Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City match stats & report

1–2 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 18 · City Ground, Nottingham · Ref R. Jones

Nottingham Forest stats & fixtures · Manchester City stats & fixtures

Nottingham Forest lost to Manchester City 1–2 in the Premier League on 27 December 2025. Expected goals finished 0.55–1.45. Manchester City had 66% of the ball.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City match statistics

Nottingham ForestManchester City

34% Ball possession 66%
0.55 Expected goals (xG) 1.45
7 Total shots 16
2 Shots on target 5
2 Shots off target 4
3 Blocked shots 7
5 Shots inside the box 9
5 Corners 5
5 Fouls 13
1 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 2
293 Passes 595
75% Pass accuracy 90%
3 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

36' Yellow card Rúben Dias Manchester City
43' Yellow card E. Anderson Nottingham Forest
48' Goal T. Reijnders (assist R. Cherki) Manchester City
54' Goal O. Hutchinson (assist Igor Jesus) Nottingham Forest
59' Yellow card N. O'Reilly Manchester City
83' Goal R. Cherki (assist J. Gvardiol) Manchester City

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nottingham Forest

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Vitor Pereira

13 John

3 N. Williams 5 Murillo 31 N. Milenkovic 37 N. Savona

16 N. Domínguez 8 E. Anderson

7 C. Hudson-Odoi 10 M. Gibbs-White 21 O. Hutchinson

19 Igor Jesus

Bench M. Sels , T. Awoniyi , Douglas Luiz , D. Bakwa , J. McAtee , Oleksandr Zinchenko , A. Kalimuendo , Morato , Z. Abbott

Manchester City

Confirmed 4-3-2-1 Pep Guardiola

25 G. Donnarumma

33 N. O'Reilly 24 J. Gvardiol 3 Rúben Dias 27 M. Nunes

4 T. Reijnders 14 Nico 20 B. Silva

47 P. Foden 10 R. Cherki

9 E. Haaland

Bench J. Trafford , Rodri , R. Lewis , R. McAidoo , Reigan Heskey , Nathan Aké , Savinho , A. Khusanov , D. Mukasa

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.

Manchester City away

8–2–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.2 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 6 / 10
Corners: 7.3 per game
Shots on target: 6.1 per game

27% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
27 Apr 25	Nottingham Forest v Manchester City	0–2
8 Mar 25	Nottingham Forest v Manchester City	1–0
4 Dec 24	Manchester City v Nottingham Forest	3–0
28 Apr 24	Nottingham Forest v Manchester City	0–2
23 Sep 23	Manchester City v Nottingham Forest	2–0
18 Feb 23	Nottingham Forest v Manchester City	1–1

The full Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City head-to-head record