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

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

NFO		BUR
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

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.

Nottingham Forest (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Dorus de Vries (GK)
4	Michael Mancienne
5	Matthew Mills
3	Bojan Jokic
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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