Nottingham Forest confirm team for Europa League decider against Porto | OneFootball

Vitor Pereira has confirmed his Nottingham Forest team for tonight’s Europa League quarter-final second leg against Porto at the City Ground, with a last-four place on the line after last week’s 1-1 draw in Portugal.

Forest have made five changes from Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Aston Villa, with Stefan Ortega, Jair Cunha, Nicolas Dominguez, Dan Ndoye and Chris Wood coming in for Matz Sels, Nikola Milenkovic, Elliot Anderson, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Igor Jesus. The club said in a statement that Elliot Anderson is unavailable following the death of his mother, and extended condolences to his family.

Ortega starts in goal behind a back four of Ola Aina, Jair, Murillo and Neco Williams. Dominguez partners Ibrahim Sangare in midfield. Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs-White and Omari Hutchinson support Wood.

Bench: Sels, Keehan Willows, Morato, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus, Lorenzo Lucca, Ryan Yates, James McAtee, Dilane Bakwa, Milenkovic, Zach Abbott, Jimmy Sinclair.

Forest are five unbeaten going into tonight, reflecting the positive start under Pereira. Neco Williams equalised at the weekend as they collected a point. The team are balancing a European push with a survival fight, with Burnley on Sunday and three points separating them from the relegation zone with six league games left.

Source: Nottingham Post