West Ham United 1-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 May 2025

Result

West Ham United 1-2 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Sunday 18 May 2025, 13:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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West Ham United 1-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

West Ham United lost to Nottingham Forest 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 May 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Morgan Gibbs-White opened the scoring in the 11th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Jarrod Bowen (86'). Nottingham Forest scored through Morgan Gibbs-White (11') and Nikola Milenković (61').

Discipline: West Ham United received 6 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 15th on 40 points from 36 and Nottingham Forest 7th on 62 points from 36. West Ham United went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Nottingham Forest 7th with 65.

West Ham United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest (7.7), level with Neco Williams (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Ham United wins, 0 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Vladimír CoufalWest Ham United
  • 52'Yellow card · Elliot AndersonNottingham Forest
  • 57'Yellow card · Guido RodríguezWest Ham United
  • 61'Goal · Nikola MilenkovićNottingham Forest · 0-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Lucas PaquetáWest Ham United
  • 86'Goal · Jarrod BowenWest Ham United · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Jean-Clair TodiboWest Ham United
  • 90+15'Yellow card · Edson ÁlvarezWest Ham United
  • 90+15'Yellow card · MoratoNottingham Forest
  • 90+15'Yellow card · MurilloNottingham Forest
  • 90+16'Yellow card · Carlos SolerWest Ham United

Head-to-head

5 meetings: West Ham United 2, draws 0, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

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West Ham United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Alphonse Areola, Jean-Clair Todibo, Maximilian Kilman, Aaron Cresswell, Vladimír Coufal, James Ward-Prowse, Guido Rodríguez, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tomáš Souček, Jarrod Bowen, Mohammed Kudus

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-1-2)

Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Neco Williams, Nicolás Domínguez, Ibrahim Sangaré, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood, Anthony Elanga