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Nottingham Forest U21

2 — 1 Aug 28, 2026 · 11:30 PM IST

Manchester City U21

English Premier League 2 · Round 2

Venue Loughborough University Football Stadium, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Referee Lewis Smith

Attendance 284

Player of the Match Kristian Clarke 8.3 80' played

Match Events

22' Home Blaine McClure

29' Home ⚽ Kristian Clarke — 1-0

HT

46' Away ⚽ Floyd Samba — 1-1

53' Home Blaine McClure

65' Home ↔ Jayden Powell → Kalum Thompson

67' Away Leke Drake

73' Home ↔ Chinazaekpere Nwosu → Jamie Newton

74' Away ↔ Xavier Parker → Kylan Midwood

74' Home ⚽ Jimmy Sinclair — 2-1

76' Home Jimmy Sinclair

77' Away ↔ Finlay Gorman ↗ → Femi Fapetu

80' Home ↔ Fuad Smith → Kristian Clarke

81' Home ↔ Jonathan Whiteley → Grady McDonnell

82' Away ↔ Oliver Tevenan → Charlie Courtman

82' Away ↔ Harrison Miles → Brooklyn Nfonkeu

FT

Match Stats

25 75

Ball possession

8 18

Total shots

2 4

Shots on target

10 48

Touches in opposition box

2 3

Big chances

1 2

Big chances missed

204 (78%) 767 (95%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

4 8

Corners

Lineups

Nottingham Forest U21 (5-4-1)

Coach: Dylan Malicheff

Starting XI

1 Keehan Willows 7.3

3 Buba Sanneh 7.3

4 David Modupe 6.5

5 Josh Powell 7.2

2 Jimmy Sinclair 7.8

11 Jamie Newton 6.6

7 Kristian Clarke 8.3

6 Blaine McClure 5.3

8 Archie Whitehall 7.2

10 Grady McDonnell 6.8

9 Kalum Thompson 6.7

Substitutes

17 Jayden Powell 6.1

16 Chinazaekpere Nwosu 7.3

14 Fuad Smith 6.1

15 Jonathan Whiteley

12 George Murray-Jones

19 Frank Djamna

18 Cherif Yaya

Manchester City U21 (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Oliver Reiß

Starting XI

1 Max-Edgar Chabot 5.3

2 Matthew Hendersson-Hall 6.7

3 Charlie Courtman 6.8

4 Leke Drake 7.4

5 Kian Noble 6.8

6 Femi Fapetu 6.5

8 Floyd Samba 7.9

7 Brooklyn Nfonkeu 7

10 Tyrone Samba 7.2

11 Christian Dunbar-McDonald 7.9

9 Kylan Midwood 6

Substitutes

17 Xavier Parker 6.1

16 Finlay Gorman ↗ 6.7

12 Oliver Tevenan

15 Harrison Miles

13 Max Hudson

14 Marlow Barrett ↗