Nottingham Forest beat Leeds 3-1

Match report

Nottingham Forest beat Leeds 3-1 in Premier League matchday 11 on Sunday, 9 November 2025 at City Ground. I. Sangare (15'), M. Gibbs-White (68') and E. Anderson (90' pen) scored for Nottingham Forest, while L. Nmecha (13') found the net for Leeds. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nottingham Forest had 46% of the ball and 14 shots (6 on target) against Leeds’s 10 (3 on target). Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) was the top-rated player with 7.7. The result leaves Nottingham Forest 13th in the Premier League table on 5 points and Leeds 5th on 9.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Nottingham Forest

13th · 5 points · P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2

Form

Leeds

5th · 9 points · P 5 W 2 D 3 L 0

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
4	Brentford	5	+6	9
5	Leeds	5	+4	9
6	Liverpool	5	+3	9
12	Manchester United	5	0	5
13	Nottingham Forest	5	-1	5
14	Sunderland	5	-4	4

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Fri, 6 Feb 2026, Leeds 3-1 Nottingham Forest

Full Nottingham Forest vs Leeds head-to-head

Match events

13'goalL. NmechaAssist: B. Aaronson
15'goalI. SangareNormal Goal
33'yellow cardIbrahim SangaréYellow Card
41'yellow cardMurilloYellow Card
59'substitutionIgor JesusOff: T. Awoniyi
59'substitutionI. SangareOff: R. Yates
59'substitutionN. DominguezOff: O. Hutchinson
68'goalM. Gibbs-WhiteAssist: O. Hutchinson
71'yellow cardSean LongstaffYellow Card
74'substitutionB. AaronsonOff: D. James
74'substitutionL. NmechaOff: D. Calvert-Lewin
74'substitutionS. LongstaffOff: J. Piroe
82'substitutionG. GudmundssonOff: J. Harrison
82'substitutionJ. BijolOff: P. Struijk
88'substitutionM. Gibbs-WhiteOff: Morato
90'penaltyE. AndersonPenalty

Lineups

Nottingham Forest

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Vitor Pereira

Starting XI

Substitutes

Leeds

Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Daniel Farke

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

46%Possession54%
2.55Expected goals (xG)0.69
14Total shots10
6Shots on target3
2Shots off target5
6Blocked shots2
10Shots inside the box5
4Shots outside the box5
6Corners4
2Offsides1
10Fouls11
2Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
2Goalkeeper saves3
348Passes435
277Accurate passes353
80%Pass accuracy81%
0.42Goals prevented0.42

Player statistics

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
26Matz SelsG	90	7.3				22 · 55%			1/1
3Neco WilliamsD	90	7.2				36 · 75%	2	6	11/15
5MurilloD	90	6.6				63 · 86%		3	5/11
31Nikola MilenkovićD	90	7.3				40 · 82%		2	5/6
37Nicolò SavonaD	90	6.6				29 · 72%	2	2	2/3
6Ibrahim SangaréMTop rated	59	7.7	1		1 (1)	26 · 88%	1	2	4/9
8Elliot AndersonM	90	7.5	1		1 (1)	43 · 88%		3	5/12
10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteM	88	7.3	1		3 (3)	22 · 91%			2/6
14Dan NdoyeM	90	7.6			2 (1)	14 · 79%	1	3	7/10
16Nicolás DomínguezM	59	6.9				22 · 86%	2	3	3/6
19Igor JesusF	59	5.9			1 (0)	12 · 67%			4/9
13John VictorG	–	–
4MoratoD	9	6.9				1 · 0%		1	2/2
23JairD	–	–
44Zach AbbottD	–	–
22Ryan YatesM	31	6.9				5 · 80%		2	3/5
24James McAteeM	–	–
9Taiwo AwoniyiF	31	6.2				4 · 50%			1/6
15Arnaud KalimuendoF	–	–
21Omari HutchinsonF	31	7.7		1		9 · 56%	1		3/6

Leeds

Leeds player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Lucas PerriG	90	6.2				36 · 81%
2Jayden BogleD	90	6.3				29 · 76%		2	4/10
3Gabriel GudmundssonD	82	6.3			1 (0)	23 · 83%		1	4/10
6Joe RodonD	90	6.7				80 · 82%		2	7/13
15Jaka BijolD	82	6.6				71 · 92%		1	4/6
4Ethan AmpaduM	90	6.5				42 · 76%		2	4/9
8Sean LongstaffM	74	6.3				31 · 77%		2	5/9
18Anton StachM	90	7.0				46 · 78%	2	1	7/11
11Brenden AaronsonF	74	7.2		1	1 (0)	15 · 93%	1	3	8/16
14Lukas NmechaF	74	7.6	1		2 (1)	5 · 80%		1	2/5
19Noah OkaforF	90	6.3				16 · 56%	1		2/7
26Karl DarlowG	–	–
5Pascal StruijkD	8	6.5				16 · 81%
24James JustinD	–	–
7Daniel JamesM	16	6.3			2 (1)	5 · 20%	1		0/2
22Ao TanakaM	–	–
44Ilia GruevM	–	–
9Dominic Calvert-LewinF	16	6.2			2 (1)	3 · 100%			2/5
10Joël PiroeF	16	6.7				9 · 100%
20Jack HarrisonF	8	5.9				8 · 88%			0/4