Sporting Braga vs Nottingham Forest

Sporting Braga

Estádio Municipal de Braga

22 Jan 2026, 21:00

1:0

Finished

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

8'

S. Niakaté

2ND HALF

46'

Vitor Carvalho

S. Niakaté

50'

Gabri

50'

Gabri(Penalty committed)

54'

Own Goal

Ryan Yates(Own Goal)

55'

Tiago Sá

62'

João Moutinho

62'

F. Grillitsch

62'

Pau Víctor

62'

Fran Navarro

Hudson-Odoi

68'

James Mcatee

68'

Douglas Luiz

E. Anderson

68'

Neco Williams

69'

Ola Aina

69'

N. Domínguez

75'

D. Bakwa

75'

75'

M. Dorgeles

Ricardo Horta

I. Sangaré

83'

Ryan Yates

83'

Neco Williams

84'

86'

L. Lelo

Gabri

Dan Ndoye

89'

E. Anderson

94'

I. Sangaré

95'

Match statistics

56%Possession44%

564Passes Attempted424

488Completed Passes358

3Corners1

21Throw-ins19

6Shots On Target12

Line-ups

Sporting Braga

Formation

3-4-2-1

Lukáš Horníček

#1Lukáš Horníček

S. Niakaté

#4S. Niakaté

B. Arrey-Mbi

#26B. Arrey-Mbi

G. Lagerbielke

#14G. Lagerbielke

F. Grillitsch

#27F. Grillitsch

J. Gorby

#29J. Gorby

Victor Gómez

#2Victor Gómez

Gabri

#77Gabri

Ricardo Horta

#21Ricardo Horta

Diego Henrique

#50Diego Henrique

Fran Navarro

#39Fran Navarro

Starting XI

Lukáš Horníček #1
S. Niakaté #4	8' 46'
B. Arrey-Mbi #26
G. Lagerbielke #14
F. Grillitsch #27	62'
J. Gorby #29
Victor Gómez #2
Gabri #77	86' 50' 50'
Ricardo Horta #21	75'
Diego Henrique #50
Fran Navarro #39	62'

Substitutes

A. Bellaarouch #36
Tiago Sá #12	55'
L. Lelo #5	86'
Paulo Oliveira #15
Vitor Carvalho #6	46'
João Moutinho #8	62'
Gabriel Moscardo #17
M. Dorgeles #20	75'
Yanis Da Rocha #41
Pau Víctor #18	62'
João Aragão #72
Sandro Vidigal #95

Will not play

Vitor

Vitor Carvalho Vieira

Midfielder

Hip injury

Return: Mid February 2026

Sikou

Sikou Niakaté

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Mid February 2026

Amine

Amine El Ouazzani

Forward

Broken foot

Return: Mid March 2026

Jean-Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste Gorby

Midfielder

Hamstring Injury

Return: Early March 2026

Jónatas

Jónatas Xavier Zamith Oliveira Noro

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Doubtful

Manager

Sporting Braga

Carlos Vicens

Sporting Braga

Formation

3-4-2-1

Lukáš Horníček

#1Lukáš Horníček

S. Niakaté

#4S. Niakaté

B. Arrey-Mbi

#26B. Arrey-Mbi

G. Lagerbielke

#14G. Lagerbielke

F. Grillitsch

#27F. Grillitsch

J. Gorby

#29J. Gorby

Victor Gómez

#2Victor Gómez

Gabri

#77Gabri

Ricardo Horta

#21Ricardo Horta

Diego Henrique

#50Diego Henrique

Fran Navarro

#39Fran Navarro

Starting XI

Lukáš Horníček #1
S. Niakaté #4	8' 46'
B. Arrey-Mbi #26
G. Lagerbielke #14
F. Grillitsch #27	62'
J. Gorby #29
Victor Gómez #2
Gabri #77	86' 50' 50'
Ricardo Horta #21	75'
Diego Henrique #50
Fran Navarro #39	62'

Substitutes

A. Bellaarouch #36
Tiago Sá #12	55'
L. Lelo #5	86'
Paulo Oliveira #15
Vitor Carvalho #6	46'
João Moutinho #8	62'
Gabriel Moscardo #17
M. Dorgeles #20	75'
Yanis Da Rocha #41
Pau Víctor #18	62'
João Aragão #72
Sandro Vidigal #95

Will not play

Vitor

Vitor Carvalho Vieira

Midfielder

Hip injury

Return: Mid February 2026

Sikou

Sikou Niakaté

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Mid February 2026

Amine

Amine El Ouazzani

Forward

Broken foot

Return: Mid March 2026

Jean-Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste Gorby

Midfielder

Hamstring Injury

Return: Early March 2026

Jónatas

Jónatas Xavier Zamith Oliveira Noro

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Doubtful

Manager

Sporting Braga

Carlos Vicens

Nottingham Forest

Formation

4-4-2

Matz Sels

#26Matz Sels

Morato

#4Morato

N. Milenković

#31N. Milenković

Ola Aina

#34Ola Aina

Nicolò Savona

#37Nicolò Savona

Ryan Yates

#22Ryan Yates

Douglas Luiz

#12Douglas Luiz

D. Bakwa

#29D. Bakwa

James Mcatee

#24James Mcatee

Dan Ndoye

#14Dan Ndoye

M. Gibbs-White

#10M. Gibbs-White

Starting XI

Matz Sels #26
Morato #4
N. Milenković #31
Ola Aina #34	69'
Nicolò Savona #37
Ryan Yates #22	83' 54'
Douglas Luiz #12	68'
D. Bakwa #29	75'
James Mcatee #24	68'
Dan Ndoye #14	89'
M. Gibbs-White #10

Substitutes

Angus Gunn #18
Keehan Willows #67
Neco Williams #3	84' 69'
Zach Abbott #44
Jack Thompson #58
J. Sinclair #61
I. Sangaré #6	95' 83'
E. Anderson #8	94' 68'
N. Domínguez #16	75'
Archie Whitehall #51
Ben Hammond #64
Hudson-Odoi #7	68'

Will not play

Christopher Grant

Christopher Grant Wood

Forward

Knee injury

Return: Mid April 2026

Matz

Matz Sels

Goalkeeper

Muscle injury

Return: Late February 2026

John Victor

John Victor Maciel Furtado

Goalkeeper

Knee injury

Return: Early June 2026

Nicolò

Nicolò Savona

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Doubtful

Murillo Santiago

Murillo Santiago Costa Dos Santos

Defender

Calf injury

Return: Doubtful

Manager

Nottingham Forest

Sean Dyche

Head-to-head

1 match

Sporting Braga

Sporting Braga

0

Wins

0

Draws

1

Wins

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest

Friendly2016 • 1 match

Sporting Braga

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Olympique Lyon	8	7	0	1	18:5	+13	21	LWWWW
2	Aston Villa	8	7	0	1	14:6	+8	21	WWWWW
3	Midtjylland	8	6	1	1	18:8	+10	19	WLWDW
4	Real Betis	8	5	2	1	13:7	+6	17	WWWLW
5	Porto	8	5	2	1	13:7	+6	17	DWWDW
6	Sporting Braga	8	5	2	1	11:5	+6	17	LDWWD
7	Freiburg	8	5	2	1	10:4	+6	17	WDWWL
8	Roma	8	5	1	2	13:6	+7	16	WWWWD
9	Genk	8	5	1	2	11:7	+4	16	WWLWW
10	Bologna	8	4	3	1	14:7	+7	15	DWWDW
11	Stuttgart	8	5	0	3	15:9	+6	15	WWWLW
12	FTC	8	4	3	1	12:11	+1	15	WDWDL
13	Nottingham Forest	8	4	2	2	15:7	+8	14	DWWLW
14	Viktoria Plzen	8	3	5	0	8:3	+5	14	DDDDW
15	Crvena Zvezda	8	4	2	2	7:6	+1	14	WWWWD
16	Celta	8	4	1	3	15:11	+4	13	WLLWD
17	PAOK	8	3	3	2	17:14	+3	12	WDDWL
18	Lille	8	4	0	4	12:9	+3	12	LWLLW
19	Fenerbahçe	8	3	3	2	10:7	+3	12	DDWLD
20	Panathinaikos	8	3	3	2	11:9	+2	12	WWDDD
21	Celtic	8	3	2	3	13:15	-2	11	LWLDW
22	Ludogorets	8	3	1	4	12:15	-3	10	LWDLW
23	Dinamo Zagreb	8	3	1	4	12:16	-4	10	LLLWL
24	SK Brann	8	2	3	3	9:11	-2	9	DDLDL
25	Young Boys	8	3	0	5	10:16	-6	9	LLWLL
26	Sturm Graz	8	2	1	5	5:11	-6	7	DLLLW
27	FCSB	8	2	1	5	9:16	-7	7	LLWLD
28	Go Ahead Eagles	8	2	1	5	6:14	-8	7	LLLLD
29	Feyenoord	8	2	0	6	11:15	-4	6	LLLWL
30	Basel	8	2	0	6	9:13	-4	6	WLLLL
31	Salzburg	8	2	0	6	10:15	-5	6	WLLWL
32	Rangers	8	1	1	6	5:14	-9	4	LDLWL
33	Nice	8	1	0	7	7:15	-8	3	LLLWL
34	Utrecht	8	0	1	7	5:15	-10	1	DLLLL
35	Malmö FF	8	0	1	7	4:15	-11	1	LLLLL
36	Maccabi Tel Aviv	8	0	1	7	2:22	-20	1	LLLLL

1/8 Europa League

1/16 Europa League

Eliminated

Match Information

Referee:

Igor Pajač

Venue:

Estádio Municipal de Braga

Capacity:

30 286

Sporting Braga vs Nottingham Forest match from the Europa League. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Sporting Braga and Nottingham Forest. Follow team performance and match context within the Europa League season.