Forest suffer top-four blow as Bassey seals Fulham victory
Fulham put a dent in Nottingham Forest's Premier League top-four aspirations as defender Calvin Bassey's first goal of the season sealed a 2-1 victory.
English Premier League
FT
Saturday, February 15, 2025
| 1st | 2nd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NFO | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FUL | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Craven Cottage · 27,164 att. · USA Net
Match Report
Team Stats
8
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
8
Saves
1
44.5
Possession
55.5
8
SHOTS
24
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
343
Accurate Passes
439
404
Passes
499
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
10
18
Crosses
33
0.2
Cross %
0.3
49
Long Balls
51
25
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
1.0
8
Interceptions
7
30
Effective Clearances
25
30
Clearances
25
Head to Head
FUL leads series 4-1
Lineups
FUL · 4-2-3-1
- 1Bernd LenoG
- 3Calvin BasseyCD-L
- 5Joachim AndersenCD-R
- 33Antonee RobinsonLB
- 21Timothy CastagneRB
- 32Emile Smith RoweAM
- 16Sander BergeLM
- 20Sasa LukicRM
- 7Raúl JiménezF
- 17Alex IwobiAM-L
- 11Adama TraoréAM-R
Substitutes
- 24Josh KingSUB
- 30Ryan SessegnonSUB
- 22WillianSUB
- 31Issa DiopSUB
- 6Harrison ReedSUB
- 9Rodrigo MunizSUB
- 10Tom CairneySUB
- 18Andreas PereiraSUB
- 23Steven BendaSUB
NFO · 3-5-2
- 26Matz SelsG
- 31Nikola MilenkovicCD
- 5MurilloCD-L
- 4MoratoCD-R
- 8Elliot AndersonCM-L
- 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCM-R
- 28Danilo SantosAM
- 7Neco WilliamsLM
- 34Ola AinaRM
- 21Anthony ElangaCF-L
- 11Chris WoodCF-R
Substitutes
- 24Ramón SosaSUB
- 6Ibrahim SangaréSUB
- 19Álex MorenoSUB
- 14Callum Hudson-OdoiSUB
- 16Nicolás DomínguezSUB
- 30Willy BolySUB
- 22Ryan YatesSUB
- 13Wayne HennesseySUB
- 20Jota SilvaSUB
Timeline
- 15' Goal! Fulham 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Emile Smith Rowe (Fulham) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adama Traoré with a cross.
- 37' Goal! Fulham 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
- 62' Goal! Fulham 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Calvin Bassey (Fulham) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez following a corner.
- 63' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Danilo.
- 68' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Morato.
- 76' Substitution, Fulham. Rodrigo Muniz replaces Raúl Jiménez.
- 82' Substitution, Fulham. Andreas Pereira replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
- 82' Substitution, Fulham. Harrison Reed replaces Sasa Lukic because of an injury.
- 85' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva replaces Elliot Anderson.
- 90' Substitution, Fulham. Willian replaces Alex Iwobi.
- 90' Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Adama Traoré.
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