Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 December 2025
Result
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 27 December 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester City: match report
Nottingham Forest were beaten by Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 December 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Tijjani Reijnders opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Omari Hutchinson (54'). Manchester City scored through Tijjani Reijnders (48') and Rayan Cherki (83').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 17th on 18 points from 17 and Manchester City 2nd on 37 points from 17. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 16th with 44 points, and Manchester City 2nd with 78.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rayan Cherki of Manchester City (9.1), ahead of Elliot Anderson (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 1 draw and 4 for Manchester City.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Rúben Dias
- 43'Yellow card · Elliot Anderson
- 48'Goal · Tijjani Reijnders
- 54'Goal · Omari Hutchinson
- 59'Yellow card · Nico O'Reilly
- 75'Yellow card · Pep Guardiola
- 83'Goal · Rayan Cherki
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Victor, Nicolò Savona, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Neco Williams, Elliot Anderson, Nicolás Domínguez, Omari Hutchinson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Igor Jesus
Manchester City line-up (4-3-2-1)
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Nico González, Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Cherki, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland