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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 32 (setup 1, season 31)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Stoke City
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Sergei RYZHIKOV1David OSPINA Ramírez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Felix PASSLACK27Dusan BASTA
Emiliano Adrián INSÚA737MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO
Jaroslav PLASIL848Etienne CAPOUE
Jeffrey GOUWELEEUW85Wes MORGAN
Paul McSHANE66Robert HUTH
Chris BURKE67Giorgio RASULO
Henri SAIVET8Sam MATTHEWS
HÉLDER Manuel Marques POSTIGA796Graziano PELLÉ
Pascal GROSS10Peter CROUCH
Jamie WARD116Giuseppe ROSSI
Manager
Maurizio DOMIZZI12James TOMKINS
Wesley FODERINGHAM13Tim KRUL
Anthony STOKES14Ashley COLE
Daniel PINILLOS González15Federico FERNÁNDEZ
Cristian Daniel LEDESMA716Alberto LOPO García

Nottingham Forest 1 Stoke City 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 29,197, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Uriah RENNIE 5½)
28p Hélder PostigaScorers24 Pellé, 74 Pellé
54 Saivet <=> LedesmaSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings28 Crouch, 51 Rasulo
3Corners1
11Fouls20
4Offsides8
6Shots on4
5Shots off8
11Total shots12
5Shots saved2
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Etienne CAPOUE
4GROSS's shot was well saved by OSPINA.
4MIGUEL VELOSO ran onto a great ball from MATTHEWS but fumbled his shot wide of the lefthand post.
6WARD snapped at a simple chance.
9A delightful strike from INSÚA was dealt with by a fine parry from the Stoke City 'keeper.
14OSPINA did well to hold onto a powerful strike from INSÚA.
17A wonderful save prevented GROSS from scoring an exceptional goal.
24GOAL!! A tackle from SAIVET gave Stoke City a free-kick twenty yards out which PELLÉ blasted past the Nottingham Forest 'keeper. (1-0 Stoke City)
27GROSS nutmegged MIGUEL VELOSO but slammed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
28The referee cautions CROUCH for violent conduct against SAIVET.
28GOAL!! A foul on BURKE inside the area gave Nottingham Forest a penalty which HÉLDER POSTIGA tucked away.
31A penalty box meleé resulted in PELLÉ driving the ball wide.
32HÉLDER POSTIGA beat three Stoke City players and slammed a golden opportunity just wide.
44RYZHIKOV saved a curling shot from MATTHEWS.
45+1ROSSI floated the ball to MORGAN who turned it over.
 
51RASULO booked.
52The bemused RYZHIKOV stared in disbelief as a backpass from GROSS dropped just wide.
53PASSLACK booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
55MIGUEL VELOSO was put clear by CROUCH and he nutmegged RYZHIKOV but glanced his shot wide.
58A weak shot from PELLÉ trickled agonisingly wide.
64A lovely pass from PELLÉ, was placed goalbound by CAPOUE only for RYZHIKOV to palm clear.
74GOAL!! A deep cross by BASTA was met by PELLÉ who galloped in to score. (2-1 Stoke City)
81A cross from MATTHEWS left CROUCH in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
85GOUWELEEUW shot over.
87PELLÉ headed inches wide.
90A corner was collected by INSÚA who forced the ball just beyond the near post.