Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield Wednesday, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League Championship
FT
0 - 3
0 - 3
Sheff Wed begin life under caretaker boss Lee Bullen with big win at Forest
Sheff Wed begin life under caretaker boss Lee Bullen with big win at Forest
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 3': Foul by Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest).
- 3': Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 5': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Liam Bridcutt.
- 5': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
- 7': Attempt missed. Andreas Bouchalakis (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tyler Walker.
- 11': Attempt missed. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kieran Dowell.
- 12': Foul by Joost van Aken (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 12': Tyler Walker (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Attempt saved. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Dowell.
- 13': Foul by Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 13': Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Attempt saved. Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andreas Bouchalakis.
- 16': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Joe Wildsmith.
- 17': Attempt saved. Barrie McKay (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liam Bridcutt with a through ball.
- 17': Foul by Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest).
- 17': Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Ben Osborn.
- 18': Attempt missed. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ross Wallace with a cross following a corner.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 20': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Liam Bridcutt.
- 20': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Michael Mancienne.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Morgan Fox (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 21': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Andreas Bouchalakis.
- 22': Attempt missed. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 22': Andreas Bouchalakis (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 23': Foul by Tyler Walker (Nottingham Forest).
- 23': Joost van Aken (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest).
- 23': Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Attempt saved. Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 27': Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Lucas João tries a through ball, but Jordan Rhodes is caught offside.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Tyler Walker (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
- 31': Attempt saved. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Barrie McKay with a through ball.
- 33': Attempt missed. Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas João.
- 33': Delay in match Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) because of an injury.
- 34': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Almen Abdi replaces Gary Hooper because of an injury.
- 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 36': Foul by Michael Mancienne (Nottingham Forest).
- 36': Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 36': Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Foul by Joost van Aken (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 37': Attempt blocked. Tyler Walker (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eric Lichaj.
- 37': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Glenn Loovens.
- 41': Attempt missed. Liam Bridcutt (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Barrie McKay.
- 44': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Michael Mancienne.
- 44': Attempt saved. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Hutchinson with a headed pass.
- 44': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jordan Smith.
- 45': Penalty Sheffield Wednesday. Morgan Fox draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 45': Penalty conceded by Tyler Walker (Nottingham Forest) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 45'+1': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Sheffield Wednesday 2. Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 45'+2': Attempt saved. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Almen Abdi.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Sheffield Wednesday 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Sheffield Wednesday 2.
- 46': Foul by Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 46': Liam Bridcutt (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 47': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Morgan Fox.
- 48': Attempt saved. Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Barrie McKay with a cross.
- 52': Attempt missed. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas João.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Andreas Bouchalakis (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Reach.
- 57': Foul by Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest).
- 57': Morgan Fox (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Delay in match Joost van Aken (Sheffield Wednesday) because of an injury.
- 59': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Daniel Pudil replaces Joost van Aken because of an injury.
- 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 59': Foul by Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 59': Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Liam Bridcutt (Nottingham Forest).
- 60': Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Attempt missed. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Almen Abdi.
- 61': Attempt saved. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Reach.
- 61': Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 64': Attempt blocked. Almen Abdi (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Wallace with a cross.
- 65': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Sheffield Wednesday 3. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Reach following a fast break.
- 67': Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest).
- 69': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matthew Cash replaces Andreas Bouchalakis.
- 70': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jason Cummings replaces Barrie McKay.
- 70': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Ben Osborn tries a through ball, but Jason Cummings is caught offside.
- 71': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. David Jones replaces Lucas João.
- 72': Attempt missed. Almen Abdi (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ross Wallace.
- 75': Foul by Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 75': Liam Bridcutt (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).
- 79': Attempt missed. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
- 79': Foul by Michael Mancienne (Nottingham Forest).
- 79': Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jamie Ward replaces Tyler Walker.
- 81': Hand ball by Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 84': Attempt blocked. David Jones (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Almen Abdi.
- 84': Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. David Jones tries a through ball, but Jordan Rhodes is caught offside.
- 85': Attempt missed. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
- 87': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Kieran Dowell.
- 88': Almen Abdi (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Foul by Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest).
- 88': Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 89': Attempt missed. Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kieran Dowell.
- 90': Attempt missed. Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie Ward.
- 90'+2': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Joe Wildsmith.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Jason Cummings (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
- 90'+3': Foul by Michael Mancienne (Nottingham Forest).
- 90'+3': Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ross Wallace.
- 90'+5': Foul by Michael Mancienne (Nottingham Forest).
- 90'+5': Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+5': Michael Mancienne (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Kieran Dowell.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Sheffield Wednesday 3.
- 90'+6': Match ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Sheffield Wednesday 3.
Statistics
 SHW |
NFO |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 14 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 9 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 6 | Saves | 5 |
| 37.6 | Possession | 62.4 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 8 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 222 | Accurate Passes | 477 |
| 322 | Passes | 553 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 24 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 88 | Long Balls | 59 |
| 36 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 19 | Tackles | 9 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 13 | Effective Clearances | 44 |
| 13 | Clearances | 44 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 28,635
Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 28,635
EFL Championship Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Ham United | 6 | +5 | 11 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 6 | +4 | 11 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 5 | +3 | 10 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | +3 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 43 | Jordan Smith (GK) |
| 4 | Michael Mancienne  |
| 42 | Joe Worrall |
| 11 | Ben Osborn |
| 2 | Eric Lichaj |
| 20 | Kieran Dowell |
| 31 | Andreas Bouchalakis |
| 7 | Liam Bridcutt |
| 34 | Tyler Walker |
| 10 | Barrie McKay |
| 17 | Ben Brereton Díaz |
Sheffield Wednesday (4-4-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 28 | Joe Wildsmith (GK) |
| 4 | Joost van Aken |
| 12 | Glenn Loovens |
| 6 | Morgan Fox |
| 16 | Liam Palmer |
| 20 | Adam Reach |
| 23 | Sam Hutchinson |
| 33 | Ross Wallace |
| 18 | Lucas João |
| 7 | Jordan Rhodes |
| 14 | Gary Hooper |
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