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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 33 (setup 4, season 28)
Burton Albion
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Simon THOMAS1Jordan SMITH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Fikayo TOMORI2Tendayi DARIKWA
Jake BIDWELL736Mustapha CARAYOL
Matt PALMER74Kieran DOWELL
Ben TURNER657Joe WORRALL
Kyle McFADZEAN66Joe LOLLEY
Mahlon ROMEO67GIL Bastião Dias
Brad SMITH78Ben OSBORN
Liam BOYCE797Lewis GRABBAN
Tom NAYLOR6106Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Lucas AKINS116Jamie WARD
Manager
John BRAYFORD12Andreas BOUCHALAKIS
Barry ROCHE13Dimitar EVTIMOV
Matthew LUND14Liam BRIDCUTT
Jake BUXTON15Daryl MURPHY
Jamie ALLEN616Apostolos VELLIOS

Burton Albion 2 Nottingham Forest 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 6,348, Stadium: Pirelli Stadium, Referee: Lee MASON 6)
68 Akins, 79 SmithScorers20 Grabban
80 Turner <=> AllenSubstitutions56 Grabban <=> Vellios
Sendings off
Bookings73 Brereton Díaz
2Corners6
10Fouls16
1Offsides3
4Shots on4
9Shots off7
13Total shots11
2Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Lucas AKINS
4The 'keeper dived to his right to block an accurate shot from Burton Albion's AKINS.
5A tame shot from AKINS bounced agonisingly wide.
5A useful ball from DOWELL on the left found GRABBAN who scuffed his shot just wide.
10THOMAS was able to block a weak header from OSBORN.
13A corner was collected by WORRALL who forced the ball wide.
17The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DARIKWA fell just wide.
20GOAL!! A neat one-two left GRABBAN clear and he made no mistake by cleverly flicking the ball beyond the oncoming THOMAS. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
22AKINS brought the ball away from DOWELL and flicked a poor shot into the crowd.
24A good effort from WORRALL scraped the outside of the post.
29A accurate pass bobbled toward GRABBAN and his looping shot floated narrowly wide.
36CARAYOL fluffed a simple chance.
37SMITH headed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
42AKINS ran onto a wonderful ball from SMITH but fired his effort wide.
44DOWELL made space on the left and touched the ball to GRABBAN who touched the ball wide.
 
54Uncertainty in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled NAYLOR to hit the ball over.
57A cross from ROMEO left SMITH in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
65A perfect strike from AKINS was dealt with by a good block from the Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
67A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Burton Albion 'keeper.
68GOAL!! . (1-1)
70A shot from VELLIOS was smothered by the 'keeper.
73The ref books BRERETON DÍAZ for a bad challenge.
73TURNER shot over.
79GOAL!! An imaginative BIDWELL played a wonderful ball down the left to SMITH who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Burton Albion)
82A free-kick from VELLIOS floated just wide.
85AKINS beat four Nottingham Forest players and slammed an effort wide.