Sporting Braga 1–0 Nottingham Forest
- Yates 54' (o.g.)
- Anderson 90+4'
22 January 2026
The match in data
Sporting Braga beat Nottingham Forest 1–0 on 22 January 2026, in the 2025-26 Europa League (League Stage 7).
Player of the match: Lukas Hornicek (Sporting Braga), rated 71, thanks above all to 1.79 goals prevented (4 shots on target worth 1.94; conceded 0) and 1 cross claimed. Hornicek produced 4.6 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
It was the highest rating of the round.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Nottingham Forest, the highest-rated player was James McAtee, with 62.
Morgan Gibbs-White missed a penalty at 53'.
Elliot Anderson was sent off at 90+4'.
Lukas Hornicek
Sporting Braga · 90'
Produced 4.58× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 1.79 goals prevented (4 shots on target worth 1.94; conceded 0) 6.4×
- 1 cross claimed 0.9×
- 8 recoveries 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukas Hornicek ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 71 |
| Gustaf Lagerbielke | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Bright Arrey-Mbi | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Vítor Carvalho | Midfielder | 44 | 48 |
| João Moutinho | Midfielder | 28 | 48 |
| Sikou Niakaté | Defender | 46 | 47 |
| Gabri Martínez | Forward | 86 | 43 |
| Gorby | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Víctor Gómez | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Ricardo Horta | Forward | 75 | 39 |
| Diego Rodrigues | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Fran Navarro | Forward | 62 | 27 |
| Florian Grillitsch | Midfielder | 62 | 25 |
| Pau Víctor | Forward | 28 | 24 |
| Mario Dorgeles | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Leonardo Lelo | Defender | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| James McAtee | Midfielder | 68 | 62 |
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | Forward | 22 | 62 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 22 | 52 |
| Douglas Luiz | Midfielder | 68 | 50 |
| Matz Sels | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 |
| Morato | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Dan Ndoye | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Ryan Yates | Midfielder | 83 | 38 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Dilane Bakwa | Forward | 75 | 35 |
| Nicolò Savona | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Ola Aina | Defender | 69 | 29 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 21 | 26 |
| Nicolás Domínguez | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Ibrahim Sangaré | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Europa League match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Sporting Braga 1–0 Nottingham Forest. The side that created more danger did not win.
Nottingham Forest held the upper hand with 12 shots, five on target, and 1.78 xG. Sporting Braga failed to register a shot on target and produced 0.84 xG, yet managed to win 1–0.
Which Nottingham Forest player played the most passes into the final third?
Morato, with 10 final-third passes. Next: Morgan Gibbs-White 5, James McAtee 5.
Although Nottingham Forest fell 1–0 to Sporting Braga, Morato acted as the main distributor with 10 passes into the final third. That doubled the 5 produced by both Morgan Gibbs-White and James McAtee.
Which Sporting Braga player won the most aerial duels?
Gustaf Lagerbielke, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Sikou Niakaté 2, Víctor Gómez 1.
Sporting Braga protected their 1–0 lead against Nottingham Forest by remaining steady in the air. Gustaf Lagerbielke led the side with 4 aerial duels won, ahead of Sikou Niakaté's 2 and Víctor Gómez's 1.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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