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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 18 (setup 4, season 28)
Rochdale
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE71Jordan SMITH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago VERGINI726Yohan BENALOUANE
RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE83Tendayi DARIKWA
Chris BAIRD4Ben OSBORN
John O'SHEA57Joe WORRALL
Josh THOMPSON66Michael DAWSON
Barry BANNAN77GIL Bastião Dias
Ross WALLACE78Joe LOLLEY
Libor KOZÁK69Lewis GRABBAN
Marcus OLSSON10Claudio Ariel YACOB
Matty DONE611Jamie WARD
Manager
Stephen PEARSON12Daryl MURPHY
Josh LILLIS13Dimitar EVTIMOV
Mika ÄÄRITALO14DIOGO António Cupido GONÇALVES
Ollie RATHBONE156Apostolos VELLIOS
Andy CANNON16Andreas BOUCHALAKIS

Rochdale 0 Nottingham Forest 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 10,190, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Marcus MERK 6½)
Scorers34 Gil
Substitutions84 Lolley <=> Vellios
Sendings off
Bookings77 Benalouane
2Corners2
14Fouls8
5Offsides2
5Shots on8
9Shots off6
14Total shots14
4Shots saved6
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE
2YACOB steamed through the Rochdale defence but shot straight at the Rochdale 'keeper.
3JOHNSTONE dived to his left to stop a lovely shot from Nottingham Forest's YACOB.
6A cross from OSBORN left GRABBAN in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
11JOHNSTONE saved a beautiful effort from GRABBAN.
17OSBORN's shot was well held by the Rochdale 'keeper.
20A drive from RÚBEN VINAGRE seemed a certain goal but the Nottingham Forest 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
24A tame strike from WALLACE bounced agonisingly wide.
29OLSSON knocked the ball to O'SHEA who headed it inches over.
30A pin-point pass bobbled toward RÚBEN VINAGRE and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
31YACOB stepped inside BANNAN but blasted the ball into the arms of JOHNSTONE.
33A penalty box scramble resulted in OSBORN cracking a low shot over.
34GOAL!! A terrible clearance dropped to GRABBAN who sliced a shot goalward, luckily GIL was on hand to fire the ball into the net. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
34A lovely effort from KOZÁK scraped the woodwork.
39WARD beat O'SHEA and fired the ball to GRABBAN who dragged his shot wide.
40OLSSON rushed a simple chance.
 
49A fine ball from RÚBEN VINAGRE on the right bobbled toward WALLACE who sliced his effort just beyond the near post.
52An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of SMITH by WALLACE.
58A header by LOLLEY at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
77BENALOUANE booked for gamesmanship.
81A delightful strike from DARIKWA was dealt with by a fine stop from the Rochdale 'keeper.
82Uncertainty in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled KOZÁK to hit the ball just beyond the far post.
89The Nottingham Forest 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from OLSSON.