Swansea 3-2 Nottingham Forest: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Swansea

C. Burgess 68'

Z. Vipotnik 90'

C. Burgess 90'

Nottingham Forest

Igor Jesus 15'

Igor Jesus 45'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

3rd Round

September 17, 2025 7:00pm

Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea

Key stats

Ball Possession

45%

55%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Swansea 4-2-3-1

Nottingham Forest 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

A. Fisher

6.5

John

5.2

Defenders

I. Samuels-Smith

6.2

O. Zinchenko

6.5

C. Burgess

8.3

Morato

7.3

K. Casey

6.3

W. Boly

6.3

J. Key

6.7

N. Savona

5.7

Midfielders

E. Galbraith

6.6

Douglas Luiz

7.3

Gonçalo Franco

6.3

R. Yates

6.7

Eom Ji-Sung

7.2

O. Hutchinson

6.9

M. Yalcouyé

6.3

J. McAtee

6.3

B. Manuel

6.3

D. Bakwa

6.9

Forwards

A. Idah

6.0

Igor Jesus

7.6

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Highest rating

8.3

C. Burgess

7.6

Igor Jesus

Match Summary

On September 17, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Swansea faced off against Nottingham Forest at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea. The game concluded with Swansea securing a victory. With 45% possession, Swansea versus Nottingham Forest's 55% and shots on goal at 4 to 3. Nottingham Forest had 86% successful passes (of 551 passes) over Swansea which had 85% successful passes (of 446 passes). The outstanding efforts by C. Burgess and Igor Jesus played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

Fisher

6.5

Played:
90Min

Saves:
2 of 4

Accurate passes:
30/39

Key

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
29/35

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Casey

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
63/66

Won duels:
1/4

Burgess

8.3

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
63/80

Won duels:
3/5

Samuels-Smith

6.2

Played:
63Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
23/28

Won duels:
5/8

Franco

6.3

Played:
63Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
18/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/5

Galbraith

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
52/55

Won duels:
5/9

Dribbles:
2/3

Manuel

6.3

Played:
64Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
21/23

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
3/4

Yalcouyé

6.3

Played:
86Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
27/33

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/14

Dribbles:
1/4

Ji-Sung

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
25/28

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/9

Dribbles:
2/4

Idah

6.0

Played:
79Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
7/13

Won duels:
1/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Jesus

7.6

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
1/4

Hutchinson

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
22/32

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
6/13

Dribbles:
3/5

McAtee

6.3

Played:
84Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
29/38

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Bakwa

6.9

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
25/29

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Luiz

7.3

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
32/37

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/5

Yates

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
57/70

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/11

Zinchenko

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
64/71

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Morato

7.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
22/25

Won duels:
4/4

Boly

6.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
64/64

Won duels:
3/6

Savona

5.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
50/58

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
0/2

John

5.2

Played:
90Min

Saves:
1 of 4

Accurate passes:
23/32

Substitutes

Coach

Alan Michael Anthony Sheehan

Cullen

7.0

Played:
12Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Key passes:
1

Vipotnik

7.5

Played:
11Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
0/2

Ronald

6.3

Played:
26Min

Accurate passes:
1/4

Widell

6.5

Played:
27Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Tymon

7.2

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
11/11

Won duels:
3/3

Cabango

Farman

Wales

Inoussa

Coach

Angelos Postecoglou

Sangaré

6.5

Played:
14Min

Accurate passes:
10/10

Gibbs-White

6.5

Played:
28Min

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
22/25

Won duels:
1/4

Hudson-Odoi

6.2

Played:
28Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/9

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Jair

6.0

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
25/27

Won duels:
4/4

Kalimuendo

6.7

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
11/13

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Gunn

Awoniyi

Abbott

Ndoye

Stats

Ball Possession

Swansea Swansea: 45%

Nottingham Forest: 55%

Total Shots

Swansea Swansea: 14

Nottingham Forest: 17

Shots on Goal

Swansea Swansea: 4

Nottingham Forest: 3

Corner Kicks

Swansea Swansea: 3

Nottingham Forest: 6

Offsides

Swansea Swansea: 1

Nottingham Forest: 4

Fouls

Swansea Swansea: 13

Nottingham Forest: 10

Yellow Cards

Swansea Swansea: 4

Nottingham Forest: 2

Red Cards

Swansea Swansea: 0

Nottingham Forest: 0

Total Passes

Swansea Swansea: 446

Nottingham Forest: 551

Goals Prevented

Swansea Swansea: 0

Nottingham Forest: 0

Passes Accuracy

Swansea Swansea: 379 (85%)

Nottingham Forest: 474 (86%)

Swansea vs Nottingham Forest

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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