England worldwide Elliot Anderson has been named Nottingham Forest’s Participant of the Month for August, Softfootball stories.
The previous Newcastle United midfielder who made his debut for the Three Lions throughout the 2-0 win over Andorra within the 2026 World Cup qualifier at Villa Park was voted as one of the best by membership supporters.
Nottingham Forest introduced his win by their official media, as they celebrated the exploits of the midfielder within the month of August. The assertion learn:
The midfield maestro has loved a high-quality month, finishing the complete 90 minutes within the Reds’ first three fixtures of the marketing campaign, organising Chris Wooden for Forest’s third purpose towards Brentford with a sensational first-time, defence splitting ball to ship our no. 11 in behind the Bees’ rearguard. His nook additionally led to Wooden’s opener towards Brenford on the primary weekend of the season.
His type within the first fixtures of 2025/26 noticed Anderson named within the Senior England squad for the primary time, the place he made his debut over the weekend.
Anderson’s tireless performances in the midst of the park earned a lot, deserved reward from the Forest trustworthy who’ve chosen him as our first winner of the month-to-month Membership accolade for 2025/26.
Anderson’s stats is prime this season as he has had extra touches of the ball than some other Premier League participant to date in 2025/26 (315). He has ventured into the opposition’s penalty space on extra events that some other participant (27), made extra profitable passes into the ultimate third of the pitch (62) and made extra line-breaking passes beginning within the opposition’s half of the sector (23).
The 22-year-old is degree with Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes for line-breaking passes which have led to a shot (5), however there may be a lot extra to Anderson’s recreation than controlling the center of the park.
Anderson’s is second to solely Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemens for profitable passes within the opposition’s half (115) and Brighton & Hove Albion’s Lewis Dunk for profitable passes this season (213).
Not solely has he proven his potential on the ball and keenness to create, Anderson is joint second for many duels received (26) and second outright for probably the most tackles received within the Premier League in 2025/26 (8).
The midfielder’s numbers spotlight additional the explanation for his latest senior worldwide call-up to the England squad for the primary time in his profession, earlier than finishing the complete 90 minutes on his worldwide debut and incomes the Participant of the Match award.
