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Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 18 · The City Ground

Nottingham Forest1:2Manchester City

27 December 2025 · 30,778 in the ground · Robert Jones

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Nottingham Forest4-2-3-1
Manchester City4-3-2-1
John5.9Williams6.4Murillo6.3Milenkovic6.9Savona6.3Dominguez6.5Anderson7.1Hudson-Odoi6.5Gibbs-White6.8Hutchinson7.4Jesus7.1Donnarumma6.8O'Reilly6.4Gvardiol7.7Dias6.8Nunes6.8Reijnders7.6Nico6.9Bernardo7.1Foden6.9Cherki9.3Haaland6.7
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

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goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 48′ReijndersGoal · 0.41 xG · 0.41 xG
  • 54′HutchinsonGoal · 0.30 xG · 0.30 xG
  • 83′CherkiGoal · 0.08 xG · 0.08 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Forest 0:0 Man City0'kickoff
10' Cherki — xG 0.06 · Missed18' Jesus — xG 0.03 · Blocked20' Haaland — xG 0.08 · Blocked26' Dominguez — xG 0.02 · Missed35' Foden — xG 0.07 · Blocked40' Cherki — xG 0.04 · Blocked40' Nunes — xG 0.02 · Blocked40' Foden — xG 0.10 · Blocked48' Reijnders — xG 0.41 · Goal51' Cherki — xG 0.09 · Saved54' Hutchinson — xG 0.30 · Goal56' Reijnders — xG 0.04 · Missed58' Foden — xG 0.04 · Blocked62' Jesus — xG 0.07 · Blocked66' Williams — xG 0.04 · Saved66' Savona — xG 0.08 · Missed72' Haaland — xG 0.09 · Missed73' Foden — xG 0.24 · Saved76' Milenkovic — xG 0.08 · Blocked77' Nico — xG 0.01 · Missed83' Cherki — xG 0.08 · Goal90 + 1' Savinho — xG 0.04 · Saved90 + 1' Foden — xG 0.03 · Blocked

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Forest 0:0 Man City
0.51.01.50′15′30′45′60′75′90′48' Reijnders — GOAL54' Hutchinson — GOAL83' Cherki — GOAL0.621.44

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

Nottingham Forest attacking right · Manchester City attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City

34%
Possession
66%
0.55
Expected goals
1.45
7
Shots
16
2
Shots on target
5
1
Big chances created
1
219
Passes completed
536
65
Into final third
159
46
Duels won
42
12/15 (80%)
Tackles won
8/14 (57%)
5
Corners
5
5
Fouls
13

No physical or tracking data for league matches — that tier is FIFA-only. Everything above is from the public match feed.