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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 17 (setup 1, season 31)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Robbin RUITER717Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Giovanni TROUPÉE2Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Emiliano Adrián INSÚA3Eric Bertrand BAILLY
Jaroslav PLASIL74Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
Jeffrey GOUWELEEUW56Stefan SAVIC
Maynor Alexis FIGUEROA Róchez6Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
Chris BURKE777Mitchell WEISER
Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA78DENIS Suárez Fernández
HÉLDER Manuel Marques POSTIGA9Christian BENTEKE
Pascal GROSS610Piotr ZIELINSKI
Johan ELMANDER117Sadio MANÉ
ManagerHeath Brown
Jamie WARD12Milan BADELJ
Sergei RYZHIKOV13Simon MIGNOLET
Cristian Daniel LEDESMA14Arkadiusz MILIK
Maurizio DOMIZZI15Mamadou SAKHO
Anthony STOKES616Jean-Kévin AUGUSTIN

Nottingham Forest 1 Reading 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 48,178, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Anthony TAYLOR 6)
2 ElmanderScorers66 Mané
49 Insúa <=> StokesSubstitutions
Sendings off
55 TroupéeBookings
8Corners9
5Fouls16
3Offsides0
5Shots on8
5Shots off9
10Total shots17
4Shots saved7
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
2GOAL!! A quick-witted ELMANDER pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
7ELMANDER worked the ball to FIGUEROA, HÉLDER POSTIGA controlled his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Reading 'keeper.
7SAVIC touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Nottingham Forest 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
10A pin-point pass was collected by VARELA and his looping effort flew narrowly wide.
11A right foot effort from BENTEKE was saved by RUITER.
12ELMANDER headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
14A great strike from SAVIC was dealt with by a fine parry from the 'keeper.
15BURKE beat two Reading players and thundered a shot wide.
17A corner fell to MANÉ who fired the ball inches over.
21ELMANDER waltzed past BAKAYOKO and stroked a tame shot into the crowd.
34The 'keeper was able to claw away a poor shot from BANEGA.
36A refined pass from PLASIL, was knocked goalbound by HÉLDER POSTIGA only for COURTOIS to palm clear.
44The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from BAKAYOKO.
 
55TROUPÉE booked.
56BANEGA was put clear by BAILLY and he turned the Nottingham Forest 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
56BAKAYOKO beat GOUWELEEUW and whacked the ball to SAVIC who pulled his shot wide.
63A shot from GROSS seemed a certain goal but the Reading 'keeper managed to parry the ball away.
66GOAL!! The creative DENIS neatly nodded on a cross for MANÉ to fire the ball in. (1-1)
73Uncertainty in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled ZIELINSKI to volley the ball over.
80HÉLDER POSTIGA ran onto a wonderful ball from VARELA but toe-poked his effort wide of the goal.
80A delightful save prevented HÉLDER POSTIGA from scoring a lovely goal.
85MANÉ flicked a deadly shot wide from close range.