English League Championship

FT Saturday, March 3, 2018
Birmingham City LLLLL 1
–
Nottingham Forest LLDDW 2
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BIR011
NFO112
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Match Report

Forest heap more pressure on Steve Cotterill with narrow victory

Forest heap more pressure on Steve Cotterill with narrow victory

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
4
48.9
Possession
51.1
10
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
291
Accurate Passes
363
423
Passes
468
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
1
32
Crosses
4
0.2
Cross %
0.3
96
Long Balls
75
29
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
56
8
Clearances
56

Head to Head

NFO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 13Daniel FoxCD-L
  3. 3Tobias FigueiredoCD-R
  4. 11Ben OsbornLB
  5. 27Tendayi DarikwaRB
  6. 15Lee TomlinAM
  7. 18Jack ColbackLM
  8. 32Ben WatsonRM
  9. 17Ben Brereton DíazF
  10. 23Joe LolleyAM-L
  11. 14Matty CashAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Kieran DowellSUB
  2. 33Stefanos KapinoSUB
  3. 4Michael MancienneSUB
  4. 42Joe WorrallSUB
  5. 39Apostolos VelliosSUB
  6. 9Daryl MurphySUB
  7. 5Adlène GuédiouraSUB

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 12Harlee DeanCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 5Maxime ColinLB
  5. 22Carl JenkinsonRB
  6. 8Craig GardnerAM
  7. 6Maikel KieftenbeldLM
  8. 21Jason LoweRM
  9. 18Sam GallagherF
  10. 14Ché AdamsAM-L
  11. 19Jacques MaghomaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27JotaSUB
  2. 15Cohen BramallSUB
  3. 17Cheikh N'DoyeSUB
  4. 4Marc RobertsSUB
  5. 10Lukas JutkiewiczSUB
  6. 20Jérémie BogaSUB
  7. 39Connal TruemanSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Birmingham City 0. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lee Tomlin.
  2. 28' Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
  3. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Daryl Murphy replaces Ben Brereton.
  4. 65' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Jason Lowe.
  5. 67' Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Adlène Guédioura replaces Lee Tomlin.
  7. 79' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Birmingham City 0. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
  8. 80' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jeremie Boga replaces Jacques Maghoma.
  9. 83' Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 87' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Birmingham City 1. Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Craig Gardner with a cross following a corner.

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