The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 07, 2018 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 07, 2018 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Riverside Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 2017-18
Referee:: David Webb
Sponsor:: 888Sport
Attendance:: 25,812
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brentford (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Oct 06, 2018

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4738 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 2321 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5424 (of 5768)
Total:: 7165 (of 7556)
Played:: 7 years, 2 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Tony Pulis
Prior form: WWWDLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Daniel Ayala (7')
Stewart Downing (31')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Costel Pantilimon
27	D	26	Tendayi Darikwa
11	D	23	Ben Osborn
3	D	24	Tobias Figueiredo 34
13	M	31	Danny Fox	100th appearance
18	M	28	Jack Colback
20	M	20	Kieran Dowell 13 off for Barrie McKay (59')	Last game
32	M	32	Ben Watson
15	M	29	Lee Tomlin
23	M	25	Joe Lolley
39	F	26	Apostolos Vellios off for Ben Brereton (59')
Subs
33	GK	24	Stefanos Kapino
2	D	29	Eric Lichaj
4	M	30	Michael Mancienne
7	D	28	Liam Bridcutt
5	M	32	Adlene Guedioura
10	F	23	Barrie McKay on for Kieran Dowell (59')	Last game
17	F	18	Ben Brereton on for Apostolos Vellios (59')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
25	GK	Darren Randolph
5	D	Ryan Shotton 57
3	D	George Friend
4	D	Daniel Ayala
6	D	Ben Gibson
7	M	Grant Leadbitter (c)
16	M	Jonny Howson
27	M	Muhamed Besic (63')
11	M	Patrick Bamford (89')
37	F	Adama Traore (81')
19	F	Stewart Downing
Subs
1		Dimitrios Konstantopoulos
14		Martin Cranie (89')
2		Fabio
8		Adam Clayton (63')
20		Dael Fry
23		Jack Harrison
9		Britt Assombalonga (81')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 07, 2018)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-2	Sheffield United
Birmingham City	1-1	Burton Albion
Brentford	1-0	Ipswich Town
Derby County	3-0	Bolton Wanderers
Hull City	4-0	Queens Park Rangers
Leeds United	1-1	Sunderland
Middlesbrough	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Millwall	2-0	Bristol City
Norwich City	3-1	Aston Villa
Reading	1-0	Preston North End
Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Fulham

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	Status
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	27	8	6	74	36	14	4	2	43	18	13	4	4	31	18	38	89	LWWWDW	Safe
	2	Cardiff City	40	24	8	8	62	34	15	3	3	38	15	9	5	5	24	19	28	80	WWWWDL	Safe
	3	Fulham	40	21	12	7	70	41	11	7	2	36	15	10	5	5	34	26	29	75	WWWDWW	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	40	21	10	9	64	37	12	6	2	39	18	9	4	7	25	19	27	73	WWLLDW	Safe
	5	Derby County	39	17	14	8	57	38	9	5	5	30	18	8	9	3	27	20	19	65	DLDDLW	Safe
	6	Middlesbrough	40	18	9	13	56	39	11	3	6	27	16	7	6	7	29	23	17	63	WWWDLD	Safe
	7	Bristol City	40	16	14	10	56	45	10	5	5	31	19	6	9	5	25	26	11	62	WLDWDL	Safe
	8	Millwall	40	16	14	10	50	39	10	7	3	30	18	6	7	7	20	21	11	62	DWWWWD	Safe
	9	Sheffield United	40	18	8	14	53	45	11	4	5	30	17	7	4	9	23	28	8	62	LDWDDD	Safe
	10	Preston North End	40	15	15	10	49	42	7	7	6	22	20	8	8	4	27	22	7	60	WWLWLL	Safe
	11	Brentford	40	15	13	12	56	47	7	10	3	33	22	8	3	9	23	25	9	58	WLLDDW	Safe
	12	Ipswich Town	40	15	8	17	49	51	8	5	7	26	21	7	3	10	23	30	-2	53	WDLLLD
	13	Leeds United	40	15	8	17	52	56	8	5	7	27	25	7	3	10	25	31	-4	53	LLDLWL
	14	Norwich City	40	13	13	14	42	50	6	8	6	20	21	7	5	8	22	29	-8	52	DLDWLL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	11	16	49	57	10	5	5	30	26	3	6	11	19	31	-8	50	DWWDLW
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	40	11	14	15	48	54	6	7	7	29	29	5	7	8	19	25	-6	47	LLDWWW
	17	Nottingham Forest	39	13	7	19	43	56	8	2	9	20	25	5	5	10	23	31	-13	46	WWDDDL
	18	Hull City	40	9	14	17	55	61	6	8	6	37	29	3	6	11	18	32	-6	41	LWWLDD
	19	Reading	40	9	12	19	45	60	4	7	9	22	29	5	5	10	23	31	-15	39	DDLLWL
	20	Bolton Wanderers	40	9	12	19	34	59	8	4	8	22	25	1	8	11	12	34	-25	39	LDDWLL
	21	Birmingham City	40	11	6	23	30	57	8	2	10	15	21	3	4	13	15	36	-27	39	LLLWWW
	22	Barnsley	39	7	13	19	39	58	3	8	9	18	28	4	5	10	21	30	-19	34	DLLDLD
	23	Sunderland	40	6	13	21	43	72	2	6	12	18	36	4	7	9	25	36	-29	31	DLLLWL
	24	Burton Albion	40	7	10	23	29	71	2	5	13	14	37	5	5	10	15	34	-42	31	LDLLLD

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	27	8	6	74	36	14	4	2	43	18	13	4	4	31	18	38	89	LWWWDW	Safe
	2	Cardiff City	40	24	8	8	62	34	15	3	3	38	15	9	5	5	24	19	28	80	WWWWDL	Safe
	3	Fulham	41	22	12	7	71	41	11	7	2	36	15	11	5	5	35	26	30	78	WWDWWW	Safe	1-0
	4	Aston Villa	41	21	10	10	65	40	12	6	2	39	18	9	4	8	26	22	25	73	WLLDWL	Safe	1-3
	5	Derby County	40	18	14	8	60	38	10	5	5	33	18	8	9	3	27	20	22	68	LDDLWW	Safe	3-0
	6	Middlesbrough	41	19	9	13	58	39	12	3	6	29	16	7	6	7	29	23	19	66	WWDLDW	Safe	2-0
1	7	Millwall	41	17	14	10	52	39	11	7	3	32	18	6	7	7	20	21	13	65	WWWWDW	Safe	2-0
1	8	Bristol City	41	16	14	11	56	47	10	5	5	31	19	6	9	6	25	28	9	62	LDWDLL	Safe	0-2
	9	Sheffield United	41	18	8	15	55	48	11	4	5	30	17	7	4	10	25	31	7	62	DWDDDL	Safe	2-3
1	10	Brentford	41	16	13	12	57	47	8	10	3	34	22	8	3	9	23	25	10	61	LLDDWW	Safe	1-0
1	11	Preston North End	41	15	15	11	49	43	7	7	6	22	20	8	8	5	27	23	6	60	WLWLLL	Safe	0-1
2	12	Norwich City	41	14	13	14	45	51	7	8	6	23	22	7	5	8	22	29	-6	55	LDWLLW	Safe	3-1
	13	Leeds United	41	15	9	17	53	57	8	6	7	28	26	7	3	10	25	31	-4	54	LDLWLD		1-1
2	14	Ipswich Town	41	15	8	18	49	52	8	5	7	26	21	7	3	11	23	31	-3	53	DLLLDL		0-1
	15	Queens Park Rangers	41	13	11	17	49	61	10	5	5	30	26	3	6	12	19	35	-12	50	WWDLWL		0-4
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	41	11	14	16	48	55	6	7	8	29	30	5	7	8	19	25	-7	47	LDWWWL		0-1
	17	Nottingham Forest	40	13	7	20	43	58	8	2	9	20	25	5	5	11	23	33	-15	46	WDDDLL		0-2
	18	Hull City	41	10	14	17	59	61	7	8	6	41	29	3	6	11	18	32	-2	44	WWLDDW		4-0
	19	Reading	41	10	12	19	46	60	5	7	9	23	29	5	5	10	23	31	-14	42	DLLWLW		1-0
1	20	Birmingham City	41	11	7	23	31	58	8	3	10	16	22	3	4	13	15	36	-27	40	LLWWWD		1-1
1	21	Bolton Wanderers	41	9	12	20	34	62	8	4	8	22	25	1	8	12	12	37	-28	39	DDWLLL		0-3
	22	Barnsley	40	8	13	19	42	60	4	8	9	21	30	4	5	10	21	30	-18	37	LLDLDW		3-2
	23	Sunderland	41	6	14	21	44	73	2	6	12	18	36	4	8	9	26	37	-29	32	LLLWLD		1-1
	24	Burton Albion	41	7	11	23	30	72	2	5	13	14	37	5	6	10	16	35	-42	32	DLLLDD		1-1