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1¹ CECH beat PALLADINO but hit the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 8¹ HAMAD made space on the left and touched the ball to McFADDEN who clipped the ball over. 14¹ PALLADINO waltzed away from ELIAS and rifled a poor shot over. 16¹ The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ELIAS dropped just over. 21¹ A great strike from CECH was dealt with by a good stop from CARSON. 25¹ GOAL!! On the left wing MANNINI collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for SAHA to slip it into the back of the net. (1-0 Burnley) 27¹ The 'keeper saved a glorious effort from VUKUSIC. 27¹ A corner was collected by MANNINI who turned the ball just wide. 32¹ PEREIRA drove a left foot shot just wide from close range. 36¹ GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed SAHA to knock the ball to PEREIRA who placed a right foot shot into the back of the net. (2-0 Burnley) 42¹ PALLADINO stormed through the Nottingham Forest defence but shot straight at the Nottingham Forest 'keeper. 0² A shot from VUKUSIC seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear. 1² The Nottingham Forest 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from MANNINI. 6² PEREIRA stroked an easy chance past the far post. 8² GOAL!! A cross from the left was touched down by MELCHIOT for KADLEC to score. (3-0 Burnley) 13² A cross from MANNINI left WELLENS in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 14² McFADDEN was put clear by BRUNO and he beat the 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the far post. 15² A shot from VUKUSIC was hoofed off the line by KADLEC. 20² PALLADINO beat BRUNO and whacked the ball to LEWANDOWSKI who pulled his effort wide. 20² A cynical foul on HAMAD by LEWANDOWSKI results in a booking. 23² A poor shot from ELIAS rolled agonisingly wide. 24² CECH headed just wide. 27² BLAZEK cautioned by SCOTT. 33² CARCELA GONZÁLEZ beat three Nottingham Forest players and slammed a golden opportunity inches wide. 36² A great save prevented VUKUSIC from scoring an exceptional goal. 36² VUKUSIC floated the ball to BRUNO who forced it wide.

Burnley   League position: 7 Home league form: XLWW Overall league form: WXXOLXWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Scott CARSON 8  1 7  Jaromír BLAZEK(c) Mario MELCHIOT 8  2 7½ MARIANO Ferreira Álvaro PEREIRA 7½ 3 6½ LUIS GUSTAVO Dias Mehdi CARCELA GONZÁLEZ 8½ 4 6½ BRUNO Soriano Michal KADLEC 7½ 5 6½ Luke CHAMBERS Ángel DEALBERT 6  6 5½ Jonatan TOLLÅS Raffaele PALLADINO 7  7 6  Jiloan HAMAD Daniele MANNINI 8  8 6  Marek CECH (c,p)Louis SAHA 6½ 9 6½ Ante VUKUSIC(p) (f)Richie WELLENS 5½ 10 6  ELIAS Mendes(f) Robert LEWANDOWSKI 7½ 11 5½ James McFADDEN Manager Grant McCANN    12    ELKESON de Oliveira Boaz MYHILL    13    Dean GERKEN Graham ALEXANDER 6  14    François CLERC Philippe SENDEROS    15    Joel OBI Jamal CAMPBELL-RYCE    16    Jay SPEARING

Nottingham Forest   League position: 19 Away league form: XLLL Overall league form: OXWXWLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Burnley 3 Nottingham Forest 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 22,400, Stadium: Turf Moor, Referee: Graham Scott 6) Saha 25¹, Pereira 36¹, Kadlec 8² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession   WellensóAlexander 17²       Lewandowski 20² Blazek 27² 2 8 4 8 5 6 5 6 8 5 13 11 2 6 57% 43% ¶ Man of the match: Mehdi Carcela González ¶