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Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea
18 Oct 2025, 12:30 · Premier League · 2025/2026
Referee
Chris KavanaghPremier League 2025/2026 · 29 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Nottingham ForestMin
ChelseaMorato
Yellowcard
Foul
41′- 46′⇄
Moisés Caicedo
Substitution
Off: Roméo Lavia
- 46′⇄
Jamie Gittens
Substitution
Off: Alejandro Garnacho
- 46′⇄
Marc Guiu
Substitution
Off: Andrey Santos
- ⇄
Igor Jesus
Substitution
Off: Taiwo Awoniyi
46′ - 49′⚽
Josh Acheampong 0-1
Goal · Header
With: Pedro Neto
Header
- 52′⚽
Pedro Neto 0-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Reece James
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Callum Hudson-Odoi
Substitution
Off: Douglas Luiz
53′ - 54′
Malo Gusto
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Nicolò Savona
Substitution
Off: Murillo
74′ - ⇄
Chris Wood
Substitution
Off: Oleksandr Zinchenko
74′ - 78′⇄
Estêvão
Substitution
Off: Pedro Neto
Ibrahim Sangaré
Yellowcard
Argument
80′- 81′⇄
Tosin Adarabioyo
Substitution
Off: Josh Acheampong
- 84′⚽
Reece James 0-3
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 87′
Malo Gusto
Yellow/Red card
Foul
- 89′
Estêvão
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- 90+4′
Robert Sánchez
Yellowcard
Time wasting
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.12 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.14 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.60 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.48 | |
| 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.43 | |
| 74 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 6.82 | |
| 53 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.34 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 6.61 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 6.85 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 6.18 | |
| 46 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.77 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.20 | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.61 | |
| 37 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.05 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.17 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Nottingham Forest
Latest: Sunderland · 0–1
Match stats
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Chelsea
Latest: Manchester United · 1–2
Match stats
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Nottingham Forest’s ground: 4 previous meetings, 0 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Nottingham Forest’s home games with Chelsea’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Nottingham Forest
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Chelsea
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Nottingham Forest
Chelsea
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Nottingham Forest
Chelsea
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Nottingham Forest
Chelsea
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.