Match Report
| Nottingham Forest | Nottingham Forest |  |  | Sunderland | Sunderland | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Damien Fox | D. Fox |  | 60 | G |  | 1 | | G | 64 |  | Alejandro Munoz | A. Munoz | |||||||||
| Noel Lumsdon | N. Lumsdon | | 58 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 |  | Oscar Silva | O. Silva | |||||||||
| Nick Dodd | N. Dodd | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 61 | | Stan Andrews | S. Andrews | |||||||||
| Spiros Andriopoulos | S. Andriopoulos |  | 50 | D | | 4 | | D | 52 | | Alan Robson | A. Robson | |||||||||
| Mike Scales | M. Scales | | 48 | D | | 5 | | D | 48 | | Graham Rufus | G. Rufus | |||||||||
| Paul Woodcock | P. Woodcock | | 64 | M | | 6 | | M | 61 |  | Nikos Lamey | N. Lamey | |||||||||
| Dennis Mckay | D. Mckay | | 51 | M | | 7 | | M | 60 | | Bill Lawton | B. Lawton | |||||||||
| Kieron Oliver | K. Oliver | | 48 | M | | 8 | | M | 54 | | Fredrik Carrick | F. Carrick | |||||||||
| James Shields | J. Shields | | 62 | A | | 9 | | M | 52 | | Leon Middleton | L. Middleton | |||||||||
| Darius Allman | D. Allman | | 50 | A | | 10 | | A | 61 |  | Tommaso Greco | T. Greco | |||||||||
| Arthur Eustace | A. Eustace | | 49 | A | | 11 | | A | 59 | | Mervin Blake | M. Blake | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at City Ground where Nottingham Forest play host to Sunderland. Its a sell-out today with the 5,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Nottingham Forest are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Sunderland appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Nottingham Forest are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Sunderland appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Sunderland start the game by kicking off the first half!
9.20
1-0Kieron Oliver deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Darius Allman. Darius Allman plays a perfect one-two with Arthur Eustace and rushes in on goal... Darius Allman rockets a shot on goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
12.40
1-0Noel Lumsdon knocks the ball to his team mate, Dennis Mckay. Dennis Mckay takes it forward alone. Dennis Mckay knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
16.07
1-0Alan Robson threads the ball through to Bill Lawton. Bill Lawton surges forward with the ball. Bill Lawton shoots from long range but it goes wide for a goal kick.
18.09
1-0Leon Middleton kicks a strong pass forward to Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco shoots from outside the area. The ball comes in low, but Damien Fox easily smothers it!
20.59
Mike Scales makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Kieron Oliver. Kieron Oliver controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Arthur Eustace. Arthur Eustace plays a perfect one-two with Darius Allman and rushes in on goal... Arthur Eustace takes a shot at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
21.39
Nick Dodd advances with the ball. Nick Dodd knocks the ball forward to Arthur Eustace. Arthur Eustace knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
22.23
Graham Rufus makes a probing pass to Fredrik Carrick. Fredrik Carrick makes a simple pass to Mervin Blake. Mervin Blake shoots from outside the area but it is miles over!
33.23
Dennis Mckay threads the ball through to Arthur Eustace. Arthur Eustace goes all the way! Arthur Eustace shoots from just inside the box but he balloons it over the crossbar!
34.01
Dennis Mckay threads the ball through to Arthur Eustace. Arthur Eustace sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
38.05
1-0Spiros Andriopoulos catches Tommaso Greco in the face with his elbow. Spiros Andriopoulos is shown the red card!! Tommaso Greco rubs his head but gets up unharmed.
40.41
1-0Mervin Blake hacks Arthur Eustace from behind! Mervin Blake is given a warning by the referee! Arthur Eustace runs off the knock.
42.56
Bill Lawton makes a probing pass to Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with Nottingham Forest kicking off!
49.23
Alan Robson makes a simple pass to Bill Lawton. Bill Lawton makes a simple pass to Mervin Blake. Mervin Blake tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
51.23
Bill Lawton deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Mervin Blake. Mervin Blake knocks in a cross ball towards Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco flicks the ball with his head but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
53.28
1-0Bill Lawton makes a probing pass to Mervin Blake. Mervin Blake kicks a strong pass forward to Tommaso Greco but the referee indicates it's offside!
54.52
Dennis Mckay controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Darius Allman. Darius Allman goes all the way! Darius Allman rockets a shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
55.04
Oscar Silva knocks the ball to his team mate, Fredrik Carrick. Fredrik Carrick threads the ball through to Mervin Blake. Mervin Blake shoots from 20 yards but it is miles over!
60.14
Fredrik Carrick decides to run forward with the ball. Fredrik Carrick shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
69.17
Bill Lawton knocks the ball forward to Tommaso Greco. Tommaso Greco shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
73.31
Nick Dodd knocks the ball forward to Dennis Mckay. Dennis Mckay makes a probing pass to Darius Allman. Darius Allman finds some space and shoots from distance but Alejandro Munoz is on top of it.
78.10
1-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
2
1
Shots off Target
4
8
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
0
Possession
48.7%
51.3%
Play Area
32.9%
46.1%
21.1%
Scorers