English Premier League

FT Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Nottingham Forest LLDLL 3
–
Newcastle United LLWLL 1
1st2ndT
NFO123
NEW101
St. James' Park · 52,207 att.

Match Report

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Wood returns to haunt Newcastle with hat trick in Forest win

Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood scored a superb hat trick against his former club Newcastle on Tuesday to fire his team to a 3-1 win.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
10
5
Saves
3
38
Possession
62
15
SHOTS
19
6
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
260
Accurate Passes
444
326
Passes
513
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
36
0.2
Cross %
0.1
55
Long Balls
39
29
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
6
11
Effective Tackles
9
21
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
11
44
Effective Clearances
7
44
Clearances
7

Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-2

Lineups

NEW · 4-3-3

  1. 1Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 4Sven BotmanCD-L
  3. 5Fabian SchärCD-R
  4. 33Dan BurnLB
  5. 2Kieran TrippierRB
  6. 39Bruno GuimarãesCM
  7. 36Sean LongstaffLM
  8. 67Lewis MileyRM
  9. 14Alexander IsakF
  10. 10Anthony GordonLF
  11. 24Miguel AlmirónRF

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Matt TurnerG
  2. 40MurilloCD-L
  3. 19Moussa NiakhatéCD-R
  4. 43Ola AinaLB
  5. 29Gonzalo MontielRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 6Ibrahim SangaréLM
  8. 28Danilo SantosRM
  9. 11Chris WoodF
  10. 14Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-L
  11. 21Anthony ElangaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  2. 26' Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 27' Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Elanga following a fast break.
  6. 53' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 2. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anthony Elanga with a through ball following a fast break.
  7. 55' Substitution, Newcastle United. Callum Wilson replaces Miguel Almirón.
  8. 55' Substitution, Newcastle United. Tino Livramento replaces Dan Burn.
  9. 60' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 3. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Murillo.
  10. 70' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams replaces Gonzalo Montiel.
  11. 70' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Ibrahim Sangaré.
  12. 71' Substitution, Newcastle United. Joelinton replaces Sean Longstaff.
  13. 79' Substitution, Newcastle United. Lewis Hall replaces Sven Botman.
  14. 79' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  15. 84' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 85' Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 88' Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Danilo.
  19. 90' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Joe Worrall replaces Anthony Elanga.

Premier League News

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