English League Championship

Burnley vs Nottingham Forest, 2015-16 English League Championship, 2015/2016 English League Championship

· English League Championship
Burnley
  • 68': Sam Vokes
FT
1 - 0
Nottingham Forest

    Sam Vokes' solitary strike earns Burnley the points against Forest

    Sam Vokes' solitary strike earns Burnley the points against Forest

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Dorus de Vries.
    • 2': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Gary Gardner.
    • 3': Foul by Sam Vokes (Burnley).
    • 3': Gary Gardner (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Offside, Burnley. Stephen Ward tries a through ball, but Andre Gray is caught offside.
    • 4': Foul by Bojan Jokic (Nottingham Forest).
    • 4': George Boyd (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Robert Tesche (Nottingham Forest).
    • 6': Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Andre Gray (Burnley) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Joey Barton with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 7': Attempt missed. David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 10': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Jamie Ward.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Joey Barton (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Arfield.
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Andre Gray (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Arfield.
    • 19': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Michael Mancienne.
    • 19': Attempt saved. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 21': Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
    • 21': Robert Tesche (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eric Lichaj.
    • 23': Hand ball by Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest).
    • 26': Bojan Jokic (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 26': Foul by Sam Vokes (Burnley).
    • 27': Attempt missed. Robert Tesche (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie Ward.
    • 28': Foul by Bojan Jokic (Nottingham Forest).
    • 28': Matthew Lowton (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 32': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Robert Tesche tries a through ball, but Ben Osborn is caught offside.
    • 33': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Stephen Ward.
    • 34': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
    • 34': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Bojan Jokic tries a through ball, but Gary Gardner is caught offside.
    • 35': Foul by James Tarkowski (Burnley).
    • 35': Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 35': Foul by Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest).
    • 35': George Boyd (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Offside, Burnley. Matthew Lowton tries a through ball, but Sam Vokes is caught offside.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Sam Vokes (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Ward.
    • 39': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Matt Mills.
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Andre Gray (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Jones with a cross.
    • 42': Bojan Jokic (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. David Jones (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. David Jones (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by George Boyd.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Burnley 0, Nottingham Forest 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Burnley 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Burnley 0, Nottingham Forest 0.
    • 48': Foul by Gary Gardner (Nottingham Forest).
    • 48': Sam Vokes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Attempt missed. George Boyd (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Jones following a set piece situation.
    • 49': Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
    • 49': Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ben Mee.
    • 55': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Stephen Ward.
    • 55': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by George Boyd.
    • 57': Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).
    • 57': Sam Vokes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ben Mee.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 68': Goal! Burnley 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Sam Vokes (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephen Ward.
    • 70': Attempt missed. George Boyd (Burnley) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Vokes with a headed pass.
    • 71': Andre Gray (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Foul by Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest).
    • 72': Attempt missed. Andre Gray (Burnley) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Vokes with a headed pass.
    • 74': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dexter Blackstock replaces David Vaughan.
    • 75': Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
    • 75': Robert Tesche (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Foul by Robert Tesche (Nottingham Forest).
    • 75': Joey Barton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Foul by Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest).
    • 76': Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eric Lichaj.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Robert Tesche (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 81': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Cohen replaces Robert Tesche.
    • 82': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jorge Grant replaces Ben Osborn.
    • 82': Foul by David Jones (Burnley).
    • 82': Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Gary Gardner (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 84': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Bojan Jokic.
    • 85': Foul by Joey Barton (Burnley).
    • 85': Gary Gardner (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 87': Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Sam Vokes (Burnley).
    • 89': Foul by Ben Mee (Burnley).
    • 89': Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).
    • 89': Scott Arfield (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Burnley 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 10
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    6 Corner Kicks 6
    3 Saves 1
    48.1 Possession 51.9
    8 SHOTS 14
    1 ON GOAL 4
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    339 Accurate Passes 349
    461 Passes 487
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.7
    0 Accurate Crosses 7
    17 Crosses 26
    0.0 Cross % 0.3
    97 Long Balls 99
    27 Accurate Long Balls 38
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 4
    10 Effective Tackles 12
    16 Tackles 17
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    0 Interceptions 0
    30 Effective Clearances 18
    40 Clearances 22

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Turf Moor
    Location: Burnley, England
    Attendance: 15,517

    Line-Ups

    BUR Burnley (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Tom Heaton (GK)
    6 Ben Mee
    26 James Tarkowski
    23 Stephen Ward
    2 Matthew Lowton
    13 Joey Barton
    14 David Jones
    37 Scott Arfield
    21 George Boyd
    7 Andre Gray
    9 Sam Vokes
    Burnley Substitutes:
    Matthew Taylor, Tendayi Darikwa, Paul Robinson, Kevin Long, Rouwen Hennings, Michael Kightly, Fredrik Ulvestad.

    NFO Nottingham Forest (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Dorus de Vries (GK)
    4 Michael Mancienne
    5 Matthew Mills
    3 Bojan Jokic Yellow Card
    2 Eric Lichaj
    22 Gary Gardner
    24 David Vaughan
    32 Robert Tesche
    17 Nélson Oliveira
    38 Ben Osborn
    19 Jamie Ward
    Nottingham Forest Substitutes:
    Chris O'Grady, Kelvin Wilson, Jack Hobbs, Dimitar Evtimov, Dexter Blackstock, Chris Cohen, Jorge Grant.

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