The City Ground

SEASON: 2023-24

Prev Season: 2022-23
This Season: 2023-24

DIVISION:: Premier League (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Steve Cooper
FA Cup:: Not started
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Burnley (H) 0-1)

Top Goalscorer:: Taiwo Awoniyi (4 goals)

WHAT HAPPENED
This is our second season back in the Premier League after a magical return last year. We finished 5th bottom then, which was a huge success and hopefully 2023-24 will be even better.

TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE (As of Mon Nov 27, 2023)								Home					Away							Current Form		Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Form	Pts	Home	Away
1	Arsenal	13	9	3	1	27	10	5	2	0	18	7	4	1	1	9	3	17	30	WDWLWW	13	-	1-2
2	Manchester City	13	9	2	2	33	13	5	1	0	17	4	4	1	2	16	9	20	29	LWWWDD	11	-	0-2
3	Liverpool	13	8	4	1	28	11	6	0	0	17	2	2	4	1	11	9	17	28	DWWDWD	12	-	0-3
4	Aston Villa	13	9	1	3	31	18	6	0	0	23	5	3	1	3	8	13	13	28	DWWLWW	13	2-0	-
5	Tottenham Hotspur	13	8	2	3	25	17	4	0	2	10	8	4	2	1	15	9	8	26	WWWLLL	9	-	-
6	Manchester United	13	8	0	5	16	16	4	0	3	8	10	4	0	2	8	6	0	24	WWLWWW	15	-	2-3
7	Newcastle United	13	7	2	4	31	14	6	0	1	18	4	1	2	3	13	10	17	23	DWDWLW	11	-	-
8	Brighton and Hove Albion	13	6	4	3	28	23	3	3	1	15	10	3	1	2	13	13	5	22	DLDDDW	7	2-3	-
9	West Ham United	13	6	2	5	23	23	3	1	2	11	9	3	1	3	12	14	0	20	DLLLWW	7	-	2-3
10	Chelsea	13	4	4	5	22	20	1	3	3	10	11	3	1	2	12	9	2	16	WDLWDL	8	-	1-0
11	Brentford	13	4	4	5	19	18	2	3	2	12	11	2	1	3	7	7	1	16	LWWWLL	9	1-1	-
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	4	3	6	18	23	2	2	2	9	12	2	1	4	9	11	-5	15	DWDLWL	8	-	-
13	Crystal Palace	13	4	3	6	13	18	1	2	3	6	8	3	1	3	7	10	-5	15	DLLWLL	4	-	0-0
14	Fulham	13	4	3	6	13	22	3	0	3	7	9	1	3	3	6	13	-9	15	WLDLLW	7	-	-
15	Nottingham Forest	13	3	4	6	16	21	2	3	1	10	8	1	1	5	6	13	-5	13	DDLWLL	5
16	Bournemouth	13	3	3	7	14	28	2	2	3	6	10	1	1	4	8	18	-14	12	LLWLWW	9	-	-
17	Luton Town	13	2	3	8	12	23	1	2	3	6	8	1	1	5	6	15	-11	9	LDLDLW	5	2-2	-
18	Sheffield United	13	1	2	10	11	34	1	1	5	7	19	0	1	5	4	15	-23	5	LLLWDL	4	2-1	-
19	Everton	13	4	2	7	14	20	1	1	5	5	9	3	1	2	9	11	-6	4*	WLWDWL	10	-	-
20	Burnley	13	1	1	11	10	32	0	0	7	5	20	1	1	4	5	12	-22	4	LLLLLL	0	1-1	-

*Everton deducted 10 points for breaking FFP rules

Click here for all tables for 2023-24

LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 17
Competitive Goals:: 21
Goals per game:: 1.2
League Games:: 13
League Points:: 13 out of 39 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 33.3%

RESULTS
Results when we, or opponent, scored first

Who Scored First	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
Forest scored first	6	3	1	2	10 out of 18
Opponent scored first	5	-	2	3	2 out of 15

Results when leading and when behind

Leading or Behind	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
We take a lead	6	3	1	2	10 out of 18
We go behind	8	-	2	6	2 out of 24

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals
Scored	5 times	8 times
Conceded	5 times	4 times	4 times
Won By	3 times	2 times
Lost By	6 times	1 time	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
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	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Manchester City (0-2)
2		2	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Arsenal (1-2)
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Liverpool (0-3)
5		5	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Aston Villa (2-0)
6		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7		7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	6	8	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Brighton and Hove Albion (2-3)
9	15	9	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Crystal Palace (0-0)
10	4	10	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Chelsea (1-0)
11	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	19	13	2	-	-	2	4	6	0	Manchester United (2-3), West Ham United (2-3)
14	11	14	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Brentford (1-1)
15	25	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	7	16	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Sheffield United (2-1)
17		17	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Luton Town (2-2)
18		18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19		19	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Burnley (1-1)
20		20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,432 (Sheffield United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 28,958 (Burnley)
Average League Attendance:: 29,213
Highest Cup Attendance:: 27,766 (Burnley)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 27,766 (Burnley)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 4
Yellow Cards:: 43
Red Cards:: 2 (Joe Worrall, Moussa Niakhat�)
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 1

GAMES

Manager for all games: Steve Cooper
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 12, 2023	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	59,984	15	Awoniyi (82)
2	Fri Aug 18, 2023	Sheffield United	H	2-1	Win	29,432	8	Awoniyi (3), Wood (89)
3	Sat Aug 26, 2023	Manchester United	A	2-3	Loss	73,595	14	Awoniyi (2), Boly (4)
4	Sat Sep 02, 2023	Chelsea	A	1-0	Win	39,820	9	Elanga (48)
5	Mon Sep 18, 2023	Burnley	H	1-1	Draw	28,958	8	Hudson-Odoi (61)
6	Sat Sep 23, 2023	Manchester City	A	0-2	Loss	53,413	11
7	Sun Oct 01, 2023	Brentford	H	1-1	Draw	29,004	11	Dom�nguez (65)
8	Sat Oct 07, 2023	Crystal Palace	A	0-0	Draw	-	13
9	Sat Oct 21, 2023	Luton Town	H	2-2	Draw	29,361	15	Wood (48, 76)
10	Sun Oct 29, 2023	Liverpool	A	0-3	Loss	50,143	16
11	Sun Nov 05, 2023	Aston Villa	H	2-0	Win	29,313	12	Aina (5), Mangala (47)
12	Sun Nov 12, 2023	West Ham United	A	2-3	Loss	62,740	15	Awoniyi (?), Elanga (?)
13	Sat Nov 25, 2023	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	2-3	Loss	-	14	Elanga (3), Gibbs-White (76 pen)
14	Sat Dec 02, 2023	Everton	H	-		-
15	Wed Dec 06, 2023	Fulham	A	-		-
16	Sat Dec 09, 2023	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	-		-
17	Fri Dec 15, 2023	Tottenham Hotspur	H	-		-
18	Sat Dec 23, 2023	Bournemouth	H	-		-
19	Tue Dec 26, 2023	Newcastle United	A	-		-
20	Sat Dec 30, 2023	Manchester United	H	-		-
21	Sat Jan 20, 2024	Brentford	A	-		-
22	Tue Jan 30, 2024	Arsenal	H	-		-
23	Sat Feb 03, 2024	Bournemouth	A	-		-
24	Sat Feb 10, 2024	Newcastle United	H	-		-
25	Sat Feb 17, 2024	West Ham United	H	-		-
26	Sat Feb 24, 2024	Aston Villa	A	-		-
27	Sat Mar 02, 2024	Liverpool	H	-		-
28	Sat Mar 09, 2024	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	-		-
29	Sat Mar 16, 2024	Luton Town	A	-		-
30	Sat Mar 30, 2024	Crystal Palace	H	-		-
31	Tue Apr 02, 2024	Fulham	H	-		-
32	Sat Apr 06, 2024	Tottenham Hotspur	A	-		-
33	Sat Apr 13, 2024	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	-		-
34	Sat Apr 20, 2024	Everton	A	-		-
35	Sat Apr 27, 2024	Manchester City	H	-		-
36	Sat May 04, 2024	Sheffield United	A	-		-
37	Sat May 11, 2024	Chelsea	H	-		-
38	Sun May 19, 2024	Burnley	A	-		-

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 30, 2023	Burnley	2				H	0-1	Loss	27,766

EFL Trophy

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 05, 2023	Harrogate Town	1	A	1-2	Loss	1,178	Osong (84)
Tue Oct 10, 2023	Carlisle United	1	A	2-0	Win	-	Powell (?), Perry (?)
Tue Nov 21, 2023	Accrington Stanley	1	A	2-1	Win	687	Thompson (18), Larsson (39)
Tue Dec 05, 2023	Doncaster Rovers	1	A	-		-

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jul 15, 2023	Notts County	England	A	1-0	Win	16,163	Ui-jo (46)
Tue Jul 18, 2023	Valencia	Spain	A	0-1	Loss	-
Sat Jul 22, 2023	Levante	Spain	A	2-1	Win	-	Yates (1), Danilo (20)
Thu Jul 27, 2023	Leeds United	England	N	0-2	Loss	5,114
Sun Jul 30, 2023	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	A	0-1	Loss	-
Wed Aug 02, 2023	Stade Rennais	France	N	0-5	Loss	-
Sat Aug 05, 2023	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	A	0-0	Draw	31,000

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Steve Cooper
Sat Jul 15, 2023	Pre-Season Friendly	Notts County		A	1-0	16,163	Ui-jo (46)
Tue Jul 18, 2023	Pre-Season Friendly	Valencia		A	0-1	-
Sat Jul 22, 2023	Pre-Season Friendly	Levante		A	2-1	-	Yates (1), Danilo (20)
Thu Jul 27, 2023	Pre-Season Friendly	Leeds United		N	0-2	5,114
Sun Jul 30, 2023	Pre-Season Friendly	PSV Eindhoven		A	0-1	-
Wed Aug 02, 2023	Pre-Season Friendly	Stade Rennais		N	0-5	-
Sat Aug 05, 2023	Pre-Season Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt		A	0-0	31,000
Sat Aug 12, 2023	League Tier 1	Arsenal		A	1-2	59,984	Awoniyi (82)
Fri Aug 18, 2023	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		H	2-1	29,432	Awoniyi (3), Wood (89)
Sat Aug 26, 2023	League Tier 1	Manchester United		A	2-3	73,595	Awoniyi (2), Boly (4)
Wed Aug 30, 2023	League Cup	Burnley	2	H	0-1	27,766
Sat Sep 02, 2023	League Tier 1	Chelsea		A	1-0	39,820	Elanga (48)
Tue Sep 05, 2023	EFL Trophy	Harrogate Town	1	A	1-2	1,178	Osong (84)
Mon Sep 18, 2023	League Tier 1	Burnley		H	1-1	28,958	Hudson-Odoi (61)
Sat Sep 23, 2023	League Tier 1	Manchester City		A	0-2	53,413
Sun Oct 01, 2023	League Tier 1	Brentford		H	1-1	29,004	Dom�nguez (65)
Sat Oct 07, 2023	League Tier 1	Crystal Palace		A	0-0	-
Tue Oct 10, 2023	EFL Trophy	Carlisle United	1	A	2-0	-	Powell (?), Perry (?)
Sat Oct 21, 2023	League Tier 1	Luton Town		H	2-2	29,361	Wood (48, 76)
Sun Oct 29, 2023	League Tier 1	Liverpool		A	0-3	50,143
Sun Nov 05, 2023	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	2-0	29,313	Aina (5), Mangala (47)
Sun Nov 12, 2023	League Tier 1	West Ham United		A	2-3	62,740	Awoniyi (?), Elanga (?)
Tue Nov 21, 2023	EFL Trophy	Accrington Stanley	1	A	2-1	687	Thompson (18), Larsson (39)
Sat Nov 25, 2023	League Tier 1	Brighton and Hove Albion		H	2-3	-	Elanga (3), Gibbs-White (76 pen)
Sat Dec 02, 2023	League Tier 1	Everton		H	-	-
Tue Dec 05, 2023	EFL Trophy	Doncaster Rovers	1	A	-	-
Wed Dec 06, 2023	League Tier 1	Fulham		A	-	-
Sat Dec 09, 2023	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	-	-
Fri Dec 15, 2023	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		H	-	-
Sat Dec 23, 2023	League Tier 1	Bournemouth		H	-	-
Tue Dec 26, 2023	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		A	-	-
Sat Dec 30, 2023	League Tier 1	Manchester United		H	-	-
Sat Jan 20, 2024	League Tier 1	Brentford		A	-	-
Tue Jan 30, 2024	League Tier 1	Arsenal		H	-	-
Sat Feb 03, 2024	League Tier 1	Bournemouth		A	-	-
Sat Feb 10, 2024	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		H	-	-
Sat Feb 17, 2024	League Tier 1	West Ham United		H	-	-
Sat Feb 24, 2024	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	-	-
Sat Mar 02, 2024	League Tier 1	Liverpool		H	-	-
Sat Mar 09, 2024	League Tier 1	Brighton and Hove Albion		A	-	-
Sat Mar 16, 2024	League Tier 1	Luton Town		A	-	-
Sat Mar 30, 2024	League Tier 1	Crystal Palace		H	-	-
Tue Apr 02, 2024	League Tier 1	Fulham		H	-	-
Sat Apr 06, 2024	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		A	-	-
Sat Apr 13, 2024	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	-	-
Sat Apr 20, 2024	League Tier 1	Everton		A	-	-
Sat Apr 27, 2024	League Tier 1	Manchester City		H	-	-
Sat May 04, 2024	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		A	-	-
Sat May 11, 2024	League Tier 1	Chelsea		H	-	-
Sun May 19, 2024	League Tier 1	Burnley		A	-	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (16) - £92,000,000				Out (16) - £45,000,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Jul 01, 2023	Harry Griffiths	Bought		Mar 20, 2023	Fin Back	Loan Out
Jul 01, 2023	Manni Norkett	Bought		Jul 23, 2023	Dale Taylor	Loan Out
Jul 01, 2023	Will Brook	Bought		Jul 24, 2023	Aaron Donnelly	Loan Out
Jul 20, 2023	Ola Aina	Bought		Aug 01, 2023	Josh Bowler	Loan Out
Jul 25, 2023	Anthony Elanga	Bought	£15,000,000	Aug 05, 2023	Richie Laryea	Loan Out
Aug 09, 2023	Matt Turner	Bought	£1,000,000	Aug 18, 2023	Gustavo Scarpa	Loan Out
Aug 23, 2023	Gonzalo Montiel	Loan In		Aug 24, 2023	Omar Richards	Loan Out
Aug 26, 2023	Andrey Santos	Loan In		Aug 31, 2023	Lewis O'Brien	Loan Out
Sep 01, 2023	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Bought	£3,000,000	Sep 01, 2023	Brennan Johnson	Sold	£45,000,000
Sep 01, 2023	Murillo	Bought	£12,000,000	Sep 01, 2023	Jonathan Panzo	Loan Out
Sep 01, 2023	Nicol�s Dom�nguez	Bought	£10,000,000	Sep 01, 2023	Lo�c Mbe Soh	Loan Out
Sep 01, 2023	Nuno Tavares	Loan In		Sep 01, 2023	Remo Freuler	Sold
Sep 01, 2023	Odysseas Vlachodimos	Bought	£9,000,000	Sep 02, 2023	Hwang Ui-jo	Loan Out
Sep 02, 2023	Andrew Omobamidele	Bought	£12,000,000	Sep 05, 2023	Alex Mighten	Loan Out
Sep 02, 2023	Divock Origi	Loan In		Sep 15, 2023	Jonjo Shelvey	Loan Out
Sep 02, 2023	Ibrahim Sangar�	Bought	£30,000,000	Sep 18, 2023	Giulian Biancone	Sold

SQUAD

					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	Matt Turner	USA	29	11	2	4	5		1					Bought at the start of the season from Arsenal
GK	13	Wayne Hennessey	Wales	36
GK	23	Odysseas Vlachodimos	Greece	29	3	1		2							Bought at the start of the season from Benfica
Defenders
D	2	Giulian Biancone	France	23											Left to join Olympiakos at the start of the season
D	3	Nuno Tavares Loan In	Portugal	23	3	1	1	1		2					On loan from Arsenal until the end of the season
D	4	Joe Worrall	England	26	6	2	2	2			1
D	6	Andrew Omobamidele	Rep. of Ire.	21											Bought at the start of the season from Norwich City
D	7	Neco Williams	Wales	22	7	2	1	4
D	15	Harry Toffolo	England	28	8	1	3	4		1
D	18	Felipe	Brazil	34	1			1
D	19	Moussa Niakhat�	France	27	9	2	1	6		3	1
D	24	S�rge Aurier	Ivory Coast	30	12	3	3	6		3
D	26	Scott McKenna	Scotland	27	5	2	1	2
D	27	Omar Richards Loan Out	England	25											On loan to Olympiakos for the season
D	29	Gonzalo Montiel Loan In	Argentina	26	5	1	2	2		2					On loan from Sevilla until the end of the season
D	30	Willy Boly	France	32	11	2	3	6	1	1
D	36	Lo�c Mbe Soh Loan Out	France	22											On loan to Almere City for the season
D	39	Jonathan Panzo Loan Out	England	23											On loan to Cardiff City for the season
D	40	Murillo	Brazil	21	7	1	3	3		1					Bought at the start of the season from Corinthians
D	43	Ola Aina	England	27	10	2	2	6	1	3					Bought at the start of the season from Torino
D		Richie Laryea Loan Out	Canada	28											On loan to Vancouver Whitecaps for the season
Midfielders
M	5	Orel Mangala	Belgium	25	12	3	4	5	1	3
M	6	Ibrahim Sangar�	Ivory Coast	26	8	1	4	3		3					Bought at the start of the season from PSV Eindhoven
M	8	Cheikhou Kouyat�	Senegal	33	8	2	3	3		2
M	10	Morgan Gibbs-White	England	23	14	3	4	7	1	3
M	12	Andrey Santos Loan In	Brazil	19	2			2							On loan from Chelsea until the end of the season
M	14	Callum Hudson-Odoi	England	23	6		3	3	1						Bought at the start of the season from Chelsea
M	14	Gustavo Scarpa Loan Out	Brazil	29											On loan to Olympiakos for the season
M	16	Nicol�s Dom�nguez	Argentina	25	8	1	3	4	1						Bought at the start of the season from Bologna
M	22	Ryan Yates	England	26	11	3	3	5		2
M	23	Remo Freuler	Switz	31											Left to join Bologna at the start of the season
M	28	Danilo	Brazil	22	7	3		4		1
M	32	Lewis O'Brien Loan Out	England	25											On loan to Middlesbrough for the season
M	41	Brandon Aguilera	Costa Rica	20	1			1
M		Fin Back Loan Out	England	21											On loan to Carlisle United for the season
M		Ollie Hammond Loan Out	England	21											On loan to Cheltenham Town until the end of the season
Forwards
F	9	Taiwo Awoniyi	Nigeria	26	11	3	2	6	4	1
F	11	Chris Wood	New Zealand	32	12	2	4	6	3
F	17	Alex Mighten Loan Out	England	21											On loan to KV Kortrijk (in Belgium) for the season
F	20	Brennan Johnson	Wales	22	4	1		3		1					Left to join Spurs at the start of the season
F	21	Anthony Elanga	Sweden	21	14	3	4	7	3	1					Bought at the start of the season from Manchester United
F	27	Divock Origi Loan In	Belgium	28	6		3	3		1					On loan from AC Milan until the end of the season
F	35	Hwang Ui-jo Loan Out	S Korea	31											On loan to Norwich City for the season
F	49	Detlef Osong	England	19	1			1	1	1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
4	Taiwo Awoniyi	11
3	Anthony Elanga	14
3	Chris Wood	12
1	Ben Perry	3
1	Callum Hudson-Odoi	6
1	Detlef Osong	1
1	Jack Thompson	2
1	Josh Powell	3
1	Julian Larsson	1
1	Morgan Gibbs-White	14
1	Nicol�s Dom�nguez	8
1	Ola Aina	10
1	Orel Mangala	12
1	Willy Boly	11

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score