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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 41 (setup 1, season 25)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Barnsley
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Sergei RYZHIKOV1Lukasz FABIANSKI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Roman SHISHKIN27Philippe KOCH
Maynor Alexis FIGUEROA Róchez37Roberto CANELLA Suárez
Cristian Daniel LEDESMA47Michele PAZIENZA
Daniel VAN BUYTEN5Dean LEACOCK
Maurizio DOMIZZI66ANDRÉ Clarindo dos SANTOS
Givanildo Vieira de Souza, HULK776Sidney GOVOU
Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA86Diego Mario BUONANOTTE
HÉLDER Manuel Marques POSTIGA89Lucas Ramón BARRIOS
Kevin DE BRUYNE10Aiyegbeni YAKUBU
Johan ELMANDER7116Thievy Guivane BIFOUMA Koulossa
Forest Gump TippleManager
Joe ALLEN12Bruno Ferreira Bonfim, DENTINHO
Sebastian MIELITZ13Mario KIREV
Jeffrey GOUWELEEUW14David VAUGHAN
Demy DE ZEEUW15Jake TAYLOR
John O'SHEA16Aidan WHITE

Nottingham Forest 3 Barnsley 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 49,803, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Anthony TAYLOR 6)
7 Varela, 45 Elmander, 60 Hélder PostigaScorers54 Buonanotte
Substitutions59 Leacock <=> Vaughan
Sendings off
Bookings31 Yakubu
3Corners9
4Fouls8
16Offsides4
8Shots on2
7Shots off4
15Total shots6
4Shots saved1
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Cristian Daniel LEDESMA
3HULK worked the ball to HÉLDER POSTIGA, ELMANDER collected his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
4The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from ELMANDER.
5GOVOU headed just beyond the far post.
7GOAL!! On the left wing HÉLDER POSTIGA collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for VARELA to drill it into the back of the net. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
17A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing FABIANSKI.
22Uncertainty in the Barnsley defence enabled ELMANDER to blast an effort wide.
26The Barnsley 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely drive from Nottingham Forest's HÉLDER POSTIGA.
28HÉLDER POSTIGA chipped the ball to HULK who turned it just wide.
30HULK stabbed a simple chance past the far post.
31YAKUBU cautioned for a poor foul on DE BRUYNE.
35HÉLDER POSTIGA beat two Barnsley players and slammed an effort just beyond the near post.
38A cross from GOVOU left BIFOUMA in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
41VARELA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Barnsley upright.
44A useful ball from SHISHKIN on the right fell to VAN BUYTEN who mishit his effort inches wide.
45GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of ELMANDER who nudged the ball past the helpless Barnsley 'keeper. (2-0 Nottingham Forest)
 
52The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful shot.
54GOAL!! A strike from BUONANOTTE which the 'keeper managed to palm clear was deemed over the line and the referee gave the goal. (2-1 Nottingham Forest)
60GOAL!! The Barnsley 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from ANDRÉ SANTOS and HÉLDER POSTIGA was able to poke the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Nottingham Forest)
67ELMANDER nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
74ELMANDER brought the ball past GOVOU and rattled a tame shot wide.
82A pin-point pass bobbled toward PAZIENZA and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
87BUONANOTTE was put clear by BIFOUMA and he raced past RYZHIKOV but glanced his shot wide.