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Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea match centre

Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 8
Full timeFinished

Score

03Premier League Matchweek 8

Away

Chelsea

Official XI

0 outs • 0 returns

Kick-off

18 Oct 2025, 11:30 UTC

Venue

The City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance

30,495 official

Referee

Chris Kavanagh

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Nottingham Forest

5-3-2
7.187 nations26.1 y184 cm24.4 apps

Official lineup released in 5-3-2.

Away • Official lineup

Chelsea

4-2-3-1
7.137 nations23.5 y182 cm26.2 apps

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

  1. Pedro
  1. Gusto
    • 54'Malo Gusto booked 54'
    • 87'Malo Gusto booked 87'
  2. Lavia
    • 45'Roméo Lavia off 45'
  3. Garnacho
    • 45'Alejandro Garnacho off 45'
  1. Neto
    • 52'Pedro Neto scored 52'
    • 78'Pedro Neto off 78'
  2. Santos
    • 45'Andrey Santos off 45'
  1. Cucurella
  2. Chalobah
  3. James
    • 84'Reece James scored 84'
  4. Acheampong
    • 49'Josh Acheampong scored 49'
    • 81'Josh Acheampong off 81'
  1. Sánchez
    • 94'Robert Sánchez booked 94'

Nottingham Forest

Bench

9
  1. 13J. Victor
    7.3829196 cm5 apps
  2. 7C. Hudson-Odoi
    7.5424182 cm30 apps
    • 53'Callum Hudson-Odoi on 53'
  3. 11C. Wood
    7.2533191 cm10 apps
    • 74'Chris Wood on 74'
  4. 14D. Ndoye
    6.7824184 cm24 apps
  5. 16N. Domínguez
    6.9727179 cm22 apps
  6. 19I. Jesus
    7.6124180 cm32 apps
    • 45'Igor Jesus on 45'
  7. 22R. Yates
    6.6027190 cm18 apps
  8. 23J. Cunha
    6.8320198 cm4 apps
  9. 37N. Savona
    6.9222192 cm14 apps
    • 74'Nicolò Savona on 74'

Chelsea

Bench

9
  1. 12F. Jörgensen
    7.0023192 cm3 apps
  2. 4T. Adarabioyo
    6.6528196 cm15 apps
    • 81'Tosin Adarabioyo on 81'
  3. 11J. Gittens
    6.7121175 cm16 apps
    • 45'Jamie Gittens on 45'
  4. 21J. Hato
    6.9419182 cm19 apps
  5. 25M. Caicedo
    7.1123178 cm29 apps
    • 45'Moisés Caicedo on 45'
  6. P. 182
    6.4419181 cm7 apps
  7. 38M. Guiu
    6.5319187 cm8 apps
    • 45'Marc Guiu on 45'
  8. P. 583
    6.3720174 cm2 apps
  9. 41Estêvão
    6.9018176 cm22 apps
    • 78'Estêvão on 78'
    • 89'Estêvão booked 89'

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 41'
    Home
    Morato booked

    Nottingham Forest.

  2. 45'
    Home
    Igor Jesus on

    Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi off.

  3. 45'
    Away
    Moisés Caicedo on

    Chelsea. Roméo Lavia off.

  4. 45'
    Away
    Jamie Gittens on

    Chelsea. Alejandro Garnacho off.

  5. 45'
    Away
    Marc Guiu on

    Chelsea. Andrey Santos off.

  6. 49'
    Away0-1
    Josh Acheampong scored

    Chelsea. Assist Pedro Neto.

  7. 52'
    Away0-2
    Pedro Neto scored

    Chelsea. Assist Reece James.

  8. 53'
    Home
    Callum Hudson-Odoi on

    Nottingham Forest. Player 320 off.

  9. 54'
    Away
    Malo Gusto booked

    Chelsea.

  10. 74'
    Home
    Chris Wood on

    Nottingham Forest. Player 2270 off.

  11. 74'
    Home
    Nicolò Savona on

    Nottingham Forest. Murillo off.

  12. 78'
    Away
    Estêvão on

    Chelsea. Pedro Neto off.

  13. 80'
    Home
    Ibrahim Sangaré booked

    Nottingham Forest.

  14. 81'
    Away
    Tosin Adarabioyo on

    Chelsea. Josh Acheampong off.

  15. 84'
    Away0-3
    Reece James scored

    Chelsea.

  16. 87'
    Away
    Malo Gusto booked

    Chelsea.

  17. 89'
    Away
    Estêvão booked

    Chelsea.

  18. 94'
    Away
    Robert Sánchez booked

    Chelsea.

  19. FT
    Final 0-3

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 2.35
    AttackxG
    1.67
  2. 12
    AttackTotal Shots
    17
  3. 445
    PassingTotal Passes
    463
  4. 10
    DefendingTackles Won
    8
  5. 17
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    20

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 203 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:34 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC