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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City

Premier League
1-2
Final
Man City
13-1-4
The City Ground
TV: Fubo

Match pulse

NFOAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTMNC
34%Possession66%
7Shots16
2On target5
5Corners5
3Saves1
5Fouls13
36'Rúben DiasMNC43'Elliot AndersonNFO59'Nico O'ReillyMNC
Team1H2HT
NFO011
MNC022

Who won: Man City 2-1

Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at The City Ground. Goals for Nottm Forest: Omari Hutchinson (54'). Goals for Man City: Tijjani Reijnders (48') and Rayan Cherki (83').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 18.3Rayan CherkiCF-R
  2. 27.3Tijjani ReijndersCM-L
  3. 36.9Omari HutchinsonAM-R
  4. 46.7Josko GvardiolCD-L
  5. 56.7Phil FodenCF-L
  6. 66.4Igor JesusF
  7. 76.4Erling HaalandF
  8. 86.3Nico GonzálezCM
  9. 96.3Bernardo SilvaCM-R
  10. 106.2Neco WilliamsLB
  11. 116.2Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  12. 126.2Matheus NunesRB

Team stats

NFOMNC
5Fouls13
1Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
1Offsides1
5Corner Kicks5
3Saves1
34Possession66
7SHOTS16
2ON GOAL5
0.3On Target %0.3
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
219Accurate Passes536
293Passes595
0.7Pass Completion %0.9
4Accurate Crosses3
22Crosses18
0.2Cross %0.2
67Long Balls32
33Accurate Long Balls15
0.5Long Balls %0.5
3Blocked Shots7
12Effective Tackles8
15Tackles14
0.8Tackle %0.6
8Interceptions4
22Effective Clearances37
22Clearances37

Player of the game

Rayan Cherki

MNC · 1 G, 1 A

8.3

Deserved to win

4%
NFO · 0.05 xG
83%
Draw
14%
MNC · 0.16 xG

Man City created better chances: they win this game 14% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 2.
  2. Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 2.
  3. 90'+5'

    Offside

    Offside, Manchester City. Erling Haaland is caught offside.

  4. 90'+2'
    Sub

    Subbed on for C. Hudson-Odoi

    Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dilane Bakwa replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.

    D. Bakwa

  5. 90'+2'

    Free kick won

    Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  6. 90'+2'

    Foul

    Foul by Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest).

  7. 90'+1'

    Left footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico González.

    P. Foden

  8. 90'+1'

    Right footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Savinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal by John Victor (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Matheus Nunes.

    Sávio

  9. 90'

    Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.

  10. 89'
    Sub

    Subbed on for R. Cherki

    Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Rayan Cherki.

    N. Aké

  11. 87'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  12. 87'
    Sub

    Subbed on for N. Domínguez

    Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Nicolás Domínguez.

    T. Awoniyi

  13. 86'

    Delay in match (Manchester City).

  14. GOAL83'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    R. Cherki · ast J. Gvardiol

    Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 2. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol with a headed pass following a corner.

    NFO 1 - 2 MNC
  15. 83'MNC

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo.

  16. 82'

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.

  17. 80'

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo.

  18. 79'

    Free kick won

    Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  19. 79'

    Foul

    Foul by Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest).

  20. 77'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Nico González (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Phil Foden.

  21. 76'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.

  22. 76'

    Right footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

    N. Milenkovic

  23. 75'

    Foul

    Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).

  24. 75'

    Free kick won

    Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  25. 74'

    Free kick won

    Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Leaders

NFOMNC
Total Shots
Igor Jesus
2
Phil Foden
5
Accurate Passes
Elliot Anderson
47
Josko Gvardiol
92
Saves
John Victor
3
Gianluigi Donnarumma
1