Leicester City 4-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Monday 3 October 2022

Result

Leicester City 4-0 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Monday 3 October 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Leicester City 4-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Leicester City defeated Nottingham Forest 4-0 in the Premier League on Monday 3 October 2022. The half-time score was 3-0.

James Maddison opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Leicester City's goals came from James Maddison (25'), Harvey Barnes (27'), James Maddison (35') and Patson Daka (73'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 20th on 1 point from 7 and Nottingham Forest 19th on 4 points from 7. Leicester City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 38.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (9.4), ahead of Danny Ward (7.5).

Going into the match Leicester City's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Nottingham Forest's L-L-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Neco WilliamsNottingham Forest
  • 25'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Harvey BarnesLeicester City · 2-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Cheikhou KouyatéNottingham Forest
  • 35'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 3-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Jesse LingardNottingham Forest
  • 71'Yellow card · Boubakary SoumaréLeicester City
  • 73'Goal · Patson DakaLeicester City · 4-0
  • 83'Yellow card · James MaddisonLeicester City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Steve CookNottingham Forest

Team news

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Leicester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Danny Ward, Timothy Castagne, Jonny Evans, Wout Felix Lina Faes, James Justin, Wilfred Ndidi, James Maddison, Youri Tielemans, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dean Henderson, Neco Williams, Steve Cook, Scott McKenna, Renan Lodi, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Lewis O'Brien, Brennan Johnson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Jesse Lingard, Taiwo Awoniyi