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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 41 (setup 5, season 17)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Elliot PARISH1Alex McCARTHY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
MARIANO Ferreira Filho27Marko JOVANOVIC
Marek CECH637Joel LYNCH
ELIAS Mendes Trindade47Astrit AJDAREVIC
Jonatan TOLLÅS65Tamás VASKÓ
Matthew MILLS666Nikolay BODUROV
Jiloan HAMAD77Willo FLOOD
Pajtim KASAMI86Paul ANDERSON
ELKESON de Oliveira Cardoso797Danijel SUBOTIC
Daryl MURPHY106Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Vincent ABOUBAKAR7116Tadanari LEE
Manager
François CLERC12Alejandro Damián FAURLIN
Joe LOLLEY13Paddy GAMBLE
Ben OSBORN14Markus HEIKKINEN
Rodrigo Ríos Lozano, RODRI15Lee TOMLIN
Jamie WARD16Dominique MALONGA

Nottingham Forest 1 Walsall 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 21,649, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Goran MARKOV 7)
1 ElkesonScorers5 Anderson, 53 Subotic
Substitutions54 Vaskó <=> Tomlin, 70 Jovanovic <=> Heikkinen
Sendings off
39 MillsBookings56 Anderson
5Corners6
5Fouls12
3Offsides4
10Shots on2
9Shots off8
19Total shots10
8Shots saved0
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: ELIAS Mendes Trindade
1GOAL!! Uncertainty between JOVANOVIC and the 'keeper allowed ELKESON to drill the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
2The Walsall 'keeper saved a glorious shot from ABOUBAKAR.
5GOAL!! A great solo effort from ANDERSON who beat four defenders before blasting the ball into the net. (1-1)
10ABOUBAKAR rasped the ball through a ruck of players but MCCARTHY was a match for it as he dived to his right.
15KASAMI's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Walsall upright.
25A fine ball from MURPHY on the left was collected by ELKESON who sliced his shot over the bar.
29A corner fell to ABOUBAKAR who headed the ball wide.
37SUBOTIC rushed an easy chance.
39MILLS given a yellow card for a poor foul.
40ANDERSON stabbed an easy chance past the near post.
 
49MCCARTHY dived to his left to save an accurate drive from Nottingham Forest's MURPHY.
51An exceptional effort from KASAMI scraped the outside of the righthand post.
53GOAL!! After a steady build-up SUBOTIC drove the ball past the Nottingham Forest 'keeper. (2-1 Walsall)
56ANDERSON booked for a bad foul on CECH.
57HAMAD beat two Walsall players and thundered a golden opportunity wide.
60A perfect strike from ABOUBAKAR was dealt with by a good stop from the Walsall 'keeper.
62LYNCH was put clear by JUTKIEWICZ and he stepped inside PARISH but struck his shot wide.
66A cross from MURPHY left KASAMI in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
71SUBOTIC ran onto a wonderful ball from ANDERSON but hit his effort wide.
77A header by ELKESON at the near post was easily collected by the Walsall 'keeper.
86MCCARTHY did well to hold onto a fierce shot from KASAMI.
90A pin-point pass found MURPHY and his deadly shot floated narrowly over.