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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 18 (setup 4, season 29)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Jordan SMITH61Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Yohan BENALOUANE2JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Joe WORRALL36Joost VAN AKEN
Andreas BOUCHALAKIS47Jack RODWELL
Michael HEFELE85Vegard FORREN
Michael DAWSON6Rhys WILLIAMS
Matty CASH77Felipe TEIXEIRA
Joe LOLLEY8Kasey PALMER
Lewis GRABBAN9Danny GRAHAM
Daryl MURPHY106Adam ARMSTRONG
Jamie WARD116Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona
Manager
Apostolos VELLIOS12Jacob DAVENPORT
Dimitar EVTIMOV13David RAYA Martin
Ben OSBORN14MIKEL ALONSO Olano
Claudio Ariel YACOB15Stephen O'LEARY
Tendayi DARIKWA166Keith TREACY

Nottingham Forest 2 Blackburn Rovers 3
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 35,466, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Paul MUSSELWHITE 6½)
2 Lolley, 8 LolleyScorers4 Teixeira, 24 Teixeira, 67 Graham
Substitutions67 Forren <=> Treacy
Sendings off
Bookings50 Palmer
3Corners5
7Fouls3
6Offsides4
4Shots on9
10Shots off4
14Total shots13
1Shots saved6
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Andreas BOUCHALAKIS
1SAMASSA dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Nottingham Forest's GRABBAN.
2GOAL!! A long ball from BENALOUANE had the Blackburn Rovers defence back-pedalling and LOLLEY made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
3GRAHAM shot over.
4GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from SAIZAR rebounded off the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by TEIXEIRA. (1-1)
5BOUCHALAKIS chipped the ball to GRABBAN who forced it over.
8GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled LOLLEY to waltz through the Blackburn Rovers defence and score. (2-1 Nottingham Forest)
9The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from GRAHAM.
24GOAL!! A shot from TEIXEIRA rolled through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted SMITH. (2-2)
28A useful ball from WORRALL on the right found LOLLEY who mishit his shot over.
32The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper saved a curling effort from LOLLEY.
34LOLLEY stroked an easy chance past the far post.
36A poor strike from PALMER bounced agonisingly wide.
37A cross from LOLLEY left BENALOUANE in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
45+1LOLLEY flicked a deadly shot over the bar from long range.
 
47A corner found GRAHAM who flicked the ball inches over.
50MUSSELWHITE books PALMER for a clumsy challenge.
66LOLLEY waltzed past WILLIAMS and stabbed a weak shot over the bar.
67GOAL!! Unlucky PALMER hit the crossbar before GRAHAM poked the ball into the net as BENALOUANE failed to clear. (3-2 Blackburn Rovers)
71JORGE TEIXEIRA's shot was well saved by the Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
74The Nottingham Forest 'keeper managed to claw away an amazing shot.
82A free-kick from PALMER raced inches over.
86LOLLEY was put clear by WORRALL and he dummied SAMASSA but glanced his shot just wide.