The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 STOKE CITY - Sat Apr 24, 2021 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 2021 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 2020-21
Referee:: Andy Davies
Sponsor:: Football Index
Attendance:: 0 (Away: 0)
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Aug 21, 2021

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4880 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 2463 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5577 (of 5722)
Total:: 7333 (of 7502)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)

Review
At least we're safe after the worst season in a long, long time. Lewis Grabban scored. That's, again, all I can say about another terrible performance.

Stats:
Due to Coronavirus regulations, the game was played behind closed doors and the official attendance was 0.

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

Goals
Lewis Grabban (50)

STOKE CITY
Manager: Michael O'Neill
Prior form: WWLLDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Rabbi Matondo (27)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
30	GK	Brice Samba
4	D	Joe Worrall
26	D	Scott McKenna
2	D	Cyrus Christie
5	D	Yuri Ribeiro 80
18	M	Caf� off for Alex Mighten (69)
37	M	James Garner
27	M	Filip Krovinovic
15	M	Luke Freeman off for Anthony Knockaert (37)	Last game
22	M	Ryan Yates
7	F	Lewis Grabban (50)
Subs
12	GK	Jordan Smith
8	M	Jack Colback
25	F	Glenn Murray
17	F	Alex Mighten on for Caf� (69)
28	F	Anthony Knockaert on for Luke Freeman (37)
33	F	Lyle Taylor
16	D	Carl Jenkinson
6	D	Lo�c Mbe Soh
24	D	Tyler Blackett

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
16	GK	Davies
14	D	Tommy Smith 33
46	D	Norrington Davies
36	D	Harry Souttar
6	D	Danny Batth
49	M	Rabbi Matondo (90)
34	M	Jordan Thompson
22	M	Clucas
13	M	John Obi Mikel
35	F	Josh Tymon
21	F	Steven Fletcher (60)
Subs
40		Nna Noukeu
51		Jones
43		Coates
9		Vokes (90)
24		Cousins
44		Norton
18		Brown (60)
48		Malone
50		Taylor

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 24, 2021)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	Rotherham United
Blackburn Rovers	5-2	Huddersfield Town
Bournemouth	0-1	Brentford
Cardiff City	2-1	Wycombe Wanderers
Coventry City	0-1	Preston North End
Derby County	1-2	Birmingham City
Middlesbrough	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Stoke City
Queens Park Rangers	1-3	Norwich City
Watford	1-0	Millwall

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	Norwich City	43	27	9	7	66	32	13	6	3	35	14	14	3	4	31	18	34	90	DDWWLL
2	Watford	43	25	10	8	60	28	17	2	2	41	12	8	8	6	19	16	32	85	WWDWLW
3	Bournemouth	43	22	11	10	73	42	13	3	5	40	21	9	8	5	33	21	31	77	WWWWWW
4	Swansea City	43	22	10	11	52	34	11	6	5	25	15	11	4	6	27	19	18	76	LLWWDL
5	Brentford	42	20	15	7	72	41	10	9	2	36	20	10	6	5	36	21	31	75	DDDWDD
6	Barnsley	43	22	8	13	55	46	11	5	5	27	20	11	3	8	28	26	9	74	LDWWLW
7	Reading	43	19	11	13	57	46	12	2	7	33	23	7	9	6	24	23	11	68	DDWLDD
8	Queens Park Rangers	43	17	11	15	51	51	10	4	7	28	23	7	7	8	23	28	0	62	WLWLWW
9	Cardiff City	43	16	13	14	59	47	7	5	9	34	24	9	8	5	25	23	12	61	WLLDDD
10	Middlesbrough	43	17	9	17	51	48	10	4	7	27	21	7	5	10	24	27	3	60	LLDLLW
11	Millwall	43	14	17	12	42	44	6	10	6	20	23	8	7	6	22	21	-2	59	WWWLDL
12	Luton Town	42	16	9	17	36	46	8	7	6	24	22	8	2	11	12	24	-10	57	WLLWWD
13	Stoke City	43	14	14	15	47	49	9	5	8	29	26	5	9	7	18	23	-2	56	WWLLDL
14	Preston North End	43	15	7	21	44	55	6	5	11	19	24	9	2	10	25	31	-11	52	LDWLDW
15	Bristol City	43	15	6	22	42	58	7	3	11	15	24	8	3	11	27	34	-16	51	LLLDDL
16	Coventry City	43	13	12	18	42	58	9	7	5	24	20	4	5	13	18	38	-16	51	LWLWWW
17	Blackburn Rovers	43	13	11	19	54	49	7	7	7	27	24	6	4	12	27	25	5	50	DLLDWL
18	Nottingham Forest	43	12	14	17	35	42	6	7	8	19	21	6	7	9	16	21	-7	50	DWWDLD
19	Birmingham City	43	12	13	18	33	51	6	4	12	18	33	6	9	6	15	18	-18	49	LWDWWD
20	Huddersfield Town	43	12	11	20	45	63	8	6	8	27	22	4	5	12	18	41	-18	47	DLDLWL
21	Derby County	43	11	10	22	31	51	6	6	9	16	21	5	4	13	15	30	-20	43	LWLLLL
22	Rotherham United	41	11	6	24	42	56	5	3	14	25	34	6	3	10	17	22	-14	39	LDWLLL
23	Sheffield Wednesday	43	12	9	22	36	55	8	7	7	22	17	4	2	15	14	38	-19	39*	LWLLDW
24	Wycombe Wanderers	43	9	10	24	34	67	6	5	11	16	28	3	5	13	18	39	-33	37	DWWLDW

*Sheffield Wednesday deducted 6 points for entering administration

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	Result(s)
	1	Norwich City	44	28	9	7	69	33	13	6	3	35	14	15	3	4	34	19	36	93	DWWLLW	3-1
	2	Watford	44	26	10	8	61	28	18	2	2	42	12	8	8	6	19	16	33	88	WDWLWW	1-0
2	3	Brentford	43	21	15	7	73	41	10	9	2	36	20	11	6	5	37	21	32	78	DDWDDW	1-0
1	4	Bournemouth	44	22	11	11	73	43	13	3	6	40	22	9	8	5	33	21	30	77	WWWWWL	0-1
1	5	Barnsley	44	23	8	13	56	46	12	5	5	28	20	11	3	8	28	26	10	77	DWWLWW	1-0
2	6	Swansea City	43	22	10	11	52	34	11	6	5	25	15	11	4	6	27	19	18	76	LLWWDL
	7	Reading	43	19	11	13	57	46	12	2	7	33	23	7	9	6	24	23	11	68	DDWLDD
1	8	Cardiff City	44	17	13	14	61	48	8	5	9	36	25	9	8	5	25	23	13	64	LLDDDW	2-1
1	9	Middlesbrough	44	18	9	17	54	49	11	4	7	30	22	7	5	10	24	27	5	63	LDLLWW	3-1
2	10	Queens Park Rangers	44	17	11	16	52	54	10	4	8	29	26	7	7	8	23	28	-2	62	LWLWWL	1-3
	11	Millwall	44	14	17	13	42	45	6	10	6	20	23	8	7	7	22	22	-3	59	WWLDLL	0-1
1	12	Stoke City	44	14	15	15	48	50	9	5	8	29	26	5	10	7	19	24	-2	57	WLLDLD	1-1
1	13	Luton Town	42	16	9	17	36	46	8	7	6	24	22	8	2	11	12	24	-10	57	WLLWWD
	14	Preston North End	44	16	7	21	45	55	6	5	11	19	24	10	2	10	26	31	-10	55	DWLDWW	1-0
2	15	Blackburn Rovers	44	14	11	19	59	51	8	7	7	32	26	6	4	12	27	25	8	53	LLDWLW	5-2
3	16	Birmingham City	44	13	13	18	35	52	6	4	12	18	33	7	9	6	17	19	-17	52	WDWWDW	2-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	44	12	15	17	36	43	6	8	8	20	22	6	7	9	16	21	-7	51	WWDLDD	1-1
3	18	Bristol City	43	15	6	22	42	58	7	3	11	15	24	8	3	11	27	34	-16	51	LLLDDL
3	19	Coventry City	44	13	12	19	42	59	9	7	6	24	21	4	5	13	18	38	-17	51	WLWWWL	0-1
	20	Huddersfield Town	44	12	11	21	47	68	8	6	8	27	22	4	5	13	20	46	-21	47	LDLWLL	2-5
	21	Derby County	44	11	10	23	32	53	6	6	10	17	23	5	4	13	15	30	-21	43	WLLLLL	1-2
	22	Rotherham United	42	11	6	25	42	57	5	3	14	25	34	6	3	11	17	23	-15	39	DWLLLL	0-1
	23	Sheffield Wednesday	44	12	9	23	37	58	8	7	7	22	17	4	2	16	15	41	-21	39*	WLLDWL	1-3
	24	Wycombe Wanderers	44	9	10	25	35	69	6	5	11	16	28	3	5	14	19	41	-34	37	WWLDWL	1-2

*Sheffield Wednesday deducted 6 points for entering administration