Nottingham Forest 1–2 Manchester City
Nottingham Forest
1–2HT 0–0
Manchester City
Nottingham Forest played Manchester City in the Premier League on 27 December 2025 at City Ground. The match finished 1–2.
Goals and cards
- 36'Rúben Dias — Yellow card
- 43'Elliot Anderson — Yellow card
- 48'T. Reijnders (assist by R. Cherki)
- 54'O. Hutchinson (assist by Igor Jesus)
- 59'Nico O'Reilly — Yellow card
- 83'R. Cherki (assist by J. Gvardiol)
Line-ups
Nottingham Forest 4-2-3-1
- John Victor
- N. Savona
- N. Milenkovic
- Murillo
- N. Williams
- E. Anderson
- N. Dominguez
- O. Hutchinson
- M. Gibbs-White
- C. Hudson-Odoi
- Igor Jesus
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Sels
- T. Awoniyi
- Douglas Luiz
- D. Bakwa
- J. McAtee
- O. Zinchenko
- A. Kalimuendo
- Morato
- Z. Abbott
- COACHES: Vitor Pereira
Manchester City 4-3-2-1
- G. Donnarumma
- M. Nunes
- R. Dias
- J. Gvardiol
- N. O'Reilly
- B. Silva
- Nico
- T. Reijnders
- R. Cherki
- P. Foden
- E. Haaland
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Trafford
- Rodri
- R. Lewis
- R. McAidoo
- R. Heskey
- N. Ake
- Savinho
- A. Khusanov
- D. Mukasa
- COACHES: Pep Guardiola
Match statistics
| Nottingham Forest | Manchester City | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 2 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 7 | Total shots | 16 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 7 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 9 |
| 2 | Shots outside box | 7 |
| 5 | Fouls | 13 |
| 5 | Corners | 5 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 34% | Possession | 66% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 3 | Saves | 1 |
| 293 | Total passes | 595 |
| 219 | Accurate passes | 536 |
| 75% | Pass accuracy | 90% |
| 0.55 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.45 |
| -0.42 | goals_prevented | -0.42 |