Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea match stats & report

0–3 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 8 · City Ground, Nottingham · Ref C. Kavanagh

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Nottingham Forest lost to Chelsea 0–3 in the Premier League on 18 October 2025. Expected goals finished 2.35–1.67. Nottingham Forest had 50% of the ball.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea match statistics

Nottingham ForestChelsea

50% Ball possession 50%
2.35 Expected goals (xG) 1.67
12 Total shots 17
2 Shots on target 6
8 Shots off target 6
2 Blocked shots 5
8 Shots inside the box 11
5 Corners 2
13 Fouls 16
1 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 1
445 Passes 463
82% Pass accuracy 86%
3 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

41' Yellow card Morato Nottingham Forest
49' Goal Joshua Kofi Acheampong (assist Pedro Neto) Chelsea
52' Goal Pedro Neto (assist R. James) Chelsea
54' Yellow card M. Gusto Chelsea
80' Yellow card I. Sangare Nottingham Forest
84' Goal R. James Chelsea
87' Yellow card M. Gusto Chelsea
87' Red card M. Gusto Chelsea
89' Yellow card Estêvão Chelsea
90+4' Yellow card Robert Sánchez Chelsea

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nottingham Forest

Confirmed 5-3-2 Vitor Pereira

26 M. Sels

35 Oleksandr Zinchenko 5 Murillo 4 Morato 31 N. Milenkovic 3 N. Williams

8 E. Anderson 6 I. Sangare 12 Douglas Luiz

9 T. Awoniyi 10 M. Gibbs-White

Bench John , C. Wood , R. Yates , Igor Jesus , Jair , C. Hudson-Odoi , N. Domínguez , D. Ndoye , N. Savona

Chelsea

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Calum McFarlane

1 Robert Sánchez

3 Marc Cucurella 23 Trevoh Chalobah 34 Joshua Kofi Acheampong 24 R. James

45 R. Lavia 27 M. Gusto

49 A. Garnacho 17 Andrey Santos 7 Pedro Neto

20 Joao Pedro

Bench F. Jörgensen , J. Gittens , Tyrique George , M. Guiu , Estêvão , T. Adarabioyo , M. Caicedo , J. Hato , F. Buonanotte

Form guide

Nottingham Forest at home

5–3–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.9 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Chelsea away

2–2–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 2.4 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 5.2 per game
Shots on target: 3.8 per game

15% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
25 May 25	Nottingham Forest v Chelsea	0–1
6 Oct 24	Chelsea v Nottingham Forest	1–1
11 May 24	Nottingham Forest v Chelsea	2–3
2 Sep 23	Chelsea v Nottingham Forest	0–1
13 May 23	Chelsea v Nottingham Forest	2–2
1 Jan 23	Nottingham Forest v Chelsea	1–1

The full Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea head-to-head record