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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City match centre

Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 18
Full timeFinished

Score

12Premier League Matchweek 18

Kick-off

27 Dec 2025, 12:30 UTC

Venue

The City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance

30,778 official

Referee

Robert Jones

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:33 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

4-2-3-1
7.406 nations24.7 y183 cm25.9 apps

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

Away • Official lineup

Manchester City

4-3-2-1
7.368 nations25.2 y185 cm27.5 apps
  • Confirmed2 outs

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

Nottingham Forest

Bench

9
  1. 26M. Sels
    7.3933188 cm26 apps
  2. 4Morato
    6.6824192 cm16 apps
  3. 9T. Awoniyi
    6.65🇳🇬28183 cm12 apps
    • 87'Taiwo Awoniyi on 87'
  4. P. 320
    6.8227175 cm9 apps
  5. P. 2258
    6.20
  6. 24J. McAtee
    6.4323180 cm10 apps
  7. 29D. Bakwa
    6.7123180 cm11 apps
    • 92'Dilane Bakwa on 92'
  8. P. 2270
    6.30
  9. 44Z. Abbott
    6.7319180 cm2 apps

Manchester City

Bench

9
  1. 1J. Trafford
    6.9223197 cm3 apps
  2. 6N. Aké
    6.5530180 cm15 apps
    • 89'Nathan Aké on 89'
  3. 16Rodri
    7.4529190 cm20 apps
  4. 26Savinho
    6.5421179 cm20 apps
    • 73'Savinho on 73'
  5. 45A. Khusanov
    7.1621186 cm18 apps
  6. 56R. McAidoo
    6.2017174 cm0 apps
  7. P. 2267
    6.20
  8. 82R. Lewis
    6.5821170 cm10 apps
  9. 92R. Heskey
    6.2017184 cm0 apps

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 36'
    Away
    Rúben Dias booked

    Manchester City.

  2. 43'
    Home
    Elliot Anderson booked

    Nottingham Forest.

  3. 48'
    Away0-1
    Tijjani Reijnders scored

    Manchester City. Assist Rayan Cherki.

  4. 54'
    Home1-1
    Omari Hutchinson scored

    Nottingham Forest. Assist Igor Jesus.

  5. 59'
    Away
    Nico O'Reilly booked

    Manchester City.

  6. 73'
    Away
    Savinho on

    Manchester City. Tijjani Reijnders off.

  7. 83'
    Away1-2
    Rayan Cherki scored

    Manchester City. Assist Josko Gvardiol.

  8. 87'
    Home
    Taiwo Awoniyi on

    Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez off.

  9. 89'
    Away
    Nathan Aké on

    Manchester City. Rayan Cherki off.

  10. 92'
    Home
    Dilane Bakwa on

    Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi off.

  11. FT
    Final 1-2

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 0.55
    AttackxG
    1.45
  2. 7
    AttackTotal Shots
    16
  3. 293
    PassingTotal Passes
    595
  4. 12
    DefendingTackles Won
    8
  5. 17
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    21

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 179 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:58 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:33 UTC