FC Porto out despite dominant stats: wasteful, one goal ends run | OneFootball

FC Porto bowed out of the Europa League against Nottingham Forest in a tie marked by wasteful finishing. After a 1-1 draw at the Estádio do Dragão in the first leg of the quarter-finals, the Dragons once again showed a lack of cutting edge in the decisive match in England.

The numbers help explain the elimination: the Porto side generated 3.22 expected goals, but scored only once against the English team. Terem Moffi stood out for the wrong reasons, amassing 0.88 xG without finding the net, in another particularly uninspired night for the striker.

In the first game, FC Porto had already shown superiority at several moments, but came away with only a draw. William Gomes put the blue-and-whites ahead in the 11th minute before Martim Fernandes scored an own goal in the 13th, making it 1-1 in the first leg. In that match, Moffi had clear chances early on and again before half-time, both denied by the opposing goalkeeper.

In the second leg, the pattern repeated itself: FC Porto once again created enough to fight for progression, but lacked precision in the decisive moments, hitting the post twice. Moffi was eventually taken off during the match after a subdued display in which he failed to help hold the ball up further forward, symbolising a tie in which the Dragons produced more than they converted.

Against an efficient and resilient Nottingham Forest, FC Porto were knocked out in the quarter-finals, punished above all for their inability to turn attacking output into goals.

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