Nottingham Forest FC vs Newcastle United FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nottingham Forest FC vs Newcastle United FC — Premier League at City Ground, Nottingham.
- Nottingham Forest FC 38 games · 44 pts (2025/26)
- Newcastle United FC 38 games · 49 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Paul Tierney
- Assistant 1 Richard West
- Assistant 2 Mark Scholes
21 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 38 85 2 Manchester City FC 38 78 3 Manchester United FC 38 71 4 Aston Villa FC 38 65 5 Liverpool FC 38 60 6 AFC Bournemouth 38 57 7 Sunderland AFC 38 54 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 53 9 Brentford FC 38 53 10 Chelsea FC 38 52 11 Fulham FC 38 52 12 Newcastle United FC 38 49 13 Everton FC 38 49 14 Leeds United FC 38 47 15 Crystal Palace FC 38 45 16 Nottingham Forest FC 38 44 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 38 41 18 West Ham United FC 38 39 19 Burnley FC 38 22 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Newcastle United FC H 1–1 D 07 May Aston Villa FC A 0–4 L 04 May Chelsea FC A 3–1 W 30 Apr Aston Villa FC H 1–0 W 24 Apr Sunderland AFC A 5–0 W 19 Apr Burnley FC H 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Nottingham Forest FC A 1–1 D 02 May Brighton & Hove Albion FC H 3–1 W 25 Apr Arsenal FC A 0–1 L 18 Apr AFC Bournemouth H 1–2 L 12 Apr Crystal Palace FC A 1–2 L 22 Mar Sunderland AFC H 1–2 L Season Stats
Nottingham Forest FC Newcastle United FC #16 Position #12 44 Points 49 38 Played 38 11 / 11 / 16 W / D / L 14 / 7 / 17 48 Scored 53 51 Conceded 55 -3 GD -2 1.16 PPG 1.29 29% Win % 37% Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Nottingham Forest FC this season21% Clean Sheets
Newcastle United FC this seasonNottingham Forest FC are 16th (44 pts). Newcastle United FC are 12th (49 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Nottingham Forest FC0-152/116-30–/131-455/146-602/261-752/176+5/2■ Scored ■ ConcededNewcastle United FC0-152/116-302/131-451/146-60–/–61-753/276+1/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to City Ground, Nottingham that hosts another battle between Nottingham Forest FC and Newcastle United FC.
- 5' Nick Pope needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 10' Nottingham Forest FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 20' Nottingham Forest FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nottingham Forest FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 35' Newcastle United FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Harvey Barnes scoring 1 goals.
- 40' Sandro Tonali has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 45' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Newcastle United FC winning 50% of all matches.
- 49' It’s gonna be a card for Igor Jesus.
- 54' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ryan Yates on 54.
- 59' Supporters expect more eagerness from Taiwo Awoniyi, as he is very good at scoring at City Ground, Nottingham with 7 goals in the last 5 games.
- 64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 69' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nottingham Forest FC that had 370 games and scored 430 goals.
- 74' What a strike from Harvey Barnes! The score is 0-1.
- 79' Nottingham Forest FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 79.
- 84' The travelling Newcastle United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 88' Goal! Elliot Anderson scores his 5 goal in 337 matches.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
Nottingham Forest FC Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 26
- 31
- 9
- 16
- 4
- 3
- 25
- 29
- 8
- 23
- 19
Bench
- 20
- 11
- 22
- 27
- 24
- 21
- 17
- 61
- 51
Coach Vítor PereiraNewcastle United FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 39
- 1
- 23
- 33
- 7
- 8
- 4
- 27
- 12
- 18
- 3
Bench
- 11
- 32
- 2
- 9
- 28
- 41
- 10
- 20
- 37
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alexander Isak 6 Chris Wood 3 Fabian Schar 2 Callum Hudson-Odoi 2 Bruno Guimaraes 2 Harvey Barnes 2 Ryan Yates 1 Emmanuel Dennis 1 Head to Head
Nottingham Forest FC Form
2026-05-10 Nottingham Forest FC 1–1 Newcastle United FC D 2026-05-07 Aston Villa FC 4–0 Nottingham Forest FC L 2026-05-04 Chelsea FC 1–3 Nottingham Forest FC W 2026-04-30 Nottingham Forest FC 1–0 Aston Villa FC W 2026-04-24 Sunderland AFC 0–5 Nottingham Forest FC W 2026-04-19 Nottingham Forest FC 4–1 Burnley FC WNewcastle United FC Form
2026-05-10 Nottingham Forest FC 1–1 Newcastle United FC D 2026-05-02 Newcastle United FC 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2026-04-25 Arsenal FC 1–0 Newcastle United FC L 2026-04-18 Newcastle United FC 1–2 AFC Bournemouth L 2026-04-12 Crystal Palace FC 2–1 Newcastle United FC L 2026-03-22 Newcastle United FC 1–2 Sunderland AFC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.51 Nottingham Forest FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.39 Newcastle United FC xGI would bet for: Nottingham Forest FC or Newcastle United FC 73% + Both teams to score 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.9Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
Nottingham Forest FC or Draw 68%Draw or Newcastle United FC 59%Nottingham Forest FC or Newcastle United FC 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 8.4%1 – 2 7.7%1 – 0 7.4%0 – 0 7.3%0 – 1 6.7%2 – 0 6.2%2 – 2 5.9%0 – 2 5.2%3 – 1 4.2%1 – 3 3.6%3 – 0 3.1%Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC
Handicap Nottingham Forest FC covers Push Newcastle United FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 12% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 19% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 18% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Newcastle United FC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.