English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 18, 2025
Chelsea LWLWW 3
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Nottingham Forest DDLLL 0
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Match Report

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Postecoglou sacked minutes after Forest defeat to Chelsea

Ange Postecoglou's Nottingham Forest reign was brought to an abrupt end on Saturday as he was sacked just 19 minutes after the team's defeat to Chelsea.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
3
50.3
Possession
49.7
17
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
397
Accurate Passes
367
463
Passes
445
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
46
28
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
9
19
Effective Clearances
15
19
Clearances
15

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NFO · 5-3-2

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 4MoratoCD
  3. 5MurilloCD-L
  4. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  5. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  6. 3Neco WilliamsRB
  7. 6Ibrahim SangaréCM
  8. 8Elliot AndersonCM-L
  9. 12Douglas LuizCM-R
  10. 9Taiwo AwoniyiCF-L
  11. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 37Nicolò SavonaSUB
  2. 22Ryan YatesSUB
  3. 11Chris WoodSUB
  4. 16Nicolás DomínguezSUB
  5. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiSUB
  6. 23Jair PaulaSUB
  7. 14Dan NdoyeSUB
  8. 13John VictorSUB
  9. 19Igor JesusSUB

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 23Trevoh ChalobahCD-L
  3. 34Josh AcheampongCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 24Reece JamesRB
  6. 17Andrey SantosAM
  7. 45Romeo LaviaLM
  8. 27Malo GustoRM
  9. 20João PedroF
  10. 49Alejandro GarnachoAM-L
  11. 7Pedro NetoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Filip JørgensenSUB
  2. 41EstêvãoSUB
  3. 38Marc GuiuSUB
  4. 40Facundo BuonanotteSUB
  5. 32Tyrique GeorgeSUB
  6. 11Jamie GittensSUB
  7. 25Moisés CaicedoSUB
  8. 4Tosin AdarabioyoSUB
  9. 21Jorrel HatoSUB

Timeline

  1. 41' Morato (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Moisés Caicedo replaces Roméo Lavia.
  3. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Jamie Gittens replaces Alejandro Garnacho.
  4. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  5. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Guiu replaces Andrey Santos.
  6. 49' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Chelsea 1. Josh Acheampong (Chelsea) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Pedro Neto with a cross following a set piece situation.
  7. 52' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Chelsea 2. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 53' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Douglas Luiz.
  9. 54' Malo Gusto (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 74' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  11. 74' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolò Savona replaces Murillo.
  12. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Estêvão replaces Pedro Neto.
  13. 80' Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 81' Substitution, Chelsea. Tosin Adarabioyo replaces Josh Acheampong.
  15. 84' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Chelsea 3. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  16. 87' Second yellow card to Malo Gusto (Chelsea) for a bad foul.
  17. 89' Estêvão (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+4' Robert Sánchez (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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