Manchester City 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Key numbers
- Possession 57% – 43%
- Shots 7 (4 on target) – 10 (3)
Phil Foden 7'
Erling Haaland 14'
Erling Haaland 14'
HT 2:0
Manchester City 1st · 18 pts|Nottingham Forest 8th → 9th · 7 pts
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.33–1.03).
Player of the matchPhil Foden
Player of the match
Phil Foden Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.5 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 83 min · level 7 min · Nottingham Forest ahead 0 min
- Manchester City: Red card 46' → ~44 min a player down
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
7'
Phil Foden
Goal · assist Kyle Walker
+0.2
14'
Erling Haaland
Goal · assist Matheus Nunes
+0.1
46'
Rodri
Red card
0.0
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 2.8Own moments +0.3Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Nottingham Forest
Expected (last two seasons) 0.2Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.1Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CityNottingham Forest
57%Possession43%
1.33Expected goals (xG)1.03
0.19xG per shot0.1
7Shots10
4Shots on target3
57%Shots on target %30%
4Shots in box5
570Passes414
89%Pass accuracy86%
6Corners6
3Saves2
5Fouls17
3Yellow cards7
0Offsides3
Compared with usual
Manchester City
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.8 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.67 | |
| xG | 1.33 | 2.8 | |
| xG against | 1.03 | 0.74 | |
| Shots | 7 | 22.3 | |
| On target | 4 | 9.5 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 5.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.19 | 0.15 | |
| Possession | 57% | 69.5% | |
| Passes | 570 | 716.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 91.2% | |
| Corners | 6 | 7.8 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 8.3 |
Nottingham Forest
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.03 | 0.87 | |
| xG against | 1.33 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 10 | 9.8 | |
| On target | 3 | 2.8 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 13.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 43% | 36% | |
| Passes | 414 | 320.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 72% | |
| Corners | 6 | 3.3 | |
| Fouls | 17 | 11 |
Timeline
- 7' Goal Phil Foden league goal #1 assist Kyle Walker
- 14' Goal Erling Haaland league goal #8 assist Matheus Nunes
- 18' Yellow Manuel Akanji
- 21' Yellow Nuno Tavares
- 39' Sub Nuno Tavares → Gonzalo Montiel
- 45+1' Yellow Ibrahim Sangaré
- 46' Red Rodri
- 46' Yellow Morgan Gibbs-White
- 51' Sub Jérémy Doku → Kalvin Phillips
- 56' Sub Serge Aurier → Callum Hudson-Odoi
- 56' Sub Ibrahim Sangaré → Anthony Elanga
- 57' Sub Julián Álvarez → Nathan Aké
- 58' Yellow Ederson
- 58' Yellow Taiwo Awoniyi
- 75' Sub Ola Aina → Divock Origi
- 75' Sub Taiwo Awoniyi → Chris Wood
- 77' Yellow Orel Mangala
- 81' Yellow Divock Origi
- 87' Sub Phil Foden → Jack Grealish
- 90+3' Yellow Jack Grealish
- 90+3' Yellow Gonzalo Montiel
Category leaders
- Key passesGonzalo Montiel2
- Duels wonJérémy Doku7/9
- DribblesPhil Foden3/4
- Defensive actionsNicolás Domínguez6
- Fouls wonJoško Gvardiol3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.