Overview
- Morgan Gibbs-White and Igor Jesus converted penalties, with the second awarded after VAR overturned a diving booking against Nicolo Savona.
- The victory marked Forest’s first Europa League win of the season, improving their position in the league-phase table.
- Dyche had only two training sessions with the squad and said he wants to "play long and stretch teams" to find a more effective balance.
- Porto suffered their first defeat of the campaign, and a Jan Bednarek finish from a corner was chalked off for offside on review.
- Oleksandr Zinchenko left with a groin problem, Chris Wood and Dilane Bakwa were absent from training, and Forest now visit Bournemouth in the league sitting 18th.