Porto vs Nottingham Forest Tips & Preview - Portuguese giants to claim home advantage

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Porto confident with strong home record and recent form.
Nottingham Forest inconsistent, especially away from home.
Both teams likely to score, with over 2.5 goals expected.

Porto vs Nottingham Forest

Nigeria’s Terem Moffi will be hoping to help Porto earn a first-leg advantage when they host Nottingham Forest in the UEFA Europa League quarter-final.

The Portuguese side have been in good form lately and are also solid in front of their fans. They should claim the edge at home in Thursday's first meeting, with Forest a little unconvincing on their travels.

Porto News

Porto are in the quarter-finals of the Europa League after claiming a 4-1 aggregate victory over Stuttgart. They did the double over the German side, earning a 2-1 away win in the first meeting before a 2-0 home triumph in the second leg.

Things have been pretty smooth for Porto lately as they are unbeaten in nine of their last 10 matches across all competitions, playing out a 2-2 home draw with Famalicao last weekend. Francesco Farioli's team are also unbeaten in 14 of their last 15 home matches, with 12 wins in this run.

Moffi is part of a solid Porto attack that has scored in nine of their last 10 matches across all competitions. However, they have failed to keep a clean sheet in six of the last eight fixtures, while six of those eight matches have also produced over 2.5 goals.

Nottingham Forest News

A 3-2 aggregate victory over Midtjylland was enough to earn Nottingham Forest a place in the quarter-finals. Vitor Pereira's team bounced back from a 1-0 away defeat in the first meeting to earn a 3-1 home victory in the second leg.

Nottingham Forest have only won two of their last eight matches across all competitions, with one of those wins a 3-0 victory at Tottenham before the international break. They are also a bit inconsistent on their travels, with five wins from their last 10 away matches.

The Tricky Trees have Taiwo Awoniyi in attack and have scored in six of their last nine matches across all competitions. However, they are without a clean sheet in six of those nine fixtures, while five of the last seven matches have produced over 2.5 goals.

Head to Head

The only previous meeting between the two teams came in this season's league phase, with Nottingham Forest claiming a 2-0 home victory.

Verdict

FC Porto v Nottm Forest

Both teams have shown some defensive vulnerability lately, and given their quality in attack, could be backed to score here. Six of Porto’s last eight matches have produced over 2.5 goals, which is likely to be the outcome here.

Porto often put on a show in front of their fans and will be keen to get some revenge after the league phase defeat. They should come out on top in the first leg as Nottingham Forest are a bit inconsistent lately.

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