Newcastle United 2–0 Nottingham Forest — Premier League 2025/26 Match Stats

Premier League · 2025Sun, 5 Oct 2025, 13:00 UTCSt. James' Park

Newcastle United

LDWDL

2–0Historical match

Nottingham Forest

DLLDL

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Newcastle United won 2–0.

Shots: 185
Shots on target: 94
Possession: 51%49%

Full time

What the match recorded

Newcastle beat Nottingham Forest 2–0. Recorded in this match (Newcastle – Nottingham Forest): shots 18–5, shots on target 9–4, possession 51%–49%, corners 8–1. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Nottingham Forest's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Nottingham Forest's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.71 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.2 goals/match	0.71 goals/match	1.29 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Nottingham Forest have a visible away split

weak

Nottingham Forest's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

9 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season11.4 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	9 shots/match	11.4 shots/match	11.6 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots5 shotsNewcastle United 18 shots, Nottingham Forest 5 shots
Shots on target9 shots4 shotsNewcastle United 9 shots, Nottingham Forest 4 shots
Possession51%49%Newcastle United 51%, Nottingham Forest 49%
Corners8 corners1 cornerNewcastle United 8 corners, Nottingham Forest 1 corner
Fouls16 fouls15 foulsNewcastle United 16 fouls, Nottingham Forest 15 fouls
Yellow cards0 cards4 cardsNewcastle United 0 cards, Nottingham Forest 4 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

4Newcastle United

0Draws

1Nottingham Forest

23 Feb 2025Newcastle United — Nottingham Forest · Premier League4–3

10 Nov 2024Nottingham Forest — Newcastle United · Premier League1–3

10 Feb 2024Nottingham Forest — Newcastle United · Premier League2–3

26 Dec 2023Newcastle United — Nottingham Forest · Premier League1–3

17 Mar 2023Nottingham Forest — Newcastle United · Premier League1–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Newcastle United favored in 7 of 9 directional metrics · Nottingham Forest in 1 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Newcastle United7 matchesNottingham Forest7 matches

0.86 goals/match ▲Goals scored7/70.71 goals/match

0.71 goals/match ▲Goals allowed7/71.71 goals/match

11.4 shots/matchShots7/711.4 shots/match

3.57 shots/matchShots on target7/7▲ 4 shots/match

49.1%Possession7/7● 56.1%

6.29 corners/match ●Corners7/74.71 corners/match

1.29 cards/matchCards7/72 cards/match

12.4 fouls/matchFouls7/711.4 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples7 / 7home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

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: xg_for, xg_against.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 5 Oct 2025, 17:00 UTC · analysis-v4