English Premier League

FT Friday, October 25, 2024
Nottingham Forest WDLDW 3
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Leicester City DWLWW 1
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NFO123
LEI101
King Power Stadium · 31,879 att.

Match Report

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Wood brace earns Nottingham Forest derby win at Leicester

Chris Wood scored a brace as Nottingham Forest moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 3-1 victory over hosts Leicester City in the East Midlands derby on Friday, underlining their excellent start to the season.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
6
0
Saves
2
35.6
Possession
64.4
20
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
231
Accurate Passes
482
305
Passes
560
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
21
Crosses
26
0.0
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
38
28
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
10
19
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
6
30
Effective Clearances
26
30
Clearances
26

Head to Head

NFO leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Mads HermansenG
  2. 5Caleb OkoliCD-L
  3. 3Wout FaesCD-R
  4. 2James JustinLB
  5. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 40Facundo BuonanotteAM
  7. 8Harry WinksLM
  8. 6Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 10Stephy MavididiAM-L
  11. 7Fatawu IssahakuAM-R

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 19Álex MorenoLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 8Elliot AndersonAM
  7. 16Nicolás DomínguezLM
  8. 22Ryan YatesRM
  9. 11Chris WoodF
  10. 14Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-L
  11. 21Anthony ElangaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Leicester City 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 23' Goal! Leicester City 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Winks with a cross.
  3. 35' Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Álex Moreno (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 46' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 47' Goal! Leicester City 1, Nottingham Forest 2. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elliot Anderson.
  7. 58' Harry Winks (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 60' Goal! Leicester City 1, Nottingham Forest 3. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  9. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Bilal El Khannouss replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  10. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Jordan Ayew replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  11. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams replaces Elliot Anderson.
  12. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morato replaces Álex Moreno.
  13. 74' Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  14. 76' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ramón Sosa replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  15. 76' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva replaces Anthony Elanga.
  16. 78' Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 81' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Chris Wood.
  18. 88' Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+3' Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 90'+5' Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

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