarek
Z. Sanusi
G. Veiga Novas (V. Froholdt 59')
P. Rosario
W. Gomes Carvalho Santosfootball icon
B. Sainz Eguskiza (E. Aquino Cossa 59')
M. Moreira Moutinho Fernandesfootball icon (A. Costa 19')
S. Fofana (A. Varela 74')
T. Moffi (D. Gül 59')
S. Ortega Moreno
F. Rodrigues
(N. Milenković 46') M. Santiago Costa dos Santos
(O. Giraud-Hutchinson 60') M. Gibbs-White
N. Domínguez
R. Yates
(I. da Cruz 46') C. Wood
D. Ndoye
(I. Sangaré 74') J. Mcatee
(N. Williams 61') D. Bakwa
Z. Abbott

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on an all-time classic. Under 3.5 goals is what we're predicting, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during a standard 90 mins. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Porto are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Porto
51%
19/20
8%
12/1
5%
Draw
27%
23/10
6%
1/14
3%
Nottm Forest
22%
16/5
8%
20/1
4%
Porto 1-0
14%
5/1
7%
9/2
Draw 1-1
12%
5/1
7%
2/9
8%
Porto 2-0
10%
7/17/1
Draw 0-0
10%
6/1
18%
11/2
6%
Porto 2-1
9%
8/1
6%
11/2
Nottm Forest 1-0
9%
17/2
18%
7/1
5%
Nottm Forest 2-1
5%
14/110/1
Porto 3-0
5%
16/1
12%
14/1
Porto 3-1
4%
18/1
12%
40/1
Draw 2-2
4%
18/140/1
Nottm Forest 2-0
4%
20/1
11%
14/1
12%
Porto 3-2
2%
33/1
12%
125/1
Porto 4-0
2%
40/1
21%
28/1
12%
Porto 4-1
2%
40/1
21%
150/1
12%
Nottm Forest 3-1
2%
40/170/1
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
11/8
10%
7/1
5%
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
4/7
9%
1/16
4%
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/6
8%
3/4
2%
Away 1st Goal
40%
13/8
2%
13/8
4%
No 1st Goal
6%
6/1
18%
5/1
6%
BTTS - Yes
44%
21/20
6%
5/4
2%
BTTS - No
56%
7/10
2%
3/5
2%
BTTS - Home Win
19%
4/1
19%
5/1
8%
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/42/11
2%
BTTS - Away Win
9%
9/19/1
Home/draw
78%
2/9
3%
1/300
3%
Away/draw
49%
4/5
6%
1/33
4%
Home/away
73%
1/3
1%
7/1
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
4/9
5%
1/2
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
7/4
9%
7/5
6%
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
7/2
10%
55/1
9%
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
1/5
3%
1/1000
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
9/1
23%
80/1
17%
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/16
3%
1/300
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
20/1
31%
1/50
8%
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/66
1%
1/50
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/10
2%
1/10
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
6/1
18%
5/1
6%
Home DNB
70%
4/11
6%
2/5
3%
Away DNB
41%
2/1
10%
17/10
5%
Porto win to nil
32%
7/4
3%
-
Nottm Forest win to nil
14%
11/2
8%
-
Porto / Porto
26%
21/10
9%
9/1
7%
Porto / Nottm Forest
2%
40/145/1
Porto / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
25/1
Draw / Porto
17%
15/49/5
5%
Draw / Nottm Forest
10%
15/2
6%
7/2
6%
Draw / Draw
19%
7/2
9%
6/4
4%
Nottm Forest / Porto
3%
28/1
13%
40/1
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
12%
6/1
8%
14/1
4%
Nottm Forest / Draw
5%
14/125/1
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Win / draw / win Europa League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Porto
Nottm Forest
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lyon87011321 
-
-
-
-
2
A Villa8701821 
-
-
-
-
3
Midtjylland86111019 
-
-
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-2F
4
Real Betis8521617 
-
-
-
d
 
2-2A
5
Porto8521617 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
6
Braga8521617 
-
-
-
l
 
1-0A
7
Freiburg8521617 
-
-
-
-
8
Roma8512716 
-
-
-
-
9
Genk8512416 
-
-
-
-
10
Bologna8431715 
-
-
-
-
11
Stuttgart8503615 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
-
-
12
Ferencvaros8431115 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
-
13
Nottm Forest8422814 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
-
-
14
Plzen8350514 
-
d
 
1-1A
-
-
15
Red Star Bel.8422114 
w
 
2-1F
-
-
-
16
Celta8413413 
-
-
-
-
17
PAOK8332312 
-
-
-
-
18
Lille8404312 
-
-
-
-
19
Fenerbahce8332312 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-3F
20
Panathinaikos8332212 
-
-
-
-
21
Celtic8323-211 
-
-
-
-
22
Ludogorets8314-310 
-
-
-
-
23
D. Zagreb8314-410 
-
-
-
-
24
Brann8233-29 
-
-
-
-
25
Young Boys8305-69 
-
-
-
-
26
Sturm Graz8215-67 
-
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
27
FCSB8215-77 
-
-
-
-
28
GA Eagles8215-87 
-
-
-
-
29
Feyenoord8206-46 
-
-
-
-
30
Basel8206-46 
-
-
-
-
31
Salzburg8206-56 
-
w
 
0-1F
-
-
32
Rangers8116-94 
w
 
3-1A
-
-
-
33
Nice8107-83 
w
 
3-0F
-
-
-
34
Utrecht8017-101 
-
d
 
1-1A
-
w
 
1-2F
35
Malmö8017-111 
w
 
2-1F
-
w
 
3-0F
-
36
M. Tel-Aviv8017-201 
-
-
-
-
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Win / draw / win form
Porto 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Porto2 - 0Stuttgart
Porto3 - 1Rangers
Porto2 - 1Malmö
Porto3 - 0Nice
Porto2 - 1Red Star Bel.
Porto1 - 1Roma
Porto0 - 1Olympiakos
Porto2 - 0Midtjylland
Porto2 - 0Hoffenheim
Porto3 - 3Man Utd
Porto1 - 0Arsenal
Porto5 - 3Shakhtar
Porto2 - 0Antwerp
Porto0 - 1Barcelona
Porto0 - 0Inter
Porto2 - 1A.Madrid
Porto2 - 0Leverkusen
Porto0 - 4Brugge
Porto0 - 1Lyon
Porto2 - 1Lazio
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HPorto2 - 0Stuttgart
APorto2 - 1Stuttgart
HPorto3 - 1Rangers
APorto1 - 1Plzen
HPorto2 - 1Malmö
HPorto3 - 0Nice
APorto1 - 1Utrecht
APorto0 - 2Nottm Forest
HPorto2 - 1Red Star Bel.
APorto1 - 0Salzburg
APorto2 - 3Roma
HPorto1 - 1Roma
APorto1 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
HPorto0 - 1Olympiakos
HPorto2 - 0Midtjylland
APorto2 - 2Anderlecht
APorto1 - 2Lazio
HPorto2 - 0Hoffenheim
HPorto3 - 3Man Utd
APorto2 - 3Bodø
Nottm Forest 13TH
6 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
9
Conceded
5
Games: Scored
4 / 6
Conceded
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
Failed to score
2 / 6
Won
3
Draw
2
L
1
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Midtjylland1 - 2Nottm Forest
Fenerbahce0 - 3Nottm Forest
Braga1 - 0Nottm Forest
Utrecht1 - 2Nottm Forest
Sturm Graz0 - 0Nottm Forest
Real Betis2 - 2Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
11
Games: Scored
9 / 12
Conceded
7 / 12
Clean sheets
5 / 12
Failed to score
3 / 12
Won
6
D
2
Lost
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANottm Forest2 - 1Midtjylland
HNottm Forest0 - 1Midtjylland
HNottm Forest1 - 2Fenerbahce
ANottm Forest3 - 0Fenerbahce
HNottm Forest4 - 0Ferencvaros
ANottm Forest0 - 1Braga
ANottm Forest2 - 1Utrecht
HNottm Forest3 - 0Malmö
ANottm Forest0 - 0Sturm Graz
HNottm Forest2 - 0Porto
HNottm Forest2 - 3Midtjylland
ANottm Forest2 - 2Real Betis
Goal Statistics

FC Porto have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 20 consecutive Europa League matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Nottingham Forest on Thursday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Porto 5th Nottm Forest 13th
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1.5
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Porto will score 1 or more goals
0
42%
1
36%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Nottm Forest scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Porto’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Nottm Forest’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
0.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season
Porto
PG (predicted goals)
Nottm Forest
1.5
0.9
Attack rating
44%
better
PTO
NFO
view stats
Games scored20
13
Failed to score0
7
Scored first16
6
Goals scored39
26
Avg. goals scored2
1.3
Avg. shots per game11
11
Avg. shots per goal5
9
Conversion rate for18
12
Avg. XG for1.9
1.5
KickOff rating
+44%
Defence rating
30%
better
PTO
NFO
view stats
Games conceded11
13
Clean sheets9
7
Conceded first4
11
Goals conceded14
23
Avg. goals conceded0.7
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
7
Conversion rate against10%
14%
Avg. XG against0.8
1.4
KickOff rating
+30%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Porto v Nottm Forest will show here when available.

Porto Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11432
D CostaW. Gomes Carvalho SantosB SainzJ Bednarek
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Costa GLK11
-
M. Moreira Moutinho Fernandes DEF91
1
-
T Silva DEF3
1
-
J Bednarek DEF11
2
-
Zaidu  DEF71
2
-
S Fofana MID3
-
P Rosario MID11
2
-
G Veiga MID921
2
-
W. Gomes Carvalho Santos FWD104
2
-
T Moffi FWD31
-
B Sainz FWD1113
1
-
Subs
C Ramos GLK
-
Andorinha GLK
-
J Kiwior DEF71
1
-
A Baio DEF10
2
-
D. Prpić DEF2
2
-
F Moura DEF61
1
-
V. Froholdt MID1111
1
-
A Varela MID8
1
-
T. Silva MID
-
R. Mora Carvalho MID931
2
-
Pepê FWD113
1
-
D Gül FWD911
-
Nottm Forest Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11734
MoratoI JesusM Gibbs-WhiteI Jesus
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Ortega GLK4
-
N Domínguez DEF101
1
-
Z Abbott DEF6
1
-
Murillo DEF111
2
-
Morato DEF11
2
-
J McAtee MID911
-
R Yates MID1022
2
-
M Gibbs-White MID1223
2
-
D Bakwa FWD6
-
D Ndoye FWD1111
1
-
C Wood FWD21
-
Subs
M Sels GLK6
-
N Williams DEF12
1
-
N Milenković DEF1211
-
O Aina  DEF61
-
J. Hanks DEF
-
I Sangaré MID131
1
-
A. Whitehall MID
-
J. Sinclair MID1
1
-
I Jesus FWD1071
4
-
L Lucca FWD4
1
-
O Hutchinson FWD5
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD101
-