Nottingham Forest vs Porto Prediction 23.10.2025 | UEFA Europe League

The club’s patience finally ran out, and they handed Ange Postecoglou a swift dismissal just minutes after the Austrian oversaw Forest’s 3-0 collapse against Chelsea over the weekend, with the experienced 54-year-old Sean Dyche stepping into the hot seat.

Although it’s still early in the season, Nottingham have already made three managerial changes so far, and Dyche knows he’s stepping into a club in deep trouble, with Forest failing to win a single game since their victory on the opening weekend.

During a discouraging 10-game winless run across all competitions, Nottingham found themselves on the losing end seven times, while also playing out an exciting four-goal draw against Real Betis and falling short in a five-goal thriller against Midtjylland in their opening two UEFA Europa League outings.

Nigerian international Ola Aina is still struggling to recover from a hamstring injury sustained after returning from national team duty in September, making him a notable absence for Forest on Thursday.

While Nottingham find themselves in complete disarray form-wise, Porto’s 2025–26 campaign has been nothing short of outstanding, as their scoreless draw in the Derby de Lisboa against Benfica just before the October international break remains the only time they have dropped points in all competitions.

In fact, the Dragoes can proudly claim to be one of the most in-form sides in Europe right now, having recorded an impressive ten wins from their eleven matches across all competitions this season, including narrow wins over Salzburg 1-0 and Crvena Zvezda 2-1 in the opening two rounds of the Europa League.

It must be said that Italian coach Francesco Farioli has brought a real breath of fresh air and a champion’s mentality to the team, which now exudes confidence, and what’s particularly imposing is their form away from Lisbon, where they have convincingly won all six of their away games this season with a remarkable 16–1 goal difference.

Argentine centre-back Nehuen Perez and Dutch striker Luuk de Jong have been sidelined for some time with Achilles and knee injuries, making their involvement on Thursday highly unlikely.