Nottingham Forest are back in action on Thursday evening as they take on Porto in the Europa League quarter-finals.
Nottingham Forest have several first-teamers returning to their Wilford Lane training ground this week after the international break.
Vitor Pereira’s side will now be ramping up their preparations for the monumental clash in Portugal, with the team jetting off in a couple of days.
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Ahead of the clash, Opta’s supercomputer has issued its prediction.
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Porto heavy favourites to beat Nottingham Forest
The supercomputer has made Porto heavy favourites to beat Nottingham Forest in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.
The software has given the hosts a 51.2% chance of securing victory, with Pereira’s side deemed 24% likely to win.
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A draw is 24.8% likely, so the expectation is that Forest will go into the second leg needing nothing less than a win.
Porto are comfortably the best team in Portugal this season, as they’re sitting pretty at the top of the table on 73 points.
The seven-time European champions have only lost one game all year in the league and they’ve only suffered one defeat in Europe.
That, of course, came against the Tricky Trees back in October, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Igor Tudor both netting from the penalty spot.
Nuno Espirito Santo recently gave his verdict on the Forest vs Porto clash: “I confess I am not looking much at that competition, the Europa League.
“But it will be a very competitive game. Porto are one of the best teams in Portuguese football, and Nottingham is full of talent. It will be a complicated and competitive match, for sure.”
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