The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BURTON ALBION - Sat Oct 21, 2017 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 21, 2017 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Burton Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 (Won)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 2017-18
Referee:: Keith Stroud
Sponsor:: 888Sport
Attendance:: 24,686
Pos Before/After:: 14 12
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Burton Albion:: Feb 17, 2018

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4711 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 2294 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5394 (of 5721)
Total:: 7132 (of 7500)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)
: 11v11 (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Review
Finally a convincing win, thanks to man of the match Eric Lichaj. A lap of honour following his goal was well deserved.

FOREST
Manager: Mark Warburton
Prior form: WLLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Barrie McKay (58)
Eric Lichaj (78)

BURTON ALBION
Manager: Nigel Clough
Prior form: DWDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
43	GK	Jordan Smith
2	D	Eric Lichaj (78)
6	D	Armand Traore off for Joe Worrall (23)
4	M	Michael Mancienne (c)
13	M	Danny Fox
24	M	David Vaughan off for Andreas Bouchalakis (74)
10	F	Barrie McKay (58)
7	D	Liam Bridcutt
35	F	Jason Cummings off for Kieran Dowell (73)
11	D	Ben Osborn
9	F	Daryl Murphy
Subs
30	GK	Stephen Henderson
27	D	Tendayi Darikwa
42	D	Joe Worrall on for Armand Traore (23)
31	M	Andreas Bouchalakis on for David Vaughan (74)
20	M	Kieran Dowell on for Jason Cummings (73)
19	F	Jamie Ward
17	F	Ben Brereton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Stephen Bywater
6	D	Ben Turner 47 (80)
5	D	Kyle McFadzean
23	D	Jake Buxton
2	D	John Brayford (14)
3	M	Stephen Warnock
7	M	Luke Murphy 57
4	M	Jamie Allen
10	M	Lucas Akins (45)
9	F	Sean Scannell
11	F	Lloyd Dyer
Subs
13		Connor Ripley
12		Tom Flanagan (14)
15		Tom Naylor
21		Jope Akpan
8		Matthew Lund
17		Marvin Sordell (45)
16		Luke Varney (80)

Videos:

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 21, 2017)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Fulham
Barnsley	0-1	Hull City
Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Queens Park Rangers
Brentford	3-3	Sunderland
Bristol City	0-3	Leeds United
Derby County	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Middlesbrough	0-1	Cardiff City
Millwall	2-0	Birmingham City
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Burton Albion
Sheffield United	2-1	Reading
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-2	Preston North End

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	8	2	2	21	11	4	1	1	10	6	4	1	1	11	5	10	26	DWWLWW
	2	Cardiff City	12	7	3	2	17	10	4	2	0	11	3	3	1	2	6	7	7	24	LDWWDL
	3	Sheffield United	12	8	0	4	16	10	5	0	1	8	2	3	0	3	8	8	6	24	WLWWLW
	4	Bristol City	12	5	6	1	20	11	3	3	0	10	3	2	3	1	10	8	9	21	DWDWWD
	5	Preston North End	12	5	6	1	15	8	3	3	0	8	3	2	3	1	7	5	7	21	WWDWDD
	6	Leeds United	12	6	2	4	18	12	3	2	1	10	3	3	0	3	8	9	6	20	WLWLLL
	7	Aston Villa	12	5	4	3	17	12	3	3	0	8	4	2	1	3	9	8	5	19	DWWWWL
	8	Norwich City	12	5	4	3	12	14	2	3	1	5	4	3	1	2	7	10	-2	19	DWDWWD
	9	Fulham	12	4	6	2	16	12	1	4	1	7	7	3	2	1	9	5	4	18	WLDWWD
	10	Ipswich Town	11	6	0	5	20	17	4	0	2	11	7	2	0	3	9	10	3	18	LWLWLL
	11	Middlesbrough	12	4	5	3	15	11	3	2	1	8	5	1	3	2	7	6	4	17	DWDLDD
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	12	4	4	4	16	14	3	2	1	12	8	1	2	3	4	6	2	16	WDLLWL
	13	Derby County	11	4	4	3	15	13	3	1	1	9	3	1	3	2	6	10	2	16	WLDDDW
	14	Nottingham Forest	12	5	0	7	15	21	3	0	3	7	9	2	0	4	8	12	-6	15	WLLLWL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	12	3	5	4	15	16	3	2	1	9	6	0	3	3	6	10	-1	14	DLDDLD
	16	Hull City	12	3	4	5	23	20	3	1	2	18	8	0	3	3	5	12	3	13	LDDLWD
	17	Millwall	12	3	4	5	14	14	3	1	2	12	9	0	3	3	2	5	0	13	DWDWLL
	18	Brentford	12	2	6	4	14	15	1	4	1	8	8	1	2	3	6	7	-1	12	LDWDDW
	19	Barnsley	11	3	3	5	15	17	2	2	2	9	9	1	1	3	6	8	-2	12	DLLDWD
	20	Reading	11	3	3	5	10	12	1	2	2	5	6	2	1	3	5	6	-2	12	LDDLLW
	21	Birmingham City	12	3	2	7	8	19	3	1	2	5	6	0	1	5	3	13	-11	11	LLDWLW
	22	Burton Albion	12	2	4	6	6	23	2	1	3	5	12	0	3	3	1	11	-17	10	DWDLLD
	23	Sunderland	12	1	5	6	13	22	0	2	4	4	9	1	3	2	9	13	-9	8	LDLLDD
	24	Bolton Wanderers	12	1	2	9	6	23	1	0	5	5	13	0	2	4	1	10	-17	5	LLLLLW

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	9	2	2	24	13	5	1	1	13	8	4	1	1	11	5	11	29	WWLWWW	3-2
	2	Cardiff City	13	8	3	2	18	10	4	2	0	11	3	4	1	2	7	7	8	27	DWWDLW	1-0
	3	Sheffield United	13	9	0	4	18	11	6	0	1	10	3	3	0	3	8	8	7	27	LWWLWW	2-1
2	4	Leeds United	13	7	2	4	21	12	3	2	1	10	3	4	0	3	11	9	9	23	LWLLLW	3-0
2	5	Aston Villa	13	6	4	3	19	13	4	3	0	10	5	2	1	3	9	8	6	22	WWWWLW	2-1
2	6	Bristol City	13	5	6	2	20	14	3	3	1	10	6	2	3	1	10	8	6	21	WDWWDL	0-3
2	7	Preston North End	13	5	6	2	17	11	3	3	0	8	3	2	3	2	9	8	6	21	WDWDDL	2-3
5	8	Derby County	12	5	4	3	17	13	4	1	1	11	3	1	3	2	6	10	4	19	LDDDWW	2-0
1	9	Norwich City	12	5	4	3	12	14	2	3	1	5	4	3	1	2	7	10	-2	19	DWDWWD
	10	Ipswich Town	11	6	0	5	20	17	4	0	2	11	7	2	0	3	9	10	3	18	LWLWLL
2	11	Fulham	13	4	6	3	17	14	1	4	1	7	7	3	2	2	10	7	3	18	LDWWDL	1-2
2	12	Nottingham Forest	13	6	0	7	17	21	4	0	3	9	9	2	0	4	8	12	-4	18	LLLWLW	2-0
2	13	Middlesbrough	13	4	5	4	15	12	3	2	2	8	6	1	3	2	7	6	3	17	WDLDDL	0-1
2	14	Hull City	13	4	4	5	24	20	3	1	2	18	8	1	3	3	6	12	4	16	DDLWDW	1-0
2	15	Millwall	13	4	4	5	16	14	4	1	2	14	9	0	3	3	2	5	2	16	WDWLLW	2-0
4	16	Sheffield Wednesday	13	4	4	5	16	16	3	2	1	12	8	1	2	4	4	8	0	16	DLLWLL	0-2
2	17	Queens Park Rangers	13	3	6	4	16	17	3	2	1	9	6	0	4	3	7	11	-1	15	LDDLDD	1-1
	18	Brentford	13	2	7	4	17	18	1	5	1	11	11	1	2	3	6	7	-1	13	DWDDWD	3-3
	19	Barnsley	12	3	3	6	15	18	2	2	3	9	10	1	1	3	6	8	-3	12	LLDWDL	0-1
	20	Reading	12	3	3	6	11	14	1	2	2	5	6	2	1	4	6	8	-3	12	DDLLWL	1-2
	21	Birmingham City	13	3	2	8	8	21	3	1	2	5	6	0	1	6	3	15	-13	11	LDWLWL	0-2
	22	Burton Albion	13	2	4	7	6	25	2	1	3	5	12	0	3	4	1	13	-19	10	WDLLDL	0-2
	23	Sunderland	13	1	6	6	16	25	0	2	4	4	9	1	4	2	12	16	-9	9	DLLDDD	3-3
	24	Bolton Wanderers	13	1	3	9	7	24	1	1	5	6	14	0	2	4	1	10	-17	6	LLLLWD	1-1