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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 2 (setup 4, season 29)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Burton Albion
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Jordan SMITH1Simon THOMAS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Yohan BENALOUANE72Mahlon ROMEO
Joe WORRALL537Jake BIDWELL
Andreas BOUCHALAKIS84Matt PALMER
Michael HEFELE856Kyle McFADZEAN
Michael DAWSON6Jake BUXTON
Matty CASH7Hope AKPAN
Joe LOLLEY8Brad SMITH
Lewis GRABBAN89Liam BOYCE
Daryl MURPHY610Lucas AKINS
Jamie WARD11Marvin SORDELL
Manager
Apostolos VELLIOS12Tom NAYLOR
Dimitar EVTIMOV13Barry ROCHE
Ben OSBORN614Matthew LUND
Claudio Ariel YACOB15Tom FLANAGAN
Tendayi DARIKWA16Damien McCRORY

Nottingham Forest 4 Burton Albion 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 27,306, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 7½)
5 Grabban, 8 Hefele, 48 Cash, 75 GrabbanScorers20 Smith
60 Worrall <=> Yacob, 85 Cash <=> OsbornSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners11
7Fouls13
3Offsides6
8Shots on7
9Shots off3
17Total shots10
4Shots saved6
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Andreas BOUCHALAKIS
5GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled GRABBAN to flick the ball home. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
6BOYCE snapped at an easy chance.
8GOAL!! A mishit backpass by BIDWELL enabled HEFELE to nip in and fire the ball past THOMAS. (2-0 Nottingham Forest)
9BOYCE stepped inside WORRALL but drove the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
11The Nottingham Forest 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from SORDELL.
14BOYCE's shot beat SMITH but rebounded off the Nottingham Forest upright.
17LOLLEY ran onto a great ball from MURPHY but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
20GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Nottingham Forest 'keeper, AKPAN was first to the loose ball and played the ball to SMITH to fire home. (2-1 Nottingham Forest)
22A weak strike from GRABBAN rolled agonisingly wide.
25A header from GRABBAN was booted off the line by BUXTON.
32MURPHY chipped the ball to GRABBAN who flicked it just beyond the far post.
34A header by LOLLEY at the far post was comfortably collected by THOMAS.
36A thirty yard drive from WORRALL caused the Burton Albion 'keeper no problem.
40The hapless Nottingham Forest 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from BOUCHALAKIS fell just over.
44A deadly shot from LOLLEY was pushed round the post by the 'keeper.
 
48GOAL!! A poor clearance dropped to HEFELE who mishit a shot goalward, luckily CASH was on hand to fire the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Nottingham Forest)
56A delightful save prevented SMITH from scoring a good goal.
66MURPHY beat AKINS and fired the ball to CASH who dragged his shot wide.
68HEFELE rifled a simple chance past the far post.
75GOAL!! An energetic BOUCHALAKIS ran down the wing and dragged the ball back for GRABBAN to hammer home. (4-1 Nottingham Forest)
78A cross from MURPHY left LOLLEY in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
81GRABBAN placed a right foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.