Sporting Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 22 January 2026

Result

Sporting Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest

Europa League · Thursday 22 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sporting Braga · Nottingham Forest · Europa League predictions

Sporting Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Sporting Braga won against Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal was an own goal by Ryan Yates in the 54th minute, credited to Sporting Braga.

Discipline: Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sporting Braga were 2nd on 27 points from 12 and Nottingham Forest 22nd on 11 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Sporting Braga lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lukas Hornicek of Sporting Braga (8.0), ahead of Gustaf Lagerbielke (7.8).

Going into the match Sporting Braga's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Nottingham Forest's W-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Sikou NiakatéSporting Braga
  • 50'Yellow card · Gabri MartínezSporting Braga
  • 53'Missed penalty · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest
  • 54'Own goal · Ryan YatesSporting Braga · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Tiago SáSporting Braga
  • 84'Yellow card · Neco WilliamsNottingham Forest
  • 89'Yellow card · Dan NdoyeNottingham Forest
  • 90+4'Red card · Elliot AndersonNottingham Forest
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ibrahim SangaréNottingham Forest

Team news

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Sporting Braga line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lukas Hornicek, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Sikou Niakaté, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Víctor Gómez, Gorby, Florian Grillitsch, Gabri Martínez, Ricardo Horta, Diego Rodrigues, Fran Navarro

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-4-2)

Matz Sels, Nicolò Savona, Nikola Milenković, Morato, Ola Aina, James McAtee, Douglas Luiz, Ryan Yates, Dilane Bakwa, Morgan Gibbs-White, Dan Ndoye