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Liverpool vs Nottm Forest: match report

Liverpool hosted Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday 29 August 2026, in the Premier League (round 2). Liverpool are without 1 player (Stefan Bajcetic); Nottm Forest have no reported absences. Samuel Barrott is the referee, averaging 4.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.

Result and scorers

Liverpool 2-2 Nottm Forest. Goals: Dan Ndoye 24' for Nottm Forest; Alexander Isak 60' for Liverpool; Morgan Gibbs-White 70' (pen) for Nottm Forest; Víctor Muñoz 82' for Liverpool.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 24' Goal: Dan Ndoye (Nottm Forest) 0-1
  • 44' Yellow card: Igor Jesus (Nottm Forest)
  • 50' Yellow card: Ola Aina (Nottm Forest)
  • 54' Yellow card: Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool)
  • 58' Yellow card: Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)
  • 60' Goal: Alexander Isak (Liverpool) 1-1
  • 69' Yellow card: Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
  • 70' Penalty: Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottm Forest) 1-2
  • 79' Yellow card: Ronald Araújo (Liverpool)
  • 82' Goal: Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool) 2-2
Match stats (contains the result)
69.6%Possession30.4%
13Shots12
4Shots on target3
3Corners5
13Fouls10
3Offsides0
1Saves2
4Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Liverpool 4-2-3-1

Coach: Andoni Iraola

  1. 1 Alisson Becker GK
  2. 30 Jeremie Frimpong DEF
  3. 5 Jérémy Jacquet DEF
  4. 4 Virgil van Dijk DEF
  5. 6 Milos Kerkez DEF
  6. 10 Alexis Mac Allister MID
  7. 8 Dominik Szoboszlai MID
  8. 18 Cody Gakpo FWD
  9. 7 Florian Wirtz FWD
  10. 23 Víctor Muñoz FWD
  11. 9 Alexander Isak FWD

Bench

  • 21 Konstantinos Tsimikas MID
  • 38 Ryan Gravenberch MID
  • 73 Rio Ngumoha FWD
  • 33 Ronald Araujo DEF
  • 42 Trey Nyoni MID
  • 25 Giorgi Mamardashvili GK
  • 53 James McConnell MID
  • 3 Wataru Endo MID
  • 67 Lewis Koumas FWD

Nottm Forest 3-4-2-1

Coach: Oliver Glasner

  1. 26 Matz Sels GK
  2. 23 Jair Cunha DEF
  3. 31 Nikola Milenkovic DEF
  4. 5 Murillo DEF
  5. 34 Ola Aina DEF
  6. 21 Xaver Schlager MID
  7. 24 James McAtee MID
  8. 3 Neco Williams DEF
  9. 10 Morgan Gibbs-White MID
  10. 14 Dan Ndoye FWD
  11. 11 Igor Jesus FWD

Bench

  • 19 Liam Delap FWD
  • 25 Luca Netz MID
  • 8 Nicolás Dominguez MID
  • 7 Callum Hudson-Odoi FWD
  • 12 John Victor GK
  • 2 Ousmane Diomande DEF
  • 44 Zach Abbott DEF
  • 22 Ryan Yates MID
  • 9 Chris Wood FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Liverpool

  • Stefan Bajcetic injury, back Early September 2026

Nottm Forest

No reported absences.

Previous meetings
  • Sunday 22 February 2026: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
  • Saturday 22 November 2025: Liverpool 0-3 Nottingham Forest
  • Tuesday 14 January 2025: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool
  • Saturday 14 September 2024: Liverpool 0-1 Nottingham Forest
  • Saturday 2 March 2024: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool