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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 36 (setup 4, season 35)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Kasper SCHMEICHEL17Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Benjamin PAVARD727Frédéric GUILBERT
Oleksandr ZINCHENKO3Matt RITCHIE
Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, JORGINHO74Christian GENTNER
Joe GOMEZ757Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Ben GODFREY6Joël MATIP
Kevin VOLLAND77Pierre LEES-MELOU
Wilfried Armal ZAHA Dazet787Eden HAZARD
Raúl Alonso JIMÉNEZ Rodríguez79Sasa KALAJDZIC
RÚBEN Diogo da Silva NEVES106Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Anthony MARTIAL116Danny WELBECK
Manager
MIKEL Oyarzabal Ugarte12Stevan JOVETIC
Gary WOODS13Jon FLATT
Remo FREULER14Federico MACHEDA
Jesse LINGARD15Mark BECK
Taiwo AWONIYI166John BOSTOCK

Nottingham Forest 2 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 33,635, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Mark HALSEY 6½)
45+3 Martial, 79 JiménezScorers
Substitutions68 Fabinho <=> Beck, 72 Hazard <=> Bostock
Sendings off
Bookings41 Welbeck, 44 Lees-Melou, 90 Kalajdzic
5Corners3
14Fouls21
2Offsides5
9Shots on2
9Shots off4
18Total shots6
7Shots saved2
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Kasper SCHMEICHEL
2JIMÉNEZ fired the ball through a ruck of players but LLORIS was a match for it as he dived to his left.
7ZAHA nutmegged GUILBERT but placed the ball into the arms of LLORIS.
8A useful ball from GENTNER on the right fell to LEES-MELOU who mishit his effort over the bar.
11A brilliant strike from LEES-MELOU was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
14A great save prevented JIMÉNEZ from scoring a great goal.
25JORGINHO made space on the right and dragged the ball to ZAHA who rasped the ball over.
29A tame shot from KALAJDZIC trickled agonisingly wide.
31A header by RÚBEN NEVES at the near post was comfortably collected by the Darlington 'keeper.
34A penalty box scramble resulted in RÚBEN NEVES driving the ball over.
38ZAHA was put clear by MARTIAL and he stepped inside the 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar.
41WELBECK given a yellow card by HALSEY.
44HALSEY cautions LEES-MELOU for a bad tackle.
45+3GOAL!! As HAZARD was trying to hold back GODFREY the ball fell to MARTIAL who nudged the ball into the net. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
 
52A shot from ZAHA was smothered by the Darlington 'keeper.
59A right foot shot from LEES-MELOU was clawed past the post by SCHMEICHEL.
64A free-kick from RÚBEN NEVES raced inches wide.
65VOLLAND beat GUILBERT and blasted the ball to GODFREY who blasted his shot wide.
74JORGINHO flicked a simple chance past the near post.
79GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled JIMÉNEZ to tuck the ball into the net. (2-0 Nottingham Forest)
84VOLLAND's header was well saved by LLORIS.
86The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MATIP fell just wide.
90KALAJDZIC booked for violent conduct.