Nottingham Forest welcome FC Porto<\/b> to the City Ground for the second leg of their thrilling UEFA Europa League quarter-final<\/b> tie. With the aggregate score standing at 1-1<\/b>, both sides have everything to play for as they battle for a place in the semi-finals. Forest will look to capitalise on their strong home European form, while Porto aim to produce a result on English soil to advance.<\/p>\nSummary of Leg One<\/h3>\n
The first leg, played on 9 April 2026<\/b> at Est\u00e1dio do Drag\u00e3o, finished 1-1. William Gomes gave Porto an early lead in the 11th minute, but Nottingham Forest equalised just two minutes later through a comical own goal by Porto defender Martim Fernandes. Forest showed resilience to hold on for the draw despite Porto\u2019s pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>Where to Watch<\/b>: In the UK, the match is live on TNT Sports 1 with streaming available via Discovery+ or HBO Max. In the US, it is available on Paramount+ and Fubo. Viewers in India and other regions should check local UEFA broadcast partners, often including platforms like SonyLIV or regional sports networks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 <\/span>When is it Happening<\/b>: The game kicks off on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 20:00 BST (8:00 PM UK time \/ 19:00 UTC) at the City Ground in Nottingham.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nottingham Forest and Porto have met twice this season. Forest won 2-0<\/b> against Porto in the Europa League league phase at home, and the sides drew 1-1 in the first leg of this quarter-final. Forest remain unbeaten in these encounters and hold a slight psychological edge heading into the decisive second leg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nottingham Forest are likely to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation<\/b>: Ortega; Aina, Murillo, Milenkovic, Williams; Sangare, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Jesus.<\/p>\n FC Porto are expected to deploy a 4-3-3<\/b>: Costa; A Costa, Silva, Bednarek, Sanusi; Fofana, Rosario, Veiga; Gomes, Moffi, Sainz. Both managers are anticipated to field near-full strength squads for this crucial European clash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nottingham Forest are favourites at home and are predicted to win 2-1<\/b> on the night, progressing 3-2<\/b> on aggregate. The City Ground atmosphere should play a big role, though Porto\u2019s counter-attacking threat means a tight contest or extra time cannot be ruled out. This could be a memorable European night for the Tricky Trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nottingham Forest welcome FC Porto to the City Ground for the second leg of their thrilling UEFA Europa League quarter-final\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":48873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4659],"tags":[3770,2464,4841,4057],"class_list":["post-48871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europa-league","tag-fc-porto","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-second-leg","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48876,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48871\/revisions\/48876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Where to Watch and Match Timing<\/h3>\n
Head-to-Head Record<\/h3>\n
Predicted Lineups<\/h3>\n
Predicted Score<\/h3>\n