NOTTINGHAM. Cardiff City was able to turn the table against Nottingham Forest to win 2-1. It was Nottingham Forest to strike first with a goal of L. Grabban at the 23′. Then it was a goal in the 58′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. Colwill gave the win to Cardiff City in the 73′ minute with a goal scoring a double.
The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Dean Whitestone who had the assistance of Mark Pottage and Geoffrey Liddle. The 4th official was Joshua Smith. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.7 degrees Celsius or 63.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Nottingham Forest started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up. On the other side, Cardiff City adopted for a 4-1-3-2 formation.
Nottingham Forest – Formation
Nottingham Forest
81'
23'
Chris Hughton decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba , Djed Spence , Joe Worrall , Scott McKenna , Max Lowe , Philip Zinckernagel , Ryan Yates , James Garner , Brennan Johnson , Lewis Grabban and Lyle Taylor .
The home team had on the bench: Tobias Figueiredo, Ethan Horvath, Jack Colback, Joe Lolley, Loïc Mbe Soh, João Carvalho and Alex Mighten.
Best player: Lewis Grabban
The player that probably impressed the most for Nottingham Forest was Lewis Grabban.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 5.
Cardiff City – Formation
Cardiff City
77'
On the other side, Mick Hughton played with: Dillon Phillips , Perry Ng , Sean Morrison , Aden Flint , Curtis Nelson , Marlon Pack , Leandro Bacuna, Sam Bowen , Will Vaulks , Joel Bagan and James Collins , Mark Harris .
They had on the bench: Mark McGuinness, Alex Smithies, Kieffer Moore , Thomas Sang, Rubin Colwill , Kieron Evans and Ciaron Brown.
Best player: Rubin Colwill
The player that probably impressed the most for Cardiff City was Rubin Colwill.
His rating is with 2 goals, 2 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 57′.
Match report
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 9 Total 16
- 1 On Target 5
- 8 Off Target 11
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 58 Attack 77
- 18 Dangerous attack 51
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Nottingham Forest was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Cardiff City that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Cardiff City was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cardiff City won the match.
Nottingham Forest shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Cardiff City shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Nottingham Forest didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other sidee, Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards (W. Vaulks and ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Nottingham Forest will stay with 1 points to stay in the 24th place. On the opposite side, Cardiff City will have 11 points to stay in the 8th place.
In the next match in the Championship, Nottingham Forest will host against Middlesbrough on the 15th of September with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Nottingham Forest (7 draws). Cardiff City will play away against Coventry City on the 15th of September with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (5 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
