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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 41 (setup 4, season 28)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Jordan SMITH17Sam JOHNSTONE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Tendayi DARIKWA62Santiago VERGINI
Joe WORRALL63Ross WALLACE
Claudio Ariel YACOB4Chris BAIRD
Michael DAWSON57John O'SHEA
Joe LOLLEY66RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE
GIL Bastiăo Dias7Igor SHEVCHENKO
Ben OSBORN87Marcus OLSSON
Daryl MURPHY96Libor KOZÁK
Liam BRIDCUTT6106Stephen PEARSON
Jamie WARD116Matty DONE
Manager
Apostolos VELLIOS12Danny LIVESEY
Liam BOSSIN13Daniel HAAS
DIOGO António Cupido GONÇALVES714Andy CANNON
Kieran DOWELL15Ollie RATHBONE
Mustapha CARAYOL16Josh O'KEEFE

Nottingham Forest 2 Rochdale 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 20,229, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Keith STROUD 6½)
25 Ward, 57 OsbornScorers50 Kozák
57 Worrall <=> Diogo GonçalvesSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners5
4Fouls8
0Offsides2
5Shots on6
8Shots off6
13Total shots12
3Shots saved5
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: GIL Bastiăo Dias
1A weak strike from MURPHY bounced agonisingly wide.
5OSBORN drove a right foot shot inches wide from twenty-five yards out.
19OLSSON headed inches over.
19A cross from BAIRD left KOZÁK in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
25GOAL!! A shot from WARD which the Rochdale 'keeper was able to block was deemed over the line by the linesman and the ref awarded the goal. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
32A thirty yard shot from OSBORN caused the 'keeper no problem.
34A delightful save prevented SHEVCHENKO from scoring a great goal.
35A great effort from VERGINI scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
36The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from MURPHY.
39A pin-point pass bobbled toward WALLACE and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
41A penalty box meleé resulted in WARD tapping the ball wide.
 
47PEARSON chipped the ball to SHEVCHENKO who nodded it over the bar.
50GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed OLSSON to touch the ball to KOZÁK who hit a looping shot into the net. (1-1)
51BRIDCUTT brought the ball round BAIRD and stroked a tame shot over.
52BRIDCUTT nodded the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
52A right foot effort from LOLLEY was tipped over by the Rochdale 'keeper.
57GOAL!! The creative MURPHY neatly nodded on a cross for OSBORN to thump the ball in. (2-1 Nottingham Forest)
59The 'keeper managed to claw away a fierce shot.
68BAIRD beat four Nottingham Forest players and fired a shot wide.
72A shot from DONE was kicked off the line by DAWSON.
75PEARSON's shot beat SMITH but rebounded off the Nottingham Forest woodwork.
81BRIDCUTT made space on the left and knocked the ball to OSBORN who rasped the ball over.
81BRIDCUTT rifled an easy chance past the far post.
86A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming SMITH.
90+2OSBORN ran onto a great ball from YACOB but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post.