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QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2 - 5 FOREST - Sat Feb 24, 2018 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 24, 2018 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Queens Park Rangers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Loftus Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Attendance:: 13,675
Pos Before/After:: 17/15
Opp Before/After:: 15/16
Referee:: Darren Bond
Season:: 2017-18
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Birmingham City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4731 (of 4877)
League Tier 2:: 2314 (of 2460)
Competitive:: 5416 (of 5574)
Total:: 7147 (of 7322)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)
: 11v11 (Link)

Review:
Wow�this is a different team altogether. We started strong, scored 5 (all deserved) and even though we let in 2, we'll take the biggest win for a year.

FOREST
Manager: Aitor Karanka
Prior form: WLLLDD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Lee Tomlin (37) - First time shot from inside the area
Lee Tomlin (47) - Right footed shot from outside the box
Joe Lolley (51) - Left foot volley in the area
Matty Cash (76) - Volley from a keeper push-out
Ben Brereton (90) - Left foot shot from outside the area

QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Manager: Ian Holloway
Prior form: LLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Costel Pantilimon
27	D	Tendayi Darikwa
11	D	Ben Osborn
3	D	Tobias Figueiredo
13	M	Danny Fox
14	M	Matty Cash
32	M	Ben Watson (c)
18	M	Jack Colback off for Adlene Guedioura (88)
23	M	Joe Lolley off for Joe Worrall (85)
15	M	Lee Tomlin off for Kieran Dowell (69)
17	F	Ben Brereton
Subs
33	GK	Stefanos Kapino
42	D	Joe Worrall on for Joe Lolley (85)
7	D	Liam Bridcutt
4	M	Michael Mancienne
5	M	Adlene Guedioura on for Jack Colback (88)
20	M	Kieran Dowell on for Lee Tomlin (69)
39	F	Apostolos Vellios

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alex Smithies
18	D	George Evans
6	D	Joel Lynch (53)
5	D	Nedum Onuoha (c)
22	D	Pawel Wszolek
3	M	Jake Bidwell (71)
21	M	Massimo Luongo
11	M	Josh Scowen
17	M	Matt Smith
37	F	Paul Smyth
7	F	Luke Freeman
Subs
13		Matt Ingram
2		Darnell Furlong
24		James Perch
14		Ryan Manning
34		Bright Samuel
30		Eberechi Eze (53)
9		Conor Washington (71)

Videos:

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 24, 2018)

Home	F	A	Away
Birmingham City	0	2	Barnsley
Burton Albion	0	1	Millwall
Fulham	2	0	Wolves
Leeds United	1	0	Brentford
Norwich City	0	0	Bolton
Preston	0	1	Ipswich Town
QPR	2	5	Nottingham Forest
Reading	3	3	Derby County
Sheffield Weds	2	4	Aston Villa
Sunderland	3	3	Middlesbrough

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	33	22	7	4	59	26	12	3	2	35	15	10	4	2	24	11	33	73	LWWWDD
2	Cardiff City	33	19	7	7	49	27	11	3	2	29	10	8	4	5	20	17	22	64	DWDWWW
3	Aston Villa	33	17	9	7	49	30	10	6	1	31	14	7	3	6	18	16	19	60	WWWWLD
4	Derby County	33	16	11	6	50	28	9	5	3	28	12	7	6	3	22	16	22	59	DDWDLD
5	Fulham	33	15	11	7	55	37	8	6	2	27	13	7	5	5	28	24	18	56	WWWDWD
6	Bristol City	33	14	12	7	48	39	8	5	4	26	18	6	7	3	22	21	9	54	DWLDDD
7	Sheffield United	33	16	4	13	46	39	10	2	5	27	16	6	2	8	19	23	7	52	WLLWWL
8	Middlesbrough	33	15	6	12	43	31	9	3	5	20	13	6	3	7	23	18	12	51	WDLWLW
9	Preston North End	33	12	15	6	40	32	6	7	3	19	15	6	8	3	21	17	8	51	DWWDDD
10	Brentford	33	13	11	9	50	40	7	8	2	30	17	6	3	7	20	23	10	50	WLLDWW
11	Leeds United	33	13	7	13	46	43	6	5	5	23	19	7	2	8	23	24	3	46	LDLLDD
12	Norwich City	33	12	10	11	34	37	5	6	5	17	17	7	4	6	17	20	-3	46	LWWDDD
13	Millwall	33	11	12	10	39	35	8	6	3	26	17	3	6	7	13	18	4	45	WDWDWW
14	Ipswich Town	33	13	6	14	44	43	8	3	6	24	16	5	3	8	20	27	1	45	DLWDDL
15	Queens Park Rangers	33	10	9	14	36	46	8	4	4	22	19	2	5	10	14	27	-10	39	LLWLWL
16	Sheffield Wednesday	33	8	13	12	35	40	5	6	5	21	21	3	7	7	14	19	-5	37	DDLDWL
17	Nottingham Forest	33	11	4	18	36	51	7	1	9	18	24	4	3	9	18	27	-15	37	WLLLDD
18	Reading	32	8	9	15	35	42	3	4	8	14	20	5	5	7	21	22	-7	33	DLWLLD
19	Bolton Wanderers	33	8	9	16	29	51	7	4	6	20	21	1	5	10	9	30	-22	33	DWDLLW
20	Hull City	33	7	11	15	44	50	5	6	5	31	23	2	5	10	13	27	-6	32	LDLWLW
21	Birmingham City	33	8	6	19	22	49	6	2	8	11	18	2	4	11	11	31	-27	30	DWWLLL
22	Burton Albion	33	7	8	18	26	59	2	3	11	13	33	5	5	7	13	26	-33	29	LLLDDW
23	Barnsley	32	6	10	16	31	47	3	6	8	15	23	3	4	8	16	24	-16	28	DLLLDL
24	Sunderland	33	5	11	17	34	58	2	5	9	14	25	3	6	8	20	33	-24	26	WLLDLL

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
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	22	7	5	59	28	12	3	2	35	15	10	4	3	24	13	31	73	WWWDDL
	2	Cardiff City	33	19	7	7	49	27	11	3	2	29	10	8	4	5	20	17	22	64	DWDWWW
	3	Aston Villa	34	18	9	7	53	32	10	6	1	31	14	8	3	6	22	18	21	63	WWWLDW
	4	Derby County	34	16	12	6	53	31	9	5	3	28	12	7	7	3	25	19	22	60	DWDLDD
	5	Fulham	34	16	11	7	57	37	9	6	2	29	13	7	5	5	28	24	20	59	WWDWDW
	6	Bristol City	33	14	12	7	48	39	8	5	4	26	18	6	7	3	22	21	9	54	DWLDDD
1	7	Middlesbrough	34	15	7	12	46	34	9	3	5	20	13	6	4	7	26	21	12	52	DLWLWD
1	8	Sheffield United	33	16	4	13	46	39	10	2	5	27	16	6	2	8	19	23	7	52	WLLWWL
	9	Preston North End	34	12	15	7	40	33	6	7	4	19	16	6	8	3	21	17	7	51	WWDDDL
	10	Brentford	34	13	11	10	50	41	7	8	2	30	17	6	3	8	20	24	9	50	LLDWWL
	11	Leeds United	34	14	7	13	47	43	7	5	5	24	19	7	2	8	23	24	4	49	DLLDDW
1	12	Millwall	34	12	12	10	40	35	8	6	3	26	17	4	6	7	14	18	5	48	DWDWWW
1	13	Ipswich Town	34	14	6	14	45	43	8	3	6	24	16	6	3	8	21	27	2	48	LWDDLW
2	14	Norwich City	34	12	11	11	34	37	5	7	5	17	17	7	4	6	17	20	-3	47	WWDDDD
2	15	Nottingham Forest	34	12	4	18	41	53	7	1	9	18	24	5	3	9	23	29	-12	40	LLLDDW
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	34	10	9	15	38	51	8	4	5	24	24	2	5	10	14	27	-13	39	LWLWLL
1	17	Sheffield Wednesday	34	8	13	13	37	44	5	6	6	23	25	3	7	7	14	19	-7	37	DLDWLL
	18	Reading	33	8	10	15	38	45	3	5	8	17	23	5	5	7	21	22	-7	34	LWLLDD
	19	Bolton Wanderers	34	8	10	16	29	51	7	4	6	20	21	1	6	10	9	30	-22	34	WDLLWD
	20	Hull City	33	7	11	15	44	50	5	6	5	31	23	2	5	10	13	27	-6	32	LDLWLW
2	21	Barnsley	33	7	10	16	33	47	3	6	8	15	23	4	4	8	18	24	-14	31	LLLDLW
1	22	Birmingham City	34	8	6	20	22	51	6	2	9	11	20	2	4	11	11	31	-29	30	WWLLLL
1	23	Burton Albion	34	7	8	19	26	60	2	3	12	13	34	5	5	7	13	26	-34	29	LLDDWL
	24	Sunderland	34	5	12	17	37	61	2	6	9	17	28	3	6	8	20	33	-24	27	LLDLLD