English League Championship

FT Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Watford WLDWW 3
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Nottingham Forest WLLDL 1
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The City Ground · 20,723 att.

Match Report

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Watford go third, one point off top spot with win at 10-man Nottingham Forest

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
0
10
Saves
7
57
Possession
43
23
SHOTS
22
10
ON GOAL
11
0.4
On Target %
0.5
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
14
Crosses
14
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
4
Blocked Shots
7
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
21
Clearances
28

Head to Head

WAT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NFO

  1. 1Karl DarlowG
  2. 17Todd KaneD
  3. 25Jack HobbsD
  4. 6Kelvin WilsonD
  5. 2Eric LichajD
  6. 4Michael MancienneM
  7. 22Gary GardnerM
  8. 38Ben OsbornM
  9. 27Chris BurkeF
  10. 31Chuba AkpomF
  11. 18Michail AntonioF

Substitutes

  1. 26Dimitar EvtimovG
  2. 13Daniel FoxD
  3. 10Henri LansburyM
  4. 24David VaughanM
  5. 19Modou BarrowF
  6. 23Dexter BlackstockF
  7. 34Tyler WalkerF

WAT

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 15Craig CathcartD
  3. 4Gabriele AngellaD
  4. 39Matthew ConnollyD
  5. 47Marco MottaM
  6. 5Adlene GuediouraM
  7. 23Ben WatsonM
  8. 22Almen AbdiM
  9. 21Iketchi AnyaM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyF
  11. 24Odion IghaloF

Substitutes

  1. 30Jonathan BondG
  2. 7Miguel LayúnD
  3. 14Juan Carlos ParadesD
  4. 31Tommie HobanD
  5. 3Gianni MunariM
  6. 8Daniel TözsérM
  7. 20Matej VydraF

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal!! Odion Ighalo hits a header low through the middle from the right 6 yard and scores!! Watford now leads 1 - 0
  2. 41' Goal!! Matthew Connolly hits a right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre 6 yard and scores!! Watford now leads 2 - 0
  3. 52' Troy Deeney is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 55' Almen Abdi is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 57' Nottingham Forest makes a sub: Tyler Walker enters for Chuba Akpom. Reason: Tactical
  6. 59' Kelvin Wilson has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: violent conduct
  7. 62' Watford makes a sub: Tommy Hoban enters for Matthew Connolly. Reason: Tactical
  8. 65' Marco Motta is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 71' Watford makes a sub: Juan Carlos Parades enters for Marco Motta. Reason: Tactical
  10. 72' Goal!! Gary Gardner hits a right footed shot high through the middle from the centre and scores!! Nottingham Forest now trails 1 - 2
  11. 73' Watford makes a sub: Daniel Tozser enters for Iketchi Anya. Reason: Tactical
  12. 85' Nottingham Forest makes a sub: Henri Lansbury enters for Ben Osborne. Reason: Tactical
  13. 87' Goal!! Almen Abdi hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre and scores!! Watford now leads 3 - 1
  14. 90' End of the game
  15. 90'+1' Nottingham Forest makes a sub: Modou Barrow enters for Michail Antonio. Reason: Tactical

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