English Premier League

FT Friday, August 18, 2023
Sheffield United WLWLL 1
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Nottingham Forest DLLDL 2
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SHU011
NFO112
The City Ground · 29,432 att.

Match Report

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Forest substitute Wood snatches late 2-1 win over Sheffield Utd

Nottingham Forest substitute Chris Wood headed an 89th minute winner to secure a 2-1 victory over promoted Sheffield United for his side's first three points of the season on Friday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
5
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
2
50.1
Possession
49.9
7
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
328
Accurate Passes
343
437
Passes
436
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
8
20
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.4
62
Long Balls
57
21
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
17
Interceptions
14
15
Effective Clearances
24
15
Clearances
24

Head to Head

NFO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NFO · 3-4-3

  1. 1Matt TurnerG
  2. 4Joe WorrallCD
  3. 26Scott McKennaCD-L
  4. 30Willy BolyCD-R
  5. 5Orel MangalaCM-L
  6. 28Danilo SantosCM-R
  7. 7Neco WilliamsLM
  8. 24Sèrge AurierRM
  9. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-L
  11. 20Brennan JohnsonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Cheikhou KouyatéSUB
  2. 22Ryan YatesSUB
  3. 15Harry ToffoloSUB
  4. 21Anthony ElangaSUB
  5. 35Hwang Ui-JoSUB
  6. 34Ethan HorvathSUB
  7. 23Remo FreulerSUB
  8. 19Moussa NiakhatéSUB
  9. 11Chris WoodSUB

SHU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 18Wes FoderinghamG
  2. 12John EganCD
  3. 19Jack RobinsonCD-L
  4. 15Anel AhmedhodzicCD-R
  5. 21Vinicius SouzaCM-L
  6. 16Oliver NorwoodCM-R
  7. 3Max LoweLM
  8. 23Ben OsbornRM
  9. 32William OsulaF
  10. 11Bénie TraoréCF-L
  11. 8Gustavo HamerCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Yasser LarouciSUB
  2. 38Femi SerikiSUB
  3. 39Antwoine HackfordSUB
  4. 5Auston TrustySUB
  5. 34Louie MarshSUB
  6. 35Andre BrooksSUB
  7. 22Tom DaviesSUB
  8. 1Adam DaviesSUB
  9. 6Chris BashamSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Sheffield United 0. Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sèrge Aurier with a cross.
  2. 36' Willy Boly (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Sèrge Aurier (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+2' Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Sheffield United. Yasser Larouci replaces Max Lowe.
  6. 48' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Sheffield United 1. Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  7. 58' Substitution, Sheffield United. Chris Basham replaces Vinicius Souza because of an injury.
  8. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Orel Mangala.
  9. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga replaces Willy Boly.
  10. 72' Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Sheffield United. Andre Brooks replaces William Osula.
  12. 82' Substitution, Sheffield United. Antwoine Hackford replaces Bénie Traoré because of an injury.
  13. 84' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  14. 86' Ben Osborn (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 89' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Sheffield United 1. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sèrge Aurier with a cross.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Danilo.
  17. 90'+1' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Moussa Niakhaté replaces Brennan Johnson.

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