Nottingham Forest v Chelsea, 18 October 2025

Score3-0 to Chelsea
RefereeChris Kavanagh
CompetitionPremier League
VenueCity Ground
Attendance30,495

View Nottingham Forest v Chelsea head to head

Kick-off: 12.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 17 Nottingham Forest won: 4 Drawn: 6 Chelsea won: 7 Nottingham Forest scored: 17 Chelsea scored: 19 . Chelsea had now won on three consecutive league visits to the City Ground for the first time.

0 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Ange Postecoglou

3 Chelsea

Manager: Enzo Maresca

Goals:

Goals:

Josh Acheampong 49 G
Pedro Neto 52 G
Reece James 84 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Matz Sels
Defender Nikola Milenković
Defender Morato
Defender Murillo
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Elliott Anderson
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Ibrahim Sangaré
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Gibbs-White

Starting lineup:

Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper
Josh Acheampong Defender
Trevoh Chalobah Defender
Malo Gusto Defender
Marc Cucurella Defender/Midfielder
Reece James Defender/Midfielder
Andrey Santos Midfielder
Roméo Lavia Midfielder
Pedro Neto Midfielder
Alejandro Garnacho Midfielder/Forward
João Pedro Forward

Substitutions:

Igor Jesus for Taiwo Awoniyi 46
Callum Hudson-Odoi for Douglas Luiz 53
Nicoló Savona for Murillo 74
Chris Wood for Olexsandr Zinchenko 74

Substitutions:

Moisés Caicedo for Roméo Lavia 46
Jamie Gittens for Alejandro Garnacho 46
Marc Guiu for Andrey Santos 46
Estêvão for Pedro Neto 78
Tosin Adarabioyo for Josh Acheampong 81

Cards:

Morato 41 Y
Ibrahim Sangaré 80 Y

Cards:

Malo Gusto 54 Y
Malo Gusto 87 Y
Malo Gusto 87 R
Estêvão 89 Y
Robert Sánchez 90+4 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper John Victor
Defender Jair Cunha
Defender Nicoló Savona
Midfielder Nicolás Domínguez
Midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi
Midfielder Ryan Yates
Midfielder/Forward Dan Ndoye
Forward Igor Jesus
Forward Chris Wood

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen
Defender Tosin Adarabioyo
Defender Jorrel Hato
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo
Midfielder/Forward Facundo Buonanotte
Midfielder/Forward Estêvão
Midfielder/Forward Tyrique George
Midfielder/Forward Jamie Gittens
Forward Marc Guiu

Comments:

League position: 18th . After 39 days in charge, with a record of six defeats and two draws from his eight games, manager Ange Postecoglou was sacked immediately after this game. It became the shortest reign of any permanent manager leaving during a season in the Premier League. . Nottingham Forest had now failed to score in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since April 1999. . Forest had now lost three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2023 (four).

Comments:

League position: 6th . Chelsea had now won four of their last 15 away games in the Premier League (lost seven). . 25 goals had now been scored in their eight games so far in this Premier League season (for 16, against 9). . Four red cards had now been shown to the Blues' players in their 11 games in all competitions so far in this season. Manager Enzo Maresca had to watch this game from the stands after he was received a red card in their preceding game in the Premier League against Liverpool.

0 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Ange Postecoglou

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Matz Sels
Defender Nikola Milenković
Defender Morato
Defender Murillo
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Elliott Anderson
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Ibrahim Sangaré
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Gibbs-White

Substitutions:

Igor Jesus for Taiwo Awoniyi 46
Callum Hudson-Odoi for Douglas Luiz 53
Nicoló Savona for Murillo 74
Chris Wood for Olexsandr Zinchenko 74

Cards:

Morato 41 Y
Ibrahim Sangaré 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper John Victor
Defender Jair Cunha
Defender Nicoló Savona
Midfielder Nicolás Domínguez
Midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi
Midfielder Ryan Yates
Midfielder/Forward Dan Ndoye
Forward Igor Jesus
Forward Chris Wood

Comments:

League position: 18th . After 39 days in charge, with a record of six defeats and two draws from his eight games, manager Ange Postecoglou was sacked immediately after this game. It became the shortest reign of any permanent manager leaving during a season in the Premier League. . Nottingham Forest had now failed to score in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since April 1999. . Forest had now lost three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2023 (four).

3 Chelsea

Manager: Enzo Maresca

Goals:

Josh Acheampong 49 G
Pedro Neto 52 G
Reece James 84 G

Starting lineup:

Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper
Josh Acheampong Defender
Trevoh Chalobah Defender
Malo Gusto Defender
Marc Cucurella Defender/Midfielder
Reece James Defender/Midfielder
Andrey Santos Midfielder
Roméo Lavia Midfielder
Pedro Neto Midfielder
Alejandro Garnacho Midfielder/Forward
João Pedro Forward

Substitutions:

Moisés Caicedo for Roméo Lavia 46
Jamie Gittens for Alejandro Garnacho 46
Marc Guiu for Andrey Santos 46
Estêvão for Pedro Neto 78
Tosin Adarabioyo for Josh Acheampong 81

Cards:

Malo Gusto 54 Y
Malo Gusto 87 Y
Malo Gusto 87 R
Estêvão 89 Y
Robert Sánchez 90+4 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen
Defender Tosin Adarabioyo
Defender Jorrel Hato
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo
Midfielder/Forward Facundo Buonanotte
Midfielder/Forward Estêvão
Midfielder/Forward Tyrique George
Midfielder/Forward Jamie Gittens
Forward Marc Guiu

Comments:

League position: 6th . Chelsea had now won four of their last 15 away games in the Premier League (lost seven). . 25 goals had now been scored in their eight games so far in this Premier League season (for 16, against 9). . Four red cards had now been shown to the Blues' players in their 11 games in all competitions so far in this season. Manager Enzo Maresca had to watch this game from the stands after he was received a red card in their preceding game in the Premier League against Liverpool.