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Nottingham Forest vs Hull City lineups

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Nottingham Forest host Hull City at City Ground on 5 January 2027. The fixture is Matchweek 20 of the Premier League. They last met on 7 May 2022, when Hull City and Nottingham Forest drew 1-1.

Nottingham Forest vs Hull City match facts

Kick-off
Tue 5 Jan 2027, 19:30
Stadium
City Ground, Nottingham
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 20

Nottingham Forest vs Hull City lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Nottingham Forest vs Hull City head to head

6
Nottingham Forest wins
2
Draws
7
Hull City wins

20–18 on goals in 15 meetings since 29 October 2011

Recent Nottingham Forest vs Hull City results

  1. Hull City1–1Nottingham ForestThe MKM Stadium
  2. Nottingham Forest2–1Hull CityThe City Ground
  3. Hull City0–2Nottingham ForestKCOM Stadium
  4. Nottingham Forest1–2Hull CityThe City Ground
  5. Nottingham Forest3–0Hull CityCity Ground

All in the Championship

Nottingham Forest vs Hull City history

Nottingham Forest have won three of the last five, with one drawn. Hull City last won at City Ground on 10 February 2018, by 2-0. Two of the last five were decided by a single goal. Both clubs scored in three of the last five. Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in the last three meetings.

Last meeting: Hull City 1-1 Nottingham Forest, May 2022

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Hull City, 3-4-2-1
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Nottingham Forest, 3-4-1-2
Hull City crest
Hull CityFormation 3-4-2-1
  1. 13N. BaxterG
  2. 3C. ElderM
  3. 5A. JonesD
  4. 17S. McLoughlinD
  5. 4Jacob GreavesD
  6. 6R. SmallwoodM
  7. 10G. HoneymanF
  8. 16R. LongmanM
  9. 27Regan SlaterM
  10. 20A. SayyadmaneshF
  11. 11Keane Lewis-PotterF

Bench

  1. 2Lewie CoyleD
  2. 9T. EavesF
  3. 23T. HuddlestoneM
  4. 32H. CartwrightG
  5. 8G. DochertyM
  6. 44M. ForssF
  7. 21B. FlemingD

Coach: S. Arveladze

Nottingham Forest crest
Nottingham ForestFormation 3-4-1-2
  1. 30B. SambaG
  2. 3Tobias FigueiredoD
  3. 4Joseph WorrallD
  4. 14R. LaryeaM
  5. 24Jonathan PanzoD
  6. 18CafúM
  7. 37James GarnerM
  8. 11P. ZinckernagelF
  9. 23J. LolleyM
  10. 19Xande SilvaF
  11. 17Alexander MightenF

Bench

  1. 16S. SurridgeF
  2. 20Brennan JohnsonF
  3. 2Diop SpenceD
  4. 26S. McKennaD
  5. 6Loïc Mbe SohD
  6. 21B. OjedaM
  7. 1E. HorvathG

Coach: S. Cooper

Hull City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-1-2 when the clubs last met, on 7 May 2022 in the Championship. It finished 1-1. Brennan Johnson and Keane Lewis-Potter scored. N. Baxter and B. Samba started in goal.

Nottingham Forest vs Hull City lineups — common questions

When is Nottingham Forest vs Hull City?
Nottingham Forest vs Hull City kicks off at 19:30 UK time on 5 January 2027 at City Ground in Nottingham. The match is Matchweek 20 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.
What was the score in the last Nottingham Forest vs Hull City match?
In the meeting before this one, Hull City and Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 on 7 May 2022 in the Championship. The time before that, Nottingham Forest won 2-1 on 18 December 2021 in the Championship. Nottingham Forest have won 6 of the 15 meetings between the clubs and Hull City have won 7.

Hull City vs Nottingham Forest at MKM Stadium

Updated 23 September 2026