The City Ground

SEASON: 2018-19

Prev Season: 2017-18
This Season: 2018-19
Next Season: 2019-20

DIVISION:: Football League Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Aitor Karanka, Simon Ireland, Martin O'Neill
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Chelsea (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Burton Albion (A) 2-3)
Player Of The Year:: Joe Lolley

Top Goalscorer:: Lewis Grabban (17 goals)

Results when we scored first

Who Scored First	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
Forest scored first	16	7	2	55 out of 75
Opponent scored first	1	8	12	11 out of 63

Points dropped when leading and gained when behind

Leading or Behind	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
We take a lead	17	7	2	58 out of 78
We go behind	2	6	14	12 out of 66

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	9	7	3	3	2	4	6	11	10	15
Num goals conceded	6	6	3	3		5	7	8	9	16

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	12 times	7 times	1 time	1 time
Conceded	14 times	16 times	4 times		1 time
Won By	10 times	6 times	3 times
Lost By	9 times	6 times	1 time

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
1		1	3	2	1	-	6	3	7	Leeds United (1-1), Sheffield United (1-0), Leeds United (4-2)
2		2	2	1	1	-	5	3	4	Middlesbrough (2-0), Norwich City (3-3)
3		3	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Sheffield United (0-2)
4		4	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	West Bromwich Albion (2-2)
5	28	5	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Derby County (0-0)
6	10	6	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	Middlesbrough (3-0)
7	57	7	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	Bristol City (1-1), Bristol City (0-1), Derby County (1-0)
8	17	8	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Brentford (1-2), Swansea City (0-0)
9	52	9	3	-	2	1	8	9	2	Wigan Athletic (2-2), Norwich City (1-2), Aston Villa (5-5)
10	22	10	2	1	-	1	4	3	3	Hull City (3-0), Aston Villa (1-3)
11	42	11	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Sheffield Wednesday (2-1)
12	15	12	2	-	-	2	0	5	0	Birmingham City (0-2), Sheffield Wednesday (0-3)
13	10	13	3	-	2	1	2	3	2	Blackburn Rovers (2-2), Queens Park Rangers (0-1), Preston North End (0-0)
14	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	4	15	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Stoke City (0-0), Swansea City (2-1)
16	2	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	2	1	-	1	3	3	3	Brentford (2-1), Blackburn Rovers (1-2)
18		18	4	2	-	2	4	3	6	Rotherham United (1-0), Bolton Wanderers (3-0), Preston North End (0-1), Stoke City (0-2)
19		19	2	2	-	-	2	0	6	Reading (1-0), Queens Park Rangers (1-0)
20		20	4	1	2	1	6	5	5	West Bromwich Albion (1-1), Birmingham City (2-2), Millwall (0-1), Wigan Athletic (3-1)
21		21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22		22	3	1	1	1	5	4	4	Millwall (2-2), Hull City (2-0), Rotherham United (1-2)
23		23	2	1	-	1	1	2	3	Reading (0-2), Bolton Wanderers (1-0)
24		24	2	1	1	-	3	1	4	Ipswich Town (2-0), Ipswich Town (1-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,530
Lowest League Attendance:: 25,753
Average League Attendance:: 28,147
Highest Cup Attendance:: 13,942
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 8,172

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 8
Yellow cards:: 112
Own goals (for):: 3 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 2 (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 112
Penalties scored:: 5
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 4
Penalties saved:: 4

END OF SEASON TABLE (2018-19)

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	Norwich City	46	27	13	6	93	57	15	4	4	51	34	12	9	2	42	23	36	94	Promoted as Champions	1-2	3-3
2	Sheffield United	46	26	11	9	78	41	15	4	4	42	17	11	7	5	36	24	37	89		1-0	0-2
3	Leeds United	46	25	8	13	73	50	14	4	5	38	21	11	4	8	35	29	23	83		4-2	1-1
4	West Bromwich Albion	46	23	11	12	87	62	12	7	4	53	31	11	4	8	34	31	25	80		1-1	2-2
5	Aston Villa	46	20	16	10	82	61	11	8	4	50	36	9	8	6	32	25	21	76	Promoted via Playoffs	1-3	5-5
6	Derby County	46	20	14	12	69	54	13	7	3	40	20	7	7	9	29	34	15	74		1-0	0-0
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	13	13	49	41	10	6	7	23	17	10	7	6	26	24	8	73		3-0	2-0
8	Bristol City	46	19	13	14	59	53	8	8	7	28	26	11	5	7	31	27	6	70		0-1	1-1
9	Nottingham Forest	46	17	15	14	61	54	13	4	6	34	21	4	11	8	27	33	7	66
10	Swansea City	46	18	11	17	65	62	12	6	5	42	28	6	5	12	23	34	3	65		2-1	0-0
11	Brentford	46	17	13	16	73	59	14	4	5	50	23	3	9	11	23	36	14	64		2-1	1-2
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	16	14	60	62	10	8	5	34	27	6	8	9	26	35	-2	64		2-1	0-3
13	Hull City	46	17	11	18	66	68	11	6	6	37	24	6	5	12	29	44	-2	62		3-0	2-0
14	Birmingham City	46	14	19	13	64	58	7	11	5	31	24	7	8	8	33	34	6	61		2-2	0-2
15	Preston North End	46	16	13	17	67	67	8	10	5	41	30	8	3	12	26	37	0	61		0-1	0-0
16	Blackburn Rovers	46	16	12	18	64	69	10	7	6	32	21	6	5	12	32	48	-5	60		1-2	2-2
17	Stoke City	46	11	22	13	45	52	8	9	6	26	24	3	13	7	19	28	-7	55		0-0	0-2
18	Wigan Athletic	46	13	13	20	51	64	11	8	4	29	20	2	5	16	22	44	-13	52		3-1	2-2
19	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	9	23	53	71	9	3	11	33	31	5	6	12	20	40	-18	51		0-1	1-0
20	Reading	46	10	17	19	49	66	8	6	9	29	31	2	11	10	20	35	-17	47		1-0	0-2
21	Millwall	46	10	14	22	48	64	7	9	7	26	27	3	5	15	22	37	-16	44		2-2	0-1
22	Rotherham United	46	8	16	22	52	83	7	8	8	32	38	1	8	14	20	45	-31	40	Relegated	1-0	1-2
23	Bolton Wanderers	46	8	8	30	29	78	4	4	15	13	35	4	4	15	16	43	-49	32	Relegated	1-0	3-0
24	Ipswich Town	46	5	16	25	36	77	3	11	9	22	31	2	5	16	14	46	-41	31	Relegated	2-0	1-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
Manager: Aitor Karanka
1	Sat Aug 04, 2018	Bristol City	A	1-1	Draw	-	14	Murphy (46)
2	Tue Aug 07, 2018	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	Draw	27,850	10	Guedioura (59)
3	Sat Aug 11, 2018	Reading	H	1-0	Win	27,948	5	Soudani (68)
4	Sat Aug 18, 2018	Wigan Athletic	A	2-2	Draw	11,543	7	Cash (10), Soudani (90)
5	Sat Aug 25, 2018	Birmingham City	H	2-2	Draw	26,799	13	Lolley (75), Murphy (87)
6	Sat Sep 01, 2018	Brentford	A	1-2	Loss	10,186	14	Cash (62)
7	Sat Sep 15, 2018	Swansea City	A	0-0	Draw	19,522	15
8	Wed Sep 19, 2018	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	Win	26,252	11	Grabban (41), Carvalho (63)
9	Sat Sep 22, 2018	Rotherham United	H	1-0	Win	27,479	9	Grabban (86 pen)
10	Sat Sep 29, 2018	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-2	Draw	14,440	11	Grabban (52, 80 pen)
11	Wed Oct 03, 2018	Millwall	H	2-2	Draw	25,753	11	Lolley (27), Carvalho (70)
12	Sat Oct 06, 2018	Middlesbrough	A	2-0	Win	24,299	5	Lolley (49), Grabban (77)
13	Sat Oct 20, 2018	Norwich City	H	1-2	Loss	29,427	9	Grabban (5)
14	Wed Oct 24, 2018	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-0	Win	13,195	7	Lolley (12), Grabban (64, 83 pen)
15	Sat Oct 27, 2018	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	34,308	7	Robinson (11)
16	Sat Nov 03, 2018	Sheffield United	H	1-0	Win	28,757	6	Grabban (69)
17	Sat Nov 10, 2018	Stoke City	H	0-0	Draw	28,556	7
18	Sat Nov 24, 2018	Hull City	A	2-0	Win	13,364	7	Grabban (61), Lolley (64)
19	Wed Nov 28, 2018	Aston Villa	A	5-5	Draw	32,868	6	Grabban (3, 82), Carvalho (6), Cash (22), Lolley (51)
20	Sat Dec 01, 2018	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	Win	27,873	5	Grabban (9, 39)
21	Sat Dec 08, 2018	Preston North End	H	0-1	Loss	27,777	7
22	Mon Dec 17, 2018	Derby County	A	0-0	Draw	31,160	7
23	Sat Dec 22, 2018	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-1	Loss	28,177	7
24	Wed Dec 26, 2018	Norwich City	A	3-3	Draw	-	10	Cash (45, 74), Robinson (65)
25	Sat Dec 29, 2018	Millwall	A	0-1	Loss	15,273	10
26	Tue Jan 01, 2019	Leeds United	H	4-2	Win	29,530	7	Colback (5, 69), Murphy (72), Osborn (76)
Manager: Simon Ireland
27	Sat Jan 12, 2019	Reading	A	0-2	Loss	-	9
Manager: Martin O'Neill
28	Sat Jan 19, 2019	Bristol City	H	0-1	Loss	28,922	12
29	Sat Jan 26, 2019	Wigan Athletic	H	3-1	Win	28,848	9	Lolley (19), Cash (48), Guedioura (80)
30	Sat Feb 02, 2019	Birmingham City	A	0-2	Loss	24,235	12
31	Sat Feb 09, 2019	Brentford	H	2-1	Win	27,829	9	Grabban (16), Wague (79)
32	Tue Feb 12, 2019	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	Draw	22,691	9	Stefan Johansen (6 OG), Yates (65)
33	Sat Feb 16, 2019	Preston North End	A	0-0	Draw	13,904	8
34	Mon Feb 25, 2019	Derby County	H	1-0	Win	29,421	8	Benalouane (2)
35	Sat Mar 02, 2019	Stoke City	A	0-2	Loss	26,736	9
36	Sat Mar 09, 2019	Hull City	H	3-0	Win	29,397	8	Carvalho (72), Ansarifard (76), Lolley (82 pen)
37	Wed Mar 13, 2019	Aston Villa	H	1-3	Loss	29,224	10	Colback (3)
38	Sat Mar 16, 2019	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	Draw	16,709	11	John Nolan (31 OG)
39	Sat Mar 30, 2019	Swansea City	H	2-1	Win	28,469	9	Murphy (80), Wague (87)
40	Sat Apr 06, 2019	Rotherham United	A	1-2	Loss	11,012	9	Grabban (28)
41	Tue Apr 09, 2019	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-3	Loss	23,931	10
42	Sat Apr 13, 2019	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss	27,786	11	Elliott Bennett (52 OG)
43	Fri Apr 19, 2019	Sheffield United	A	0-2	Loss	28,403	13
44	Mon Apr 22, 2019	Middlesbrough	H	3-0	Win	27,653	11	Lolley (39 pen, 85), Milosevic (64)
45	Sat Apr 27, 2019	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	Win	15,212	10	Ansarifard (55)
46	Sun May 05, 2019	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	Win	27,658	9	Lolley (18)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Aitor Karanka
Sat Jan 05, 2019	Chelsea	3			A	0-2	Loss	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Aitor Karanka
Tue Aug 14, 2018	Bury	1	H	1-1	Win	8,172	Cash (93)
Wed Aug 29, 2018	Newcastle United	2	H	3-1	Win	13,942	Murphy (2), Cash (94), Dias (97)
Wed Sep 26, 2018	Stoke City	3	H	3-2	Win	12,915	Osborn (19), Murphy (40), Lolley (50)
Tue Oct 30, 2018	Burton Albion	4	A	2-3	Loss	4,284	Grabban (70), Appiah (91)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Aitor Karanka
Wed Jul 11, 2018	Lincoln Imps	Gibraltar	A	5-0	Win	-	Cash (25), Gabriel (36), Gomis (60), Lolley (63), Yates (65)
Sat Jul 14, 2018	Real Betis	Spain	A	0-1	Loss	-
Mon Jul 16, 2018	Malaga	Spain	A	3-0	Win	-	Dias (31), Osborn (63), Soudani (65)
Sat Jul 21, 2018	Oldham Athletic	England	A	2-2	Draw	1,768	Cash (3), Grabban (87)
Wed Jul 25, 2018	Scunthorpe United	England	A	1-0	Win	2,509	Yates (24)
Sat Jul 28, 2018	Bournemouth	England	H	2-0	Win	14,108	Darikwa (34), Dias (48)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (21)				Out (39)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
May 30, 2018	Michael Dawson	Bought			Adam Crookes	Loan Out
Jun 13, 2018	Diogo Goncalves	Loan In		43678	Toby Edser	Loan Out
Jun 13, 2018	Joao Carvalho	Bought	£13,000,000	Jun 20, 2018	Andreas Bouchalakis	Sold
Jun 23, 2018	Gil Dias	Loan In		Jun 22, 2018	Eric Lichaj	Sold
Jun 29, 2018	Hillal Soudani	Bought		Jun 29, 2018	Tyler Walker	Loan out
Jun 30, 2018	Jack Robinson	Bought		Jul 20, 2018	Armand Traore	Sold
Jul 01, 2018	Tobias Figueiredo	Bought		Aug 01, 2018	Stefanos Kapino	Sold
Jul 03, 2018	Costel Pantilimon	Bought		Aug 03, 2018	Michael Mancienne	Sold
Jul 06, 2018	Lewis Grabban	Bought	£6,000,000	Aug 21, 2018	Daryl Murphy	Released
Aug 01, 2018	Luke Steele	Bought		Aug 21, 2018	Dimitar Evtimov	Released
Aug 09, 2018	Michael Hefele	Bought		Aug 28, 2018	Ben Brereton	Loan Out
Aug 11, 2018	Sam Byram	Loan In		Aug 31, 2018	Apostolos Vellios	Loan Out
Aug 31, 2018	Saidy Janko	Loan In		Aug 31, 2018	Jamie Ward	Loan Out
Sep 04, 2018	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	Bought		Aug 31, 2018	Joe Worrall	Loan Out
Sep 06, 2018	Claudio Yacob	Bought		Aug 31, 2018	Zach Clough	Loan Out
Nov 02, 2018	Karim Ansarifard	Bought		Oct 31, 2018	Virgil Gomis	Loan Out
Jan 18, 2019	Yohan Benalouane	Bought		Nov 16, 2018	Jordan Smith	Loan Out
Jan 31, 2019	Alex Milosevic	Bought		Jan 03, 2019	Alex Iacovitti	Loan Out
Jan 31, 2019	Leo Bonatini	Loan In		Jan 03, 2019	Jason Cummings	Loan Out
Jan 31, 2019	Molla Wague	Loan In		Jan 03, 2019	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	Loan Out
Jan 31, 2019	Pele	Loan In		Jan 03, 2019	Toby Edser	Loan Out
				Jan 04, 2019	Ben Brereton	Sold	£7,000,000
				Jan 07, 2019	Gboly Ariyibi	Loan Out
				Jan 10, 2019	Jorge Grant	Loan Out
				Jan 14, 2019	Adam Crookes	Loan Out
				Jan 14, 2019	Jordan Smith	Loan Out
				Jan 29, 2019	Danny Fox	Sold
				Jan 31, 2019	Anel Ahmedhodzic	Sold
				Jan 31, 2019	Tim Erlandsson	Sold
				Jan 31, 2019	Virgil Gomis	Loan Out
				Jan 31, 2019	Zach Clough	Loan Out
				May 13, 2019	Adam Crookes	Released
				May 13, 2019	Jamie Ward	Released
				May 13, 2019	Stephen Henderson	Released
				May 31, 2019	Alex Iacovitti	Sold
				May 31, 2019	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	Released
				Jun 18, 2019	Hillal Soudani	Sold
				Jun 24, 2019	Apostolos Vellios	Sold
				Jul 04, 2019	Jorge Grant	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	Costel Pantilimon	44	16	15	13		3				4
GK	12	Jordan Smith	1	1					1			5	On loan to Mansfield until the end of the season
GK	15	Luke Steele	7	4		3					1	41	On loan to Millwall until January
GK	33	Dimitar Evtimov
GK	41	Stephen Henderson											Released
GK		Stefanos Kapino
Defenders
D	3	Tobias Figueiredo	14	6	7	1		3	1	1	2	4	Joined permanently at the begining of the season
D	11	Ben Osborn	44	19	12	13	2	3		5	12	6
D	13	Molla Wague	11	6	1	4	2				2	4	On loan from Udinese from Jan to the end of season
D	17	Alex Milosevic	12	6	2	4	1	3		1	1	1	Joined in January
D	18	Jack Robinson	40	17	13	10	2	13	1	2	2	6
D	20	Michael Dawson	13	7	5	1		2		3	2	8	Re-signed at the start of the season
D	21	Saidy Janko	17	4	6	7		3		2	2	15	On loan from Porto for the season
D	25	Sam Byram	8	4	1	3		4		2			On loan from West Ham for the season
D	26	Liam Bridcutt	4	3		1				1	1	2
D	27	Tendayi Darikwa	31	12	10	9		3	1		1	7
D	28	Thomas Lam
D	29	Yohan Benalouane	14	4	3	7	1	7	2			1
D	42	Joe Worrall											On loan at Rangers for the season
D	44	Michael Hefele	18	6	6	6		4		1	2	5
D		Alex Iacovitti											Left at end of season
D		Armand Traore
D		Danny Preston
D		Jordan Gabriel
D		Juan Fuentes
Midfielders
M	4	Danny Fox	21	7	9	5		6	1	1	1		Left in January to join Wigan
M	5	Adlene Guedioura	28	12	8	8	2	3		7	9	9	Left at start of next season
M	6	Jack Colback	39	11	14	14	3	15		3		2	On loan from Newcastle for the whole season
M	8	Ben Watson	21	10	5	6		6		5	3	16
M	10	Joao Carvalho	40	15	14	11	4	5		16	10	7
M	14	Matty Cash	41	17	11	13	8	5		14	11	3
M	22	Ryan Yates	17	8	3	6	1	5		7	1	4
M	23	Joe Lolley	51	20	15	16	12	6		16	7
M	24	Claudio Yacob	17	6	5	6		2		3	5	12
M	28	Pele	9	3	1	5				4	3	4	On loan from Monaco for the season
M	34	Panagiotis Tachtsidis										1	On loan to Lecce from Jan to the end of season
M		Andreas Bouchalakis
M		Anel Ahmedhodzic										1	Left in January
M		Toby Edser											On loan to Port Vale from Jan to the end of season
Forwards
F	2	Hillal Soudani	7	3	2	2	2			3	4	2	Left at end of season
F	7	Lewis Grabban	41	15	13	13	17	4		13	12	1
F	9	Daryl Murphy	32	10	8	14	6	2		12	11	8
F	17	Ben Brereton
F	19	Diogo Goncalves	10	4	2	4			1	1	6	13	On loan from Benfica for the season
F	31	Gil Dias	24	9	10	5	1	3		9	11	6	On loan from AS Monaco
F	33	Leo Bonatini	5	3		2				2	3	3	On loan from Wolves until the end of season
F	35	Jamie Ward											Released
F	37	Karim Ansarifard	12	7	2	3	2	2		3	9	8	Left at end of season
F	38	Gboly Ariyibi
F	39	Apostolos Vellios											Left at end of season
F	40	Zach Clough											On loan to Rochdale from Jan to the end of season
F	43	Arvin Appiah	7	2		5	1			2	5	9	Left to join Almeria in September
F		Jason Cummings
F		Jorge Grant											Left at end of season
F		Tyler Walker											On loan to Lincoln City for the season
F		Virgil Gomis											On loan to Macclesfield for the season

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Lewis Grabban	41
12	Joe Lolley	51
8	Matty Cash	41
6	Daryl Murphy	32
4	Joao Carvalho	40
3	Jack Colback	39
3	Own Goals	51
2	Adlene Guedioura	28
2	Ben Osborn	44
2	Hillal Soudani	7
2	Jack Robinson	40
2	Karim Ansarifard	12
2	Molla Wague	11
1	Alex Milosevic	12
1	Arvin Appiah	7
1	Gil Dias	24
1	Ryan Yates	17
1	Yohan Benalouane	14

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bolton Wanderers	Wed Oct 24, 2018	Away	3-0	Sun May 05, 2019	Home	1-0
Hull City	Sat Nov 24, 2018	Away	2-0	Sat Mar 09, 2019	Home	3-0
Middlesbrough	Sat Oct 06, 2018	Away	2-0	Mon Apr 22, 2019	Home	3-0