The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Aug 03, 2019 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 03, 2019 (5:30 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 1-2

Attendance:: 27,592
Pos Before/After:: 16/19
Opp Before/After:: 23/6
Referee:: Darren England
Season:: 2019-20
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Leeds United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4790 (of 4860)
League Tier 2:: 2373 (of 2443)
Competitive:: 5480 (of 5557)
Total:: 7224 (of 7305)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official site (Link)

Review:
Great start from Forest. Ahead on 9 minutes after a good shot from Matty Cash was too hard to stop but a slow dive from Muric gave West Brom the equaliser and then a looping cross from Phillips ended up over his head for their eventual winner. After that it was very dull from Forest. Adomah and Semeda looked good on their debuts but Lewis Grabban was invisible up front.
This was our first opening day defeat at home for 36 years, when we lost 1-0 to Southampton in August 1983.

FOREST
Manager: Sabri Lamouchi

Goals:
Matty Cash (9)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Slavan Bilic

Goals:
Kyle Edwards (15)
Matt Phillips (26)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
49	GK	Aro Muric	Debut
11	M	Matty Cash
18	D	Jack Robinson
20	D	Michael Dawson (c)
4	D	Joe Worrall
8	M	Ben Watson
37	F	Albert Adomah	Debut
17	M	Alfa Semedo off for Brennan Johnson (88)	Debut
28	M	Tiago Silva off for Rafa Mir (62)	Debut
23	M	Joe Lolley off for Sammy Ameobi (72)
7	F	Lewis Grabban
Subs
12	GK	Jordan Smith
2	D	Yuri Ribeiro
3	D	Tobias Figueiredo
45	D	Jayden Richardson
19	M	Sammy Ameobi on for Joe Lolley (72)	Debut
40	F	Brennan Johnson on for Alfa Semedo (88)	Debut
14	F	Rafa Mir on for Tiago Silva (62)	Debut

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
23	GK	Sam Johnstone
2	D	Nathan Ferguson
27	D	Kieran Gibbs (72)
6	D	Semi Ajayi
5	D	Kyle Bartley
19	M	Romaine Sawyers
10	M	Matt Phillips
8	M	Jake Livermore (c)
7	M	Filip Krovinovic
21	F	Kyle Edwards (81)
9	F	Kenneth Zohore (63)
Subs
23		Jonathan Bond
2		Darnell Furlong
27		Dara O'Shea
14		Conor Townsend (72)
17		Oliver Burke (63)
16		Rekeem Harper (81)
20		Jonathan Leko

All league games on this day (Sat Aug 03, 2019)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	1	0	Fulham
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Charlton Athletic
Brentford	0	1	Birmingham City
Millwall	1	0	Preston North End
Nottingham Forest	1	2	West Bromwich Albion
Reading	1	3	Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City	1	2	Queens Park Rangers
Swansea City	2	1	Hull City
Wigan Athletic	3	2	Cardiff City

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	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
2	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	D
3	Barnsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Birmingham City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Brentford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Bristol City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Cardiff City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Fulham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Huddersfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Hull City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Millwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Queens Park Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Stoke City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Swansea City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
19	1	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	3	W
22	2	Wigan Athletic	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
6	3	Charlton Athletic	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
14	4	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
17	5	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
17	6	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
4	7	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
4	8	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W
6	9	Millwall	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
9	10	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
9	11	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	D
5	12	Bristol City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	13	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	14	Huddersfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	15	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	16	Cardiff City	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L
12	17	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
5	18	Hull City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
3	19	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
1	20	Stoke City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
15	21	Brentford	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
11	22	Fulham	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
6	23	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L
5	24	Reading	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L