Overview
- The match will be played at Bloomfield Stadium with kickoff listed at 14:00 local time, which is 16:00 in Argentina and 14:00 in Colombia and Peru.
- The first leg finished 1-1, after Forest won the group-stage meeting 2-0 earlier this season.
- Dutch referee Danny Makkelie has been assigned to officiate.
- Nottingham Forest reached the quarters by beating Fenerbahçe 3-0 in the playoff round and advancing on penalties against Midtjylland in the last 16.
- Porto arrived here by defeating Stuttgart in both round-of-16 legs with 2-1 away and 2-0 home wins.