§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 21

West Ham United 1–2 Nottingham Forest

  • Murillo 13' (o.g.)
  • Domínguez 55'
  • Gibbs-White 89' (pen.)

6 January 2026

The match in data

A 2–1 win for Nottingham Forest against West Ham United on 6 January 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Nottingham Forest came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 13'.

Player of the match: Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United), rated 72, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 6 recoveries. Fernandes produced 1.0 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.

For Nottingham Forest, the highest-rated player was Nikola Milenković, with 62.

72
Player of the match

Mateus Fernandes

West Ham United · 80'

Produced 1.02× and cost 0.32× their position's average

Added
  • 9 final-third passes 1.8×
  • 6 recoveries 1.5×
  • 41 passes 1.0×
Took away
  • 5 misplaced passes 0.8×
  • 1 shot off target 1.3×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

West Ham United
PlayerPositionMinRating
Mateus Fernandes ★ Midfielder 80 72
Ezra Mayers Defender 27 72
Crysencio Summerville Forward 90 60
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender 90 59
Konstantinos Mavropanos Defender 90 58
Oliver Scarles Defender 63 57
Tomáš Souček Midfielder 90 49
Jean-Clair Todibo Defender 90 48
Taty Castellanos Forward 90 44
Jarrod Bowen Forward 90 39
Lucas Paquetá Midfielder 63 33
Pablo Forward 27 30
Alphonse Areola Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Freddie Potts Midfielder 10 no rating
Nottingham Forest
PlayerPositionMinRating
Nikola Milenković Defender 90 62
Murillo Defender 90 55
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder 90 48
Dilane Bakwa Forward 44 47
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder 90 44
Neco Williams Defender 90 43
Ola Aina Defender 90 43
Callum Hudson-Odoi Forward 90 40
Elliot Anderson Midfielder 90 38
Igor Jesus Forward 90 31
Omari Hutchinson Midfielder 46 30
Matz Sels Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Morato 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.