The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Wed Jan 01, 2020 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Jan 01, 2020 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

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

Season:: 2019-20
Referee:: Darren Bond
Sponsor:: Football Index
Attendance:: 27,073 (Away: 883)
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (FA Cup)
League:: Reading
Blackburn Rovers:: Oct 17, 2020

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4815 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 2398 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5509 (of 5724)
Total:: 7262 (of 7505)
Played:: 4 years, 3 months, 19 days ago

Review
A tight performance and although we let in two goals we played with a lot more excitement. Grabban got a brace and Lolley scored with a looping cross that never touched Ameobi's head.

FOREST
Manager: Sabri Lamouchi
Prior form: DDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Joe Lolley (22')
Lewis Grabban (25') (Pen)
Lewis Grabban (55')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Tony Mowbray
Prior form: WDWLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Stewart Downing (39')
Joe Worrall (71') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
30	GK	25	Brice Samba
11	M	22	Matty Cash
36	D	27	Chema Rodriguez off for Jack Robinson (27')
3	D	25	Tobias Figueiredo
4	D	22	Joe Worrall
8	M	34	Ben Watson
23	M	27	Joe Lolley (22') off for Albert Adomah (87')
21	D	30	Samba Sow 45 off for Alfa Semedo (67')
28	M	26	Tiago Silva
19	M	27	Sammy Ameobi
7	F	31	Lewis Grabban (25') (55')
Subs
12	GK	25	Jordan Smith
20	D	36	Michael Dawson
16	D	27	Carl Jenkinson
18	D	26	Jack Robinson on for Chema Rodriguez (27')	Last game
37	F	32	Albert Adomah on for Joe Lolley (87')
10	M	22	Joao Carvalho
17	M	22	Alfa Semedo on for Samba Sow (67')

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
30	GK	25	Brice Samba	133		3	2
11	M	22	Matty Cash	141	13	3	2
36	D	27	Chema Rodriguez off for Jack Robinson (27)	10		3	2
3	D	25	Tobias Figueiredo	121	3	3	2
4	D	22	Joe Worrall	226	5	3	2
8	M	34	Ben Watson	80	3	3	2
23	M	27	Joe Lolley (22) off for Albert Adomah (87)	171	26	3	2
21	D	30	Samba Sow 45 off for Alfa Semedo (67)	42		6	3
28	M	26	Tiago Silva	47	4	3	2
19	M	27	Sammy Ameobi	81	8	3	2
7	F	31	Lewis Grabban (25) (55)	149	56	3	2
Subs
12	GK	25	Jordan Smith	54		3	2
20	D	36	Michael Dawson	123	8	3	2
16	D	27	Carl Jenkinson	15		3	2
18	D	26	Jack Robinson on for Chema Rodriguez (27)	59	2	18	5
37	F	32	Albert Adomah on for Joe Lolley (87)	27	3	3	2
10	M	22	Joao Carvalho	75	8	3	2
17	M	22	Alfa Semedo on for Samba Sow (67)	26	2	3	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Christian Walton
31	D	Elliott Bennett (c) (72')
17	D	Amari'i Bell 92
26	D	Darragh Lenihan
24	D	Tosin Adarabioyo
27	M	Lewis Travis (65')
7	M	Adam Armstrong
29	M	Corry Evans
19	M	Stewart Downing
8	F	Joe Rothwell
20	F	Ben Brereton (65')
Subs
13		Jayson Leutwiler
3		Derrick Williams
39		John Buckley
11		Harry Chapman (65')
4		Bradley Johnson
9		Sam Gallagher (65')
10		Danny Graham (72')

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Wed Jan 01, 2020)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-3	Wigan Athletic
Bristol City	0-4	Brentford
Fulham	1-2	Reading
Huddersfield Town	2-5	Stoke City
Millwall	3-1	Luton Town
Nottingham Forest	3-2	Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End	0-2	Middlesbrough
Queens Park Rangers	6-1	Cardiff City
Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Hull City
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Leeds United

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	Leeds United	25	15	6	4	42	20	7	4	1	19	8	8	2	3	23	12	22	51	WWDLDW
2	West Bromwich Albion	25	14	9	2	47	27	6	5	1	29	18	8	4	1	18	9	20	51	WDWDDL
3	Fulham	25	12	6	7	39	28	8	2	3	24	14	4	4	4	15	14	11	42	LLLWDW
4	Brentford	25	12	4	9	37	20	7	3	2	22	8	5	1	7	15	12	17	40	LWWDWL
5	Nottingham Forest	24	11	7	6	31	23	5	2	4	11	11	6	5	2	20	12	8	40	DDLLWW
6	Sheffield Wednesday	25	11	6	8	37	25	6	4	2	14	9	5	2	6	23	16	12	39	WDWWLL
7	Preston North End	25	11	6	8	36	30	9	2	2	29	15	2	4	6	7	15	6	39	LWWWDL
8	Bristol City	25	10	8	7	39	36	5	4	3	19	14	5	4	4	20	22	3	38	WLLLLW
9	Swansea City	25	10	8	7	31	30	5	3	5	16	15	5	5	2	15	15	1	38	LDWWLL
10	Cardiff City	25	9	10	6	37	34	7	4	1	19	10	2	6	5	18	24	3	37	WLDLDW
11	Millwall	25	9	10	6	31	31	6	4	2	18	13	3	6	4	13	18	0	37	DWWLDW
12	Hull City	25	10	6	9	39	34	6	2	5	21	16	4	4	4	18	18	5	36	WLDWLW
13	Blackburn Rovers	25	10	6	9	32	31	6	5	2	16	11	4	1	7	16	20	1	36	WDWLDL
14	Reading	24	9	5	10	31	27	6	0	6	18	16	3	5	4	13	11	4	32	LDWWWW
15	Queens Park Rangers	25	9	5	11	38	47	4	4	5	22	26	5	1	6	16	21	-9	32	WWLDLL
16	Middlesbrough	25	7	9	9	24	32	6	4	3	12	11	1	5	6	12	21	-8	30	WDLWWW
17	Derby County	25	7	9	9	24	33	6	5	2	16	10	1	4	7	8	23	-9	30	LDLLDW
18	Birmingham City	25	8	5	12	29	40	5	2	5	17	17	3	3	7	12	23	-11	29	WLLLDL
19	Charlton Athletic	25	7	7	11	34	36	5	3	5	18	16	2	4	6	16	20	-2	28	LLDDWL
20	Huddersfield Town	25	7	7	11	28	37	4	4	5	14	16	3	3	6	14	21	-9	28	LWDWLW
21	Stoke City	25	6	3	16	28	40	4	2	7	17	20	2	1	9	11	20	-12	21	LWLLWL
22	Barnsley	25	4	9	12	32	47	3	6	4	22	25	1	3	8	10	22	-15	21	LDWWDW
23	Luton Town	25	6	3	16	31	53	4	3	5	19	20	2	0	11	12	33	-22	21	WLLLDL
24	Wigan Athletic	25	4	8	13	21	37	4	4	4	12	15	0	4	9	9	22	-16	20	LDDWDL

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	Leeds United	26	15	7	4	43	21	7	4	1	19	8	8	3	3	24	13	22	52	WDLDWD		1-1
	2	West Bromwich Albion	26	14	10	2	48	28	6	6	1	30	19	8	4	1	18	9	20	52	DWDDLD		1-1
1	3	Brentford	26	13	4	9	41	20	7	3	2	22	8	6	1	7	19	12	21	43	WWDWLW		4-0
1	4	Nottingham Forest	25	12	7	6	34	25	6	2	4	14	13	6	5	2	20	12	9	43	DLLWWW		3-2
2	5	Fulham	26	12	6	8	40	30	8	2	4	25	16	4	4	4	15	14	10	42	LLWDWL		1-2
5	6	Millwall	26	10	10	6	34	32	7	4	2	21	14	3	6	4	13	18	2	40	WWLDWW		3-1
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	26	11	6	9	37	26	6	4	3	14	10	5	2	6	23	16	11	39	DWWLLL		0-1
4	8	Hull City	26	11	6	9	40	34	6	2	5	21	16	5	4	4	19	18	6	39	LDWLWW		1-0
2	9	Preston North End	26	11	6	9	36	32	9	2	3	29	17	2	4	6	7	15	4	39	WWWDLL		0-2
1	10	Swansea City	25	10	8	7	31	30	5	3	5	16	15	5	5	2	15	15	1	38	LDWWLL
3	11	Bristol City	26	10	8	8	39	40	5	4	4	19	18	5	4	4	20	22	-1	38	LLLLWL		0-4
2	12	Cardiff City	26	9	10	7	38	40	7	4	1	19	10	2	6	6	19	30	-2	37	LDLDWL		1-6
	13	Blackburn Rovers	26	10	6	10	34	34	6	5	2	16	11	4	1	8	18	23	0	36	DWLDLL		2-3
	14	Reading	25	10	5	10	33	28	6	0	6	18	16	4	5	4	15	12	5	35	DWWWWW		2-1
	15	Queens Park Rangers	26	10	5	11	44	48	5	4	5	28	27	5	1	6	16	21	-4	35	WLDLLW		6-1
	16	Middlesbrough	26	8	9	9	26	32	6	4	3	12	11	2	5	6	14	21	-6	33	DLWWWW		2-0
	17	Derby County	25	7	9	9	24	33	6	5	2	16	10	1	4	7	8	23	-9	30	LDLLDW
	18	Birmingham City	26	8	5	13	31	43	5	2	6	19	20	3	3	7	12	23	-12	29	LLLDLL		2-3
	19	Charlton Athletic	25	7	7	11	34	36	5	3	5	18	16	2	4	6	16	20	-2	28	LLDDWL
	20	Huddersfield Town	26	7	7	12	30	42	4	4	6	16	21	3	3	6	14	21	-12	28	WDWLWL		2-5
	21	Stoke City	26	7	3	16	33	42	4	2	7	17	20	3	1	9	16	22	-9	24	WLLWLW		5-2
2	22	Wigan Athletic	26	5	8	13	24	39	4	4	4	12	15	1	4	9	12	24	-15	23	DDWDLW		3-2
1	23	Barnsley	25	4	9	12	32	47	3	6	4	22	25	1	3	8	10	22	-15	21	LDWWDW
1	24	Luton Town	26	6	3	17	32	56	4	3	5	19	20	2	0	12	13	36	-24	21	LLLDLL		1-3