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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 12 (setup 4, season 28)
Walsall
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Andreas VAIKLA51Jordan SMITH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Richard KEOGH62Michael DAWSON
Steven SMITH3DIOGO António Cupido GONÇALVES
Romaine SAWYERS46Kieran DOWELL
Damien DELANEY75Joe WORRALL
Tommy SMITH6Andreas BOUCHALAKIS
George DOBSON777GIL Bastião Dias
Sergio PETER787Ben OSBORN
Ashley FLETCHER798Lewis GRABBAN
Josh GINNELLY106Daryl MURPHY
Simeon JACKSON611Jamie WARD
Manager
Marvin WILLIAMS12Matty CASH
Liam ROBERTS13Dimitar EVTIMOV
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN14Liam BRIDCUTT
Liam KINSELLA15Joe LOLLEY
Kieron MORRIS16Barrie McKAY

Walsall 2 Nottingham Forest 4
(Half-time: 2-3, Attendance: 20,004, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 5)
1 Fletcher, 44 FletcherScorers2 Grabban, 19 Grabban, 28og Smith, 46 Grabban
Substitutions
Sendings off49 Murphy
13 Keogh, 23 GinnellyBookings58 Dowell, 64 Grabban
15Corners1
6Fouls9
0Offsides6
5Shots on6
11Shots off9
16Total shots15
3Shots saved2
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Lewis GRABBAN
1GOAL!! A strike from FLETCHER which the Nottingham Forest 'keeper was able to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and WOOLMER gave the goal. (1-0 Walsall)
2GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of GRABBAN who fired the ball past the helpless VAIKLA. (1-1)
8OSBORN shot over.
11GIL beat DOBSON and blasted the ball to MURPHY who blasted his shot wide.
13WOOLMER cautions KEOGH.
19GOAL!! An outswinging corner hoofed out by SMITH was shot into the back of the net by GRABBAN. (2-1 Nottingham Forest)
23DOBSON stormed through the Nottingham Forest defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
23GINNELLY booked for a late tackle.
28GOAL!! A long shot from OSBORN deflected off the head of SMITH and into his own net.
34PETER waltzed past OSBORN and flicked a weak shot into the crowd.
44GOAL!! An imaginative SMITH played a wonderful ball down the middle to FLETCHER who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (3-2 Nottingham Forest)
45+1WARD chipped the ball to OSBORN who nodded it inches wide.
 
46GOAL!! A shot from GRABBAN rolled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Walsall 'keeper. (4-2 Nottingham Forest)
49MURPHY given his marching orders for a professional foul on DOBSON.
51A useful ball from OSBORN on the left fell to GIL who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
58DOWELL given a yellow card by WOOLMER.
58DELANEY was put clear by PETER and he dummied SMITH but struck his shot over the bar.
59The Walsall 'keeper saved a swerving shot from WORRALL.
61A lovely effort from FLETCHER scraped the top of the crossbar.
64GRABBAN booked.
66SMITH headed inches over.
78DOBSON kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.