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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 25 (setup 4, season 29)
Burton Albion
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Simon THOMAS71Jordan SMITH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Mahlon ROMEO726Yohan BENALOUANE
Jake BIDWELL736Tendayi DARIKWA
Matthew LUND74Claudio Ariel YACOB
Tom FLANAGAN5Alexander MILOSEVIC
Tom NAYLOR66Michael HEFELE
Lewis TRAVIS77Matty CASH
Brad SMITH87Joe LOLLEY
Liam BOYCE97Lewis GRABBAN
Jamie ALLEN710Daryl MURPHY
Marvin SORDELL117El Arbi 'Hillal' SOUDANI
Manager
Matt PALMER12Michael DAWSON
Barry ROCHE13Ryan YATES
Lucas AKINS14Jamie WARD
Hope AKPAN15Zach CLOUGH
John BRAYFORD16DIOGO António Cupido GONÇALVES

Burton Albion 2 Nottingham Forest 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 6,447, Stadium: Pirelli Stadium, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 5½)
59 Allen, 71 SordellScorers88 Grabban
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings4 Hefele
3Corners1
3Fouls4
3Offsides2
3Shots on5
9Shots off6
12Total shots11
1Shots saved4
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Claudio Ariel YACOB
4HEFELE receives a yellow card by ILDERTON for a bad foul.
6A delightful strike from SOUDANI was dealt with by a useful block from THOMAS.
10SMITH shot wide.
16LOLLEY stroked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
22A twenty-five yard shot from LOLLEY caused the Burton Albion 'keeper no problem.
23A pin-point pass fell to BOYCE and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
30SMITH did well to hold onto a fierce shot from SMITH.
32BOYCE headed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
41BOYCE floated the ball to SORDELL who touched it over the bar.
 
47Uncertainty in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled SMITH to fire the ball just beyond the near post.
50TRAVIS beat two Nottingham Forest players and stroked a great chance just beyond the far post.
57A corner was collected by GRABBAN who flicked the ball wide.
58ALLEN flicked a right foot shot just wide from thirty yards out.
59GOAL!! A mishit NAYLOR shot fell to ALLEN who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-0 Burton Albion)
60GRABBAN waltzed past TRAVIS and poked a tame shot over.
63A wonderful save prevented GRABBAN from scoring an exceptional goal.
66A great effort from DARIKWA scraped the top of the crossbar.
71GOAL!! A long ball from TRAVIS down the middle was collected by the lurking SORDELL who fired a right foot shot into the net. (2-0 Burton Albion)
73A weak strike from LOLLEY bounced agonisingly wide.
76A penalty box scramble resulted in SMITH cracking a low shot over.
79A shot from LOLLEY held little difficulty for THOMAS.
83A fine ball from SMITH on the right fell to BIDWELL who scuffed his effort just beyond the far post.
84A cross from YACOB left CASH in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
88GOAL!! A long goal-kick from DARIKWA caught the Burton Albion defence napping and GRABBAN raced through to easily score. (2-1 Burton Albion)