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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 35 (setup 4, season 28)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Jordan SMITH18Andreas VAIKLA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Tendayi DARIKWA27Liam KINSELLA
Mustapha CARAYOL38Richard KEOGH
Kieran DOWELL4Romaine SAWYERS
Joe WORRALL75Damien DELANEY
Joe LOLLEY67Tommy SMITH
GIL Bastião Dias677Morten Gamst PEDERSEN
Ben OSBORN78Daniel JOHNSON
Lewis GRABBAN697David N'GOG
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ107Ashley FLETCHER
Jamie WARD11Simeon JACKSON
Manager
Andreas BOUCHALAKIS12Kory ROBERTS
Dimitar EVTIMOV13Liam ROBERTS
Liam BRIDCUTT14Kieron MORRIS
Daryl MURPHY15Josh GINNELLY
Apostolos VELLIOS16Morgan FERRIER

Nottingham Forest 2 Walsall 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 17,678, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Lee MASON 7½)
31 Osborn, 62 DowellScorers
56 Grabban <=> VelliosSubstitutions
Sendings off
11 Osborn, 33 GrabbanBookings60 Smith
6Corners2
15Fouls2
6Offsides5
5Shots on3
7Shots off11
12Total shots14
3Shots saved3
41%Possession59%
Man of the match: Andreas VAIKLA
5The Nottingham Forest 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from KEOGH.
10A twenty yard drive from GRABBAN caused VAIKLA little difficulty.
11The ref cautions OSBORN.
19SAWYERS ran onto a great ball from PEDERSEN but fired his shot wide.
26A good ball from PEDERSEN on the right found N'GOG who sliced his shot wide.
31GOAL!! A strike from DARIKWA was hoofed off the line only for OSBORN to slip the ball in. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
33A bad tackle on KINSELLA by GRABBAN results in a booking.
34The Nottingham Forest 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Walsall's SAWYERS.
40JOHNSON was put clear by SAWYERS and he turned the 'keeper but struck his shot just wide.
42A penalty box scramble resulted in SAWYERS tapping the ball wide.
44The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from JOHNSON dropped just over.
45GRABBAN knocked the ball to WORRALL who nodded it wide.
 
47A pin-point pass found N'GOG and his left foot effort flew narrowly wide.
50GIL shot over.
55A drive from GRABBAN seemed a certain goal but VAIKLA managed to palm the ball clear.
56A corner bobbled toward WARD who fired the ball just beyond the near post.
60SMITH cautioned for a bad foul.
62GOAL!! A cross from LOLLEY was touched away by PEDERSEN only for WARD to drill the ball back into the box for DOWELL to force into the net. (2-0 Nottingham Forest)
64A free-kick from VELLIOS floated over the bar.
75A cross from DOWELL left OSBORN in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
81GIL beat DELANEY and drilled the ball to OSBORN who toe-poked his shot wide.
87An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by WARD.