The City Ground

SEASON: 2017-18

Prev Season: 2016-17
This Season: 2017-18
Next Season: 2018-19

DIVISION:: Football League Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Mark Warburton, Gary Brazil (3), Aitor Karanka
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Hull City (A) 1-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Chelsea (A) 1-5)
Player Of The Year:: Ben Osborn

Top Goalscorer:: Kieran Dowell (10 goals)

Results when we scored first

Who Scored First	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
Forest scored first	11	1	-	34 out of 36
Opponent scored first	3	7	23	16 out of 99

Points dropped when leading and gained when behind

Leading or Behind	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
We take a lead	13	1	2	40 out of 48
We go behind	3	1	22	10 out of 78

When goals were scored and conceded

	First Half					Second Half
Time:	0-10 mins	10-20 mins	20-30 mins	30-40 mins	40-45 mins	45-50 mins	50-60 mins	60-70 mins	70-80 mins	80-90 mins
Num goals scored	3	2	9	4	8	3	6	2	10	15
Num goals conceded

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	9 times	4 times	3 times	1 time
Conceded	11 times	18 times	7 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	12 times	3 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	11 times	11 times	2 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,106
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,596
Average League Attendance:: 24,679
Highest Cup Attendance:: 27,182
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,546

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 2
Yellow cards:: 89
Penalties scored:: 6
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 1

END OF SEASON TABLE

CHAMPIONSHIP (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	30	9	7	82	39	16	5	2	47	18	14	4	5	35	21	43	99		1-2	2-0
2	Cardiff City	46	27	9	10	69	39	16	4	3	40	16	11	5	7	29	23	30	90		0-2	1-2
3	Fulham	46	25	13	8	79	46	13	8	2	40	17	12	5	6	39	29	33	88		1-3	0-2
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	14	7	2	42	19	10	4	9	30	23	30	83		0-1	1-2
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	14	3	6	33	17	8	7	8	34	28	22	76		2-1	0-2
6	Derby County	46	20	15	11	70	48	12	5	6	41	22	8	10	5	29	26	22	75		0-0	0-2
7	Preston North End	46	19	16	11	57	46	9	8	6	27	22	10	8	5	30	24	11	73		0-3	1-1
8	Millwall	46	19	15	12	56	45	12	7	4	33	21	7	8	8	23	24	11	72		1-0	0-2
9	Brentford	46	18	15	13	62	52	9	11	3	37	24	9	4	10	25	28	10	69		0-1	4-3
10	Sheffield United	46	20	9	17	62	55	12	5	6	33	20	8	4	11	29	35	7	69		2-1	0-0
11	Bristol City	46	17	16	13	67	58	11	6	6	41	28	6	10	7	26	30	9	67		0-0	1-2
12	Ipswich Town	46	17	9	20	57	60	9	6	8	29	27	8	3	12	28	33	-3	60		2-1	2-4
13	Leeds United	46	17	9	20	59	64	10	6	7	32	27	7	3	13	27	37	-5	60		0-2	0-0
14	Norwich City	46	15	15	16	49	60	8	8	7	25	25	7	7	9	24	35	-11	60		1-0	0-0
15	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	15	17	59	60	8	7	8	37	31	6	8	9	22	29	-1	57		0-3	1-3
16	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	58	70	12	5	6	38	31	3	6	14	20	39	-12	56		4-0	5-2
17	Nottingham Forest	46	15	8	23	51	65	10	3	10	25	27	5	5	13	26	38	-14	53
18	Hull City	46	11	16	19	70	70	7	8	8	41	32	4	8	11	29	38	0	49		0-2	3-2
19	Birmingham City	46	13	7	26	38	68	10	3	10	21	24	3	4	16	17	44	-30	46		2-1	0-1
20	Reading	46	10	14	22	48	70	5	8	10	25	35	5	6	12	23	35	-22	44		1-1	1-3
21	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	13	23	39	74	9	4	10	25	33	1	9	13	14	41	-35	43		3-2	2-3
22	Barnsley	46	9	14	23	48	72	5	9	9	25	32	4	5	14	23	40	-24	41		3-0	1-2
23	Burton Albion	46	10	11	25	38	81	4	5	14	19	43	6	6	11	19	38	-43	41		2-0	0-0
24	Sunderland	46	7	16	23	52	80	3	7	13	23	39	4	9	10	29	41	-28	37		0-1	1-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Fri Aug 04, 2017	Millwall	H	1-0	Win	28,065	1	McKay (41)
2	Sat Aug 12, 2017	Brentford	A	4-3	Win	10,169	3	Bouchalakis (41, 47), Murphy (43), Dowell (83)
3	Tue Aug 15, 2017	Barnsley	A	1-2	Loss	13,883	5	Murphy (26)
4	Sat Aug 19, 2017	Middlesbrough	H	2-1	Win	26,265	4	McKay (16), Murphy (79 pen)
5	Sat Aug 26, 2017	Leeds United	H	0-2	Loss	25,682	6
6	Sat Sep 09, 2017	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	25,710	12	Osborn (29)
7	Tue Sep 12, 2017	Sunderland	A	1-0	Win	26,061	8	Murphy (86)
8	Sat Sep 16, 2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	Loss	25,756	10	Carayol (75)
9	Sat Sep 23, 2017	Aston Villa	A	1-2	Loss	28,554	12	Murphy (52)
10	Tue Sep 26, 2017	Fulham	H	1-3	Loss	21,208	16	Murphy (33)
11	Sat Sep 30, 2017	Sheffield United	H	2-1	Win	25,700	12	Cummings (9), Dowell (27)
12	Sun Oct 15, 2017	Derby County	A	0-2	Loss	31,196	14
13	Sat Oct 21, 2017	Burton Albion	H	2-0	Win	24,686	12	McKay (58), Lichaj (78)
14	Sat Oct 28, 2017	Hull City	A	3-2	Win	15,780	11	Dowell (29, 71, 83 pen)
15	Tue Oct 31, 2017	Reading	A	1-3	Loss	14,868	13	Osborn (86)
16	Sat Nov 04, 2017	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-0	Win	24,021	8	Walker (13, 84), Dowell (44), McKay (52)
17	Sat Nov 18, 2017	Birmingham City	A	0-1	Loss	21,071	10
18	Tue Nov 21, 2017	Norwich City	H	1-0	Win	23,831	7	Murphy (77)
19	Sun Nov 26, 2017	Cardiff City	H	0-2	Loss	25,210	9
20	Sat Dec 02, 2017	Ipswich Town	A	2-4	Loss	16,808	13	Dowell (29), Walker (43)
21	Sat Dec 09, 2017	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-2	Win	22,882	11	McKay (3), Worrall (60), Brereton (89)
22	Sat Dec 16, 2017	Bristol City	A	1-2	Loss	20,128	11	Dowell (47)
23	Sat Dec 23, 2017	Preston North End	A	1-1	Draw	13,481	13	Brereton (58)
24	Tue Dec 26, 2017	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-3	Loss	28,635	13
25	Sat Dec 30, 2017	Sunderland	H	0-1	Loss	26,830	14
26	Mon Jan 01, 2018	Leeds United	A	0-0	Draw	32,426	14
27	Sat Jan 13, 2018	Aston Villa	H	0-1	Loss	25,433	15
28	Sat Jan 20, 2018	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-0	Win	29,050	14	Dowell (40), Osborn (43)
29	Tue Jan 30, 2018	Preston North End	H	0-3	Loss	22,044	15
30	Sat Feb 03, 2018	Fulham	A	0-2	Loss	22,076	16
31	Sat Feb 10, 2018	Hull City	H	0-2	Loss	23,098	16
32	Sat Feb 17, 2018	Burton Albion	A	0-0	Draw	5,775	17
33	Tue Feb 20, 2018	Reading	H	1-1	Draw	21,846	17	Tomlin (85)
34	Sat Feb 24, 2018	Queens Park Rangers	A	5-2	Win	13,675	15	Tomlin (37, 47), Lolley (51), Cash (76), Brereton (90)
35	Sat Mar 03, 2018	Birmingham City	H	2-1	Win	23,296	15	Lolley (6), Cash (79)
36	Tue Mar 06, 2018	Norwich City	A	0-0	Draw	25,184	15
37	Sun Mar 11, 2018	Derby County	H	0-0	Draw	29,106	15
38	Sat Mar 17, 2018	Sheffield United	A	0-0	Draw	28,095	16
39	Fri Mar 30, 2018	Millwall	A	0-2	Loss	16,004	16
41	Sat Apr 07, 2018	Middlesbrough	A	0-2	Loss	25,812	17
42	Tue Apr 10, 2018	Brentford	H	0-1	Loss	20,596	18
43	Sat Apr 14, 2018	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	25,093	17	Brereton (88 pen), Lolley (95)
44	Sat Apr 21, 2018	Cardiff City	A	1-2	Loss	21,310	17	Bridcutt (50)
40	Tue Apr 24, 2018	Barnsley	H	3-0	Win	23,633	17	Tomlin (26), Brereton (36), Vellios (89)
45	Sat Apr 28, 2018	Bristol City	H	0-0	Draw	24,722	17
46	Sun May 06, 2018	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-3	Loss	18,289	17	Osborn (70), Colback (79)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jan 07, 2018	Arsenal	3			H	4-2	Win	27,182	Lichaj (20, 44), Brereton (64 pen), Dowell (85 pen)
Sat Jan 27, 2018	Hull City	4			A	1-2	Loss	13,450	Vellios (88)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 08, 2017	Shrewsbury Town	1	H	2-1	Win	7,546	Carayol (29 pen), Cummings (75)
Wed Aug 23, 2017	Newcastle United	2	A	3-2	Win	27,709	Cummings (29, 31), Walker (97)
Wed Sep 20, 2017	Chelsea	3	A	1-5	Loss	40,621	Darikwa (90)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jul 19, 2017	Notts County	England	A	2-0	Win	12,209	Brereton (50), Vellios (88)
Sat Jul 22, 2017	Mansfield Town	England	A	4-0	Win	5,333	Cummings (26), Walker (69), Vellios (82, 89)
Tue Jul 25, 2017	Girona	Spain	H	2-1	Win	4,417	Vellios (65, 68 pen)
Sat Jul 29, 2017	Burnley	England	H	1-1	Draw	10,231	Murphy (33)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Vladimir Stojkovic											Left in August to join Partizan
GK	1	Costel Pantilimon	13	3	5	5		1					Joined on Jan 31 on loan from Watford; returned at end of season
GK	26	Dimitar Evtimov	1	1								7	Released at end of season
GK	30	Stephen Henderson	1			1						25	On loan to Portsmouth from Jan 31
GK	33	Stefanos Kapino	4	1	1	2						11	Joined on Feb 8th on free transfer
GK	43	Jordan Smith	32	13	2	17						8
D		Alex Iacovitti											On loan to Forest Green Rovers for the 2017-18 season
D	2	Eric Lichaj	28	11	3	14	3	3	1	1	1	15	Left to join Hull at end of season
D	3	Tobias Figueiredo	12	3	5	4		5		1		2	Joined on loan from Sporting CP on Jan 31
D	5	Matt Mills	14	7		7		4		1	2	11	Released on Jan 31
D	6	Armand Traore	19	8	1	10		3		2	3	5	On loan to Cardiff City from Jan 31
D	7	Liam Bridcutt	27	10	3	14	1	9		3	3	8	Joined from Leeds on Aug 22nd
D	11	Ben Osborn	51	18	8	25	4	3		6	5
D	27	Tendayi Darikwa	32	12	6	14	1	6		1	3	9	Joined from Burnley at the start of the season
D	28	Thomas Lam											On loan to FC Twente from Aug 30, 2017 to the end of the season
D	29	Juan Fuentes	1	1						1		1	Joined on Feb 8th on free transfer
D	42	Joe Worrall	35	14	2	19	1	6	1		3	6
M		Ryan Yates											On loan to Notts County for the season
M		Toby Edser
M	4	Michael Mancienne	33	13	3	17		4		2	2	12	Left at end of season
M	5	Adlene Guedioura	11	4	2	5		1		5	5	5	Re-joined Forest on Jan 31, 2018
M	13	Danny Fox	27	9	6	12		9		3		3
M	14	Matty Cash	25	6	8	11	2	1		3	9	4
M	15	Lee Tomlin	15	4	5	6	4	3		8	3		Joined on Jan 31 on loan from Cardiff City; returned at end of season
M	18	Jack Colback	16	3	6	7	1	5		1		1	Joined on Jan 31 on loan from Newcastle United; returned at end of season
M	20	Kieran Dowell	43	15	7	21	10	5		16	7	3	Joined on loan from Everton for the season
M	21	Ashkan Dejagah	1			1					1		Joined on Jan 31 on free transfer
M	23	Joe Lolley	16	4	6	6	3	1		4	3		Joined on Jan 31 from Huddersfield
M	24	David Vaughan	16	7	1	8		4		8	1	2
M	25	Jack Hobbs	5	2		3		1			1	1
M	31	Andreas Bouchalakis	24	11	2	11	2	1		10	9	14
M	32	Ben Watson	14	4	5	5		3		2		1	Joined on Feb 5th as free agent
F		Gboly Ariyibi
F		Jorge Grant											On loan to Notts County for the whole season
F		Lica											Left on Aug 31 after contract terminated
F	8	Chris Cohen	2	2							1	1
F	9	Daryl Murphy	28	11	5	12	7			7	6	1
F	10	Barrie McKay	28	11	1	16	5			16	6	9	Joined from Rangers at beginning of the season; left to join Swansea at the end
F	16	Zach Clough	17	7		10				4	11	14	On loan to Bolton Wanderers from Jan 31
F	17	Ben Brereton	39	12	7	20	6	6		15	11	8
F	18	Muzzy Carayol	16	4	2	10	2	1		3	12	7	Released on Jan 31
F	19	Jamie Ward	8	2	1	5		1			8	3	On loan to Cardiff City from Jan 31
F	34	Tyler Walker	16	6	1	9	4	2		4	8	4	On loan to Bolton Wanderers from Jan 31
F	35	Jason Cummings	17	6		11	4	1		8	7	8
F	39	Apostolos Vellios	13	3	2	8	2			4	8	9

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
10	Kieran Dowell	43
7	Daryl Murphy	28
6	Ben Brereton	39
5	Barrie McKay	28
4	Ben Osborn	51
4	Jason Cummings	17
4	Lee Tomlin	15
4	Tyler Walker	16
3	Eric Lichaj	28
3	Joe Lolley	16
2	Andreas Bouchalakis	24
2	Apostolos Vellios	13
2	Matty Cash	25
2	Muzzy Carayol	16
1	Jack Colback	16
1	Joe Worrall	35
1	Liam Bridcutt	27
1	Tendayi Darikwa	32

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2017-18

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Queens Park Rangers	Sat Nov 04, 2017	H	4-0	Sat Feb 24, 2018	A	5-2