Nottingham Forest 1–2 Manchester City
- Hutchinson 54'
- Reijnders 48'
- Cherki 83'
27 December 2025
The match in data
Manchester City got the better of Nottingham Forest, 2–1, on 27 December 2025, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Rúben Dias (Manchester City), rated 73, thanks above all to 19 final-third passes and 94 passes. Dias produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Nottingham Forest, the highest-rated player was Elliot Anderson, with 60.
Rúben Dias
Manchester City · 90'
Produced 1.39× and cost 0.33× their position's average
- 19 final-third passes 3.4×
- 94 passes 2.0×
- 3 aerials won 1.5×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Murillo | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Omari Hutchinson | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Nicolás Domínguez | Midfielder | 87 | 46 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Igor Jesus | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Nicolò Savona | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| John Victor | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Taiwo Awoniyi | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Dilane Bakwa | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rúben Dias ★ | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 89 | 57 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 73 | 41 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 35 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Savinho | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Nathan Aké | Defender | 1 | 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.