Liverpool 2–2 Nottingham Forest — Match Stats & Analysis

Premier League · 2026Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 11:30 UTC

Liverpool

2–2Full-time analysis

Nottingham Forest

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Liverpool and Nottingham Forest drew 2–2.

Shots: 1312
Shots on target: 43
Expected goals: 1.612.3
Possession: 70%30%

Full time

What the match recorded

Liverpool and Nottingham Forest drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (Liverpool – Nottingham Forest): shots 13–12, shots on target 4–3, expected goals 1.61–2.3, possession 70%–30%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots12 shotsLiverpool 13 shots, Nottingham Forest 12 shots
Shots on target4 shots3 shotsLiverpool 4 shots, Nottingham Forest 3 shots
Expected goals1.61 xG2.3 xGLiverpool 1.61 xG, Nottingham Forest 2.3 xG
Possession70%30%Liverpool 70%, Nottingham Forest 30%
Corners3 corners5 cornersLiverpool 3 corners, Nottingham Forest 5 corners
Fouls13 fouls10 foulsLiverpool 13 fouls, Nottingham Forest 10 fouls
Yellow cards4 cards2 cardsLiverpool 4 cards, Nottingham Forest 2 cards
Passes625 passes281 passesLiverpool 625 passes, Nottingham Forest 281 passes
Pass accuracy88.6%68.7%Liverpool 88.6%, Nottingham Forest 68.7%
Shots inside box8 shots11 shotsLiverpool 8 shots, Nottingham Forest 11 shots
Blocked shots4 blocks6 blocksLiverpool 4 blocks, Nottingham Forest 6 blocks
Goalkeeper saves1 save2 savesLiverpool 1 save, Nottingham Forest 2 saves
Offsides3 offsides0 offsidesLiverpool 3 offsides, Nottingham Forest 0 offsides

As it happened

Key moments

24′Dan NdoyeGoal · Nottingham Forest
32′Florian WirtzGoal · Liverpool
44′Igor JesusYellow card · Nottingham Forest
Half-time
50′Ola AinaYellow card · Nottingham Forest
54′Víctor MuñozYellow card · Liverpool
58′Florian WirtzYellow card · Liverpool
60′Alexander IsakGoal · Liverpool
69′AlissonYellow card · Liverpool
70′Morgan Gibbs-WhitePenalty goal · Nottingham Forest
79′Ronald AraújoYellow card · Liverpool
82′Víctor MuñozGoal · Liverpool
Full time

Player changes · 9grouped by team and minute

66′Nottingham Forest · 1 player changeLiam Delap
71′Liverpool · 3 player changesRyan Gravenberch · Kostas Tsimikas · Rio Ngumoha
77′Liverpool · 2 player changesRonald Araújo · Trey Nyoni
86′Nottingham Forest · 1 player changeLuca Netz
90′Nottingham Forest · 2 player changesNicolás Domínguez · Callum Hudson Odoi

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Liverpool

1Draws

2Nottingham Forest

22 Feb 2026Nottingham Forest — Liverpool · Premier League0–1

22 Nov 2025Liverpool — Nottingham Forest · Premier League0–3

14 Jan 2025Nottingham Forest — Liverpool · Premier League1–1

14 Sept 2024Liverpool — Nottingham Forest · Premier League0–1

2 Mar 2024Nottingham Forest — Liverpool · Premier League0–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

5.83 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.9 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 15:30 UTC · analysis-v4