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


Sources:
Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)

Season:
2020-21

Referee:
Kevin Friend

Sponsor:
Football Index

Attendance:
0 (Away: 0)

Forest Tier / Pos:
Tier 2/20th

Opp Tier / Pos:
Tier 2/2nd

NEXT GAMES:

Next Game:
Barnsley (League Tier 2)

FA Cup:
Arsenal

Swansea City:
Feb 17, 2021


GAME COUNT:

FA Cup:
402 (of 412)
Competitive:
5559 (of 5724)
Total:
7316 (of 7505)
Played:
3 years, 2 months, 5 days ago


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.

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).


Logo
FOREST
Manager: Chris Hughton
Prior form: DDDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Anthony Knockaert (56')
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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')

Lineup
 
Num Pos Age Player Notes
12GK26 Jordan Smith
16D28 Carl Jenkinson  10 Last game
13D32 Gaëtan Bong off for Tyler Blackett (76')
4D24 Joe Worrall (c)  70 
3D26 Tobias Figueiredo
6D19 Loïc Mbe Soh
23M28 Joe Lolley
14M30 Fouad Bachirou off for Cafú (45')
28F29 Anthony Knockaert goal (56') off for Alex Mighten (76')
15M28 Luke Freeman off for Miguel Guerrero (45')
33F30 Lyle Taylor
Subs
30GK26 Brice Samba
24D26 Tyler Blackett on for Gaëtan Bong (76')
2D28 Cyrus Christie
20D37 Michael Dawson
11M28 Sammy Ameobi
18M27 Cafú on for Fouad Bachirou (45')
7F33 Lewis Grabban
19F30 Miguel Guerrero on for Luke Freeman (45')Last game
17F18 Alex Mighten on for Anthony Knockaert (76')


Lineup

Num Pos Player
1GKFreddy Woodman
5DFMarc Guehi (66')
2DFRyan Bennett
22DFJoel Latibeaudiere
23MFConnor Roberts (76')
3MFRyan Manning
14MFConor Hourihane (66')
8MFMatt Grimes goal goal (65')
21FWYan Dhanda  91 
15FWWayne Routledge (20')
20FWLiam Cullen goal goal
Subs
42Lewis Webb
24Jake Bidwell (66')
44Ben Cabango
26Kyle Naughton
31Oliver Cooper goal (66')
6Jay Fulton (65')
41Jordan Garrick (76')
10Andre Ayew
9Jamal Lowe (20')
Lineup notes:
Liam Cullen went off for Swansea on the 83rd minute but they had made all their subs so Swansea finished with 10 men.