Chelsea 1–3 Nottingham Forest
- Pedro 90+3'
- Awoniyi 2'
- Jesus 15' (pen.)
- Awoniyi 52'
4 May 2026
The match in data
Nottingham Forest got the better of Chelsea, 3–1, on 4 May 2026, on matchday 35 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest), rated 78, thanks above all to 0.88 xG and 2 goals. Awoniyi produced 1.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
For Chelsea, the highest-rated player was Moisés Caicedo, with 71.
Taiwo Awoniyi scored twice.
Cole Palmer missed a penalty at 45+10'.
Taiwo Awoniyi
Nottingham Forest · 90'
Produced 1.46× and cost 0.17× their position's average
- 0.88 xG 3.2×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 2.6×
- 1 ball lost 0.7×
- 5 duels lost 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 71 |
| Andrey Santos | Midfielder | 32 | 68 |
| Trevoh Chalobah | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | Defender | 46 | 61 |
| Levi Colwill | Defender | 44 | 59 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Roméo Lavia | Midfielder | 58 | 35 |
| Liam Delap | Forward | 45 | 30 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 90 | 28 |
| Jesse Derry | Midfielder | 45 | 25 |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 66 | no rating |
| Filip Jørgensen | Goalkeeper | 24 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Domínguez | Midfielder | 46 | 81 |
| Taiwo Awoniyi ★ | Forward | 90 | 78 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 44 | 77 |
| Dilane Bakwa | Forward | 80 | 72 |
| Chris Wood | Forward | 24 | 64 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 44 | 61 |
| Luca Netz | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Morato | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Ryan Yates | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Midfielder | 20 | 45 |
| Igor Jesus | Forward | 46 | 43 |
| Jair Cunha | Defender | 46 | 40 |
| Zach Abbott | Defender | 45 | 32 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 45 | 30 |
| James McAtee | Midfielder | 90 | 25 |
| Matz Sels | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Omari Hutchinson | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.