Nottingham Forest

Premier League

Nottingham Forest LDDWLL

1:2

Finished

Kick-off was 27 Dec, 12:30 UTC

Manchester City WWWWWW

Venue: City Ground City: Nottingham

In the Premier League game on 27 December 2025, Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 1:2. Match numbers: shots on target 2:5, fouls 5:13.

Key numbers

Possession, % 34 – 66

Shots on target 2 – 5

Shots off target 2 – 4

Expected goals 0.59 – 1.39

🟨 36' R. Dias — Yellow card 🟨 43' E. Anderson — Yellow card ⚽ 48' T. Reijnders — Goal ⚽ 54' O. Hutchinson — Goal 🟨 59' N. O'Reilly — Yellow card ⇄ 73' T. Reijnders — Substitution 🟨 75' P. Guardiola — Yellow card ⚽ 83' R. Cherki — Goal ⇄ 87' N. Dominguez — Substitution ⇄ 89' R. Cherki — Substitution ⇄ 90+2' C. Hudson-Odoi — Substitution

Match events

36' 0:0 Manchester City Yellow card R. Dias
43' 0:0 Nottingham Forest Yellow card E. Anderson
48' 0:1 Manchester City Goal T. Reijnders assist: R. Cherki
54' 1:1 Nottingham Forest Goal O. Hutchinson assist: Igor Jesus
59' 1:1 Manchester City Yellow card N. O'Reilly
73' 1:1 Manchester City Substitution T. Reijnders off: Savinho
75' 1:1 Manchester City Yellow card P. Guardiola
83' 1:2 Manchester City Goal R. Cherki assist: J. Gvardiol
87' 1:2 Nottingham Forest Substitution N. Dominguez off: T. Awoniyi
89' 1:2 Manchester City Substitution R. Cherki off: N. Ake
90+2' 1:2 Nottingham Forest Substitution C. Hudson-Odoi off: D. Bakwa

Statistics

34 Possession, % 66

2 Shots on target 5

2 Shots off target 4

0.59 Expected goals 1.39

1 Big chances 1

5 Corners 5

5 Fouls 13

13 Free kicks 4

1 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 2

8 Goal kicks 7

17 Throw-ins 16

All statistics

12/2548% Aerial duels 13/2552%

59 Backward passes 97

3 Blocked shots 7

24 Clearances 37

4/2218% Crosses 3/1817%

6/1735% Dribbles 11/2152%

0.54 Expected assists 1.52

73 Failed passes 59

3 Goalkeeper saves 1

8 Interceptions 4

4 Key passes 15

32/6648% Long passes 16/3348%

63 Passes into the final third 158

186 Passes in the opposition half 390

126 Passes in own half 216

0.29 Shot accuracy 0.31

2 Shots from outside the box 7

5 Shots inside the box 9

11/1573% Tackles 8/1362%

290 Total passes 588

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	John Victor	13
3	Neco Williams	3
5	Murillo	5
31	Nikola Milenković	31
37	Nicolò Savona	37
7	Callum James Hudson-Odoi	7
8	Elliot Anderson	8
10	Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White	10
16	Nicolás Domínguez	16
21	Omari Elijah Giraud-Hutchinson	21
19	Igor Jesus	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
26	Matz Sels	26
4	Morato	4
35	Oleksandr Zinchenko	35
44	Zach Abbott	44
12	Douglas Luiz	12
24	James John McAtee	24
9	Taiwo Awoniyi	9
15	Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga	15
29	Dilane Bakwa	29

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Manchester City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	Gianluigi Donnarumma	25
3	Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias	3
24	Joško Gvardiol	24
27	Matheus Luiz Nunes	27
33	Nico O'Reilly	33
4	Tijjani Reijnders	4
10	Mathis Rayan Cherki	10
14	Nico González	14
20	Bernardo Silva	20
47	Philip Walter Foden	47
9	Erling Braut Haaland	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	James Trafford	1
6	Nathan Benjamin Aké	6
45	Abduqodir Khusanov	45
82	Rico Henry Mark Lewis	82
16	Rodri	16
63	Divyne Mucas	63
26	Sávio Moreira de Oliveira	26
56	Ryan McAdoo	56
92	R. Hesketh	92

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