Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City

Final score: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester City in the Premier League, December 27, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 9 meetings: 1 wins for Nottingham Forest, 2 draws, 6 wins for Manchester City.

Overview

Football: Premier League · Round 18
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Form: LLDDW Nottingham Forest
: WWWWW Manchester City

36' Rúben Dias
43' Elliot Anderson
HT0-0
48' 0-1 T. Reijnders · R. Cherki
54' O. Hutchinson · Igor Jesus 1-1
59' Nico O'Reilly
73' ▲ Savinho ▼ T. Reijnders
83' 1-2 R. Cherki · J. Gvardiol
87' ▲ T. Awoniyi ▼ N. Dominguez
89' ▲ N. Ake ▼ R. Cherki
90'+2 ▲ D. Bakwa ▼ C. Hudson-Odoi
FT1-2

Line-ups

Nottingham Forest Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Coach: Vitor Pereira

13John Victor 6.3
37N. Savona 6.5
31N. Milenkovic 6.9
5Murillo 7.2
3N. Williams 6.3
8E. Anderson 7.5
16N. Dominguez ▼ 87' 6.9
21O. Hutchinson ⚽ 7.3
10M. Gibbs-White 6.6
7C. Hudson-Odoi ▼ 90' 6.5
19Igor Jesus ⇢ 6.7

Substitutes 9

26M. Sels
9T. Awoniyi ▲ 87' 6.5
12Douglas Luiz
29D. Bakwa ▲ 90'
24J. McAtee
35O. Zinchenko
15A. Kalimuendo
4Morato
44Z. Abbott

Manchester City Formation: 4-3-2-1 · Coach: Pep Guardiola

25G. Donnarumma 6.2
27M. Nunes 7.3
3R. Dias 7.2
24J. Gvardiol ⇢ 7.3
33N. O'Reilly 6.2
20B. Silva 6.9
14Nico 6.9
4T. Reijnders ⚽ ▼ 73' 7.0
10R. Cherki ⚽ ⇢ ▼ 89' 8.5
47P. Foden 5.9
9E. Haaland 6.5

Substitutes 9

1J. Trafford
16Rodri
82R. Lewis
56R. McAidoo
92R. Heskey
6N. Ake ▲ 89'
26Savinho ▲ 73' 6.5
45A. Khusanov
63D. Mukasa

Statistics

01⚑5

⚑520

34%Possession66%

7Shots16

2Shots on target5

2Shots off target4

5Shots inside box9

2Shots outside box7

3Blocked shots7

5Corners5

1Offsides1

5Fouls13

1Yellow cards2

3Saves1

-0.42Goals prevented-0.42

293Passes595

219Accurate passes536

75%Pass accuracy90%

0.55Expected goals (xG)1.45

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	71 - 27	+44	85
2	Manchester City	38	77 - 35	+42	78
3	Manchester United	38	69 - 50	+19	71
4	Aston Villa	38	56 - 49	+7	65
5	Liverpool	38	63 - 53	+10	60
6	Bournemouth	38	58 - 54	+4	57
7	Sunderland	38	42 - 48	-6	54
8	Brighton	38	52 - 46	+6	53
9	Brentford	38	55 - 52	+3	53
10	Chelsea	38	58 - 52	+6	52
11	Fulham	38	47 - 51	-4	52
12	Newcastle	38	53 - 55	-2	49
13	Everton	38	47 - 50	-3	49
14	Leeds	38	49 - 56	-7	47
15	Crystal Palace	38	41 - 51	-10	45
16	Nottingham Forest	38	48 - 51	-3	44
17	Tottenham	38	48 - 57	-9	41
18	West Ham	38	46 - 65	-19	39
19	Burnley	38	38 - 75	-37	22
20	Wolves	38	27 - 68	-41	20