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The 1-1 draw in the first leg is not right about how the match went. Porto controlled the game for long periods. Chances won't decide this tie. Whoever avoids more mistakes will advance to the semi-finals of this Europa League season. There's not much common ground between two of the best defenses in this Europa League season. The Portuguese side won the expected goals comparison relatively easily in the first leg of the quarter-final. Porto started with a lightning-fast counter-attack after less than a minute, at the end of which Terem Moffi missed a clear chance. Until the final whistle, Porto had more scoring opportunities and still should have better chances to qualify for the next round. This isn't the first time the two teams have faced each other in this Europa League season. Before the first leg they already met in the league. Under Sean Dyche's management Forest won 2-0 at home. Both head-to-head matches thus remained at two goals. The current situation before the second leg suggests we can expect even fewer goals in regulation time. Porto underlined once again in the first leg how difficult it is to create clear-cut chances against the Dragons.