SWANSEA CITY 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 23, 2021 (FA Cup)
- Date:
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Swansea City
- Home/Away:
- Away
- Ground:
- Liberty Stadium
- Game Type:
- FA Cup
- Round:
- 4
- Score:
- 1-5 (Lost)
- Half-time: 0-2
- Attendance:
- 0
- Referee:
- Kevin Friend
- Season:
- 2020-21
- Forest/Opp Tier:
- 2/2
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 2:
- Barnsley
- GAME COUNT:
- FA Cup:
- 401 (of 401)
- Competitive:
- 5557 (of 5557)
- Total:
- 7305 (of 7305)
- Sources:
- Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)
Review:
I'm not sure what we expected, but once Anthony Knockaert scored to bring it back to 1-2, we actually had some hope today. Up until then, and just five minutes afterwards, we were all at sea and about as likely to make the 5th round as Cheltenham. With ten changes from the loss at Boro in the week, we started poorly (again) let in a poorly defended goal (again), went further behind (again) had a glimmer of hope then went further behind (again) and lost our composure (again). We're a team that doesn't look happy on a pitch, that doesn't seem to want to support each other, and the proof is on the face of the players. We don't have any playmakers, focal points or goal scorers. Sure we went 7 unbeaten, but that seems like a long time ago and we were VERY lucky.
Misc Stats:
Due to Coronavirus regulations, the game was played behind closed doors and the official attendance was 0.
If a draw, the game would have gone to extra time and then penalties.
The fifth round draw was made at the same time as the fourth round draw and we would have played Manchester City or Cheltenham if we had won.
The last time we conceded 5 goals was in a League Cup third round game against Arsenal in September 2019. (We lost 5-0).
SWANSEA CITY
Manager: Steve Cooper
Prior form: LWWDWW (Old to recent)
Goals:
Liam Cullen (7)
Matt Grimes (29)
Matt Grimes (61)
Liam Cullen (67)
Oliver Cooper (84)
Manager: Steve Cooper
Prior form: LWWDWW (Old to recent)
Goals:
Liam Cullen (7)
Matt Grimes (29)
Matt Grimes (61)
Liam Cullen (67)
Oliver Cooper (84)
Lineup:
Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
12 | GK | Jordan Smith | |
16 | D | Carl Jenkinson ![]() | |
13 | D | Gaetan Bong off for Tyler Blackett (76) | |
4 | D | Joe Worrall (c) ![]() | |
3 | D | Tobias Figueiredo | |
6 | D | Loic Mbe Soh | |
23 | M | Joe Lolley | |
14 | M | Fouad Bachirou off for Cafu (45) | |
28 | F | Anthony Knockaert ![]() | |
15 | M | Luke Freeman off for Miguel Angel Guerrero (45) | |
33 | F | Lyle Taylor | |
Subs | |||
30 | GK | Brice Samba | |
24 | D | Tyler Blackett on for Gaetan Bong (76) | |
2 | D | Cyrus Christie | |
20 | D | Michael Dawson | |
11 | M | Sammy Ameobi | |
18 | M | Cafu on for Fouad Bachirou (45) | |
7 | F | Lewis Grabban | |
19 | F | Miguel Angel Guerrero on for Luke Freeman (45) | |
17 | F | Alex Mighten on for Anthony Knockaert (76) |
Lineup:
Num | Pos | Player |
---|---|---|
1 | GK | Freddy Woodman |
5 | DF | Marc Guehi (66) |
2 | DF | Ryan Bennett |
22 | DF | Joel Latibeaudiere |
23 | MF | Connor Roberts (76) |
3 | MF | Ryan Manning |
14 | MF | Conor Hourihane (66) |
8 | MF | Matt Grimes ![]() ![]() |
21 | FW | Yan Dhanda ![]() |
15 | FW | Wayne Routledge (20) |
20 | FW | Liam Cullen ![]() ![]() |
Subs | ||
42 | Lewis Webb | |
24 | Jake Bidwell (66) | |
44 | Ben Cabango | |
26 | Kyle Naughton | |
31 | Oliver Cooper ![]() | |
6 | Jay Fulton (65) | |
41 | Jordan Garrick (76) | |
10 | Andre Ayew | |
9 | Jamal Lowe (20) |