English League Championship

FT Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Wigan Athletic LDLDL 0
–
Nottingham Forest LWLLW 3
1st2ndT
WGA000
NFO123
The City Ground · 19,619 att.

Match Report

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Nottingham Forest see off Wigan on Dougie Freedman's home debut

New Nottingham Forest manager Dougie Freedman enjoyed the near-perfect home debut as he oversaw a 3-0 drubbing of Wigan - a result that leaves the Latics deep in the relegation mire.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
3
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
6
0
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
2
55
Possession
45
11
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
11
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
4
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
20
Clearances
36

Head to Head

WGA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NFO

  1. 1Karl DarlowG
  2. 2Eric LichajD
  3. 25Jack HobbsD
  4. 5Danny CollinsD
  5. 13Daniel FoxD
  6. 27Chris BurkeM
  7. 22Gary GardnerM
  8. 10Henri LansburyM
  9. 38Ben OsbornM
  10. 18Michail AntonioM
  11. 9Britt AssombalongaF

Substitutes

  1. 29Dorus de VriesG
  2. 16Jamaal LascellesD
  3. 17Todd KaneD
  4. 24David VaughanM
  5. 7Matty FryattF
  6. 21Jamie PatersonF
  7. 23Dexter BlackstockF

WGA

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 24James PerchD
  3. 25Leon BarnettD
  4. 27Liam RidgewellD
  5. 3Andrew TaylorD
  6. 16Kim Bo-KyungM
  7. 8Chris HerdM
  8. 36William KvistM
  9. 19Don CowieM
  10. 11James McCleanM
  11. 21Leon ClarkeF

Substitutes

  1. 1Scott CarsonG
  2. 4Harry MaguireD
  3. 28Jason PearceD
  4. 18Sheyi OjoM
  5. 10William McKayF
  6. 32Marc-Antoine FortunéF
  7. 33Martyn WaghornF

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal!! Britt Assombalonga hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the right penalty area and scores!! Nottingham Forest now leads 1 - 0
  2. 50' Goal!! Chris Burke hits a right footed shot to the upper left corner from the right penalty area and scores!! Nottingham Forest now leads 2 - 0
  3. 54' Wigan Athletic makes a sub: Seyi Ojo enters for Kim Bo-Kyung. Reason: Tactical
  4. 61' Goal!! Henri Lansbury hits a right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre and scores!! Nottingham Forest now leads 3 - 0
  5. 64' Wigan Athletic makes a sub: Martin Waghorn enters for Chris Herd. Reason: Tactical
  6. 67' Nottingham Forest makes a sub: Matty Fryatt enters for Britt Assombalonga. Reason: Injury
  7. 76' Nottingham Forest makes a sub: Jamie Paterson enters for Chris Burke. Reason: Tactical
  8. 86' Nottingham Forest makes a sub: Dexter Blackstock enters for Michail Antonio. Reason: Tactical
  9. 88' Wigan Athletic makes a sub: William McKay enters for Leon Clarke. Reason: Tactical
  10. 90' End of the game

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