- Founded 1865
- Stadium City Ground
- Manager Oliver Glasner
- Competition Premier League 2026-27
- Goals 4
- Goals Conceded 5
- Yellow Cards 13
- Total Red Cards
Nottingham Forest Squawka Score Ratings 2026/27
Oliver Glasner’s Forest have scored four goals in five games. They lost 1-0 at home to Leeds on the opening weekend, drew 2-2 at Liverpool and 0-0 with Tottenham, won 2-1 at Aston Villa and then lost 1-0 at home to Coventry. Five points and 13th going into the international break is a slow start, though only five goals conceded suggests the foundations are sound. Below, we take a look at Forest’s most-used XI so far and how each player has performed, based on the Squawka Score rating system.
The Squawka Score is a metric developed to assess a player’s performance relative to other players in the same position. It is shown as a percentage, and it is worth knowing that 66% is average rather than 50% – a 70% is a good afternoon and 85% or above marks out one of the best players on the pitch. Each score is calculated from a range of per-90-minute statistics, taking in the obvious numbers such as goals and assists alongside some more obscure ones that are far more position-specific. A player’s season figure is simply the average of his match ratings.
GK: Matz Sels – 63% – Eleven saves and five goals conceded from five full games, with one clean sheet and three completed sweeper actions. A quiet season so far, and no errors charged, though only one shut-out in five is modest for a defence conceding as little as this one.
RCB: Jair – 59% – The lowest rating in the side. Twenty-four clearances and 20 duels won from four starts is fair volume, but two yellow cards, six fouls and four occasions beaten one-on-one drag it down. The right side of the three has been Forest’s weak point.
CB: Nikola Milenković – 61% – Twenty clearances, 10 aerial duels won and 11 possessions regained in his own third from three starts. There is next to nothing on the ball – eight passes into the final third in three games – which is what holds the rating down.
LCB: Murillo – 70% – Forest’s best defender. Thirty-five clearances, 24 duels won, seven tackles won, seven interceptions and 42 passes into the final third, plus an assist and five chances created. Nine fouls is the one number that needs trimming.
RWB: Ola Aina – 60% – Eighteen passes into the penalty area and four chances created from four starts, with 22 duels won. Two yellow cards and five fouls in 309 minutes is careless, and the attacking output has not been enough to offset it.
LWB: Neco Williams – 65% – Every minute played, with 11 tackles won and 18 possessions regained in his own third, both club-leading figures, plus 31 passes into the penalty area and eight chances created. A genuinely two-way wing-back performance.
RCM: James McAtee – 69% – Twelve chances created, two of them clear-cut, 1.01 xA and 29 passes into the penalty area, alongside nine tackles won and 26 duels won. He also takes 10 of the corners. Only the finishing – nine shots, no goals – is missing.
LCM: Xaver Schlager – 62% – Eleven tackles won and 27 duels won to 17 lost is exactly what Forest need from the holding role, with 40 passes into the final third. Seven occasions dribbled past is the one number that undercuts an otherwise disciplined start.
RAM: Dan Ndoye – 60% – A goal from 11 shots and 1.14 xG, with 1.12 xA and five chances created including two clear-cut. Two big chances missed, 24 duels lost and eight fouls in 321 minutes are what keep the rating below average despite the underlying numbers.
LAM: Morgan Gibbs-White – 73% – Forest’s outstanding player. A goal from the spot, two assists, 14 chances created with five of them clear-cut, 1.6 xA and 28 passes into the penalty area, all while playing every minute. He also takes the direct free-kicks. Everything good goes through him.
ST: Liam Delap – 65% – A goal from 12 shots in three starts, with six chances created and seven completed take-ons. The 1.03 xG says the positions are right; one on target from 12 attempts says the finishing has not been. Two yellow cards in 277 minutes too.
Nottingham Forest set-piece specialists:
- Penalties: Morgan Gibbs-White
- Free-kicks: Morgan Gibbs-White
- Corners: James McAtee, Neco Williams
McAtee has taken 10 of Forest’s corners to Neco Williams’ six, with Luca Netz taking one. Gibbs-White has had both direct free-kicks and converted the only penalty, so the dead-ball hierarchy is settled.
Nottingham Forest FAQs
How have Nottingham Forest started the 2026/27 season?
Slowly. Forest are 13th on five points from five games, with one win, two draws and two defeats. They have scored only four goals, though they have conceded just five.
Who is Nottingham Forest’s best player this season?
Morgan Gibbs-White on 73%, with a goal, two assists and 14 chances created. Murillo leads the defenders on 70% and James McAtee is on 69%.
Where did Nottingham Forest finish in the 2025/26 Premier League season?
Nottingham Forest finished 16th in the Premier League last term.
Who is the Nottingham Forest manager?
Oliver Glasner is the Nottingham Forest manager, arriving from Crystal Palace to replace the outgoing Vitor Pereira.
Who is the current Nottingham Forest captain?
Ryan Yates has been the captain since August 2024, but Morgan Gibbs-White has worn the armband more often in recent times as an established starter.
Will Nottingham Forest play in Europe in 2026/27?
Nottingham Forest will not play in Europe during the 2026/27 campaign.