NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Forest overcomes Peterborough United with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Garner (72′) and a goal from R. Yates (84′).

The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Bramall assisted by Nick Greenhalgh and Adrian Waters. The 4th official was David Webb. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.6 degrees Celsius or 42.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nottingham Forest was in firm control of the ball 55% while Peterborough United was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nottingham Forest was was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nottingham Forest won the match​.

Nottingham Forest shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Peterborough United shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card (B. Samba). Talking about the opposition, Peterborough United received 4 yellow cards (J. Clarke-Harris, D. Butler, N. Thompson and R. Edwards).

Standings

After this match, Nottingham Forest will have 28 points like Luton Town to sit in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Peterborough United will stay with 16 points to hold in the 22nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Nottingham Forest will play away with Swansea City on the 11th of December with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Swansea City (8 draws).

Peterborough United will host Millwall on the 11th of December with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Millwall (1 draw).

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Steve Cooper decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba (7.7), Djed Spence (6.8), Joe Worrall (6.9), Scott McKenna (6.8), Jack Colback (7.3), Braian Ojeda (6.6), Ryan Yates (7.8), Brennan Johnson (7.4), James Garner (8.6), Philip Zinckernagel (6.8) and Lewis Grabban (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Gaëtan Bong, João Carvalho, Ethan Horvath, Cafú (6.8), Tobias Figueiredo, Lyle Taylor (6.8) and Alex Mighten.

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 2 changes: B. Ojeda for Cafu (80′) and L. Grabban for L. Taylor (85′).

Best player: James Garner​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nottingham Forest was James Garner.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 38 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.

Peterborough United – Formation

Peterborough United started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Darren Ferguson played with: David Cornell (6.3), Josh Knight (7.0), Ronnie Edwards (6.6), Dan Butler (7.0), Nathan Thompson (7.1), Jorge Grant (7.0), Oliver Norburn (6.5), Harrison Burrows (6.6), Jack Taylor (6.9), Siriki Dembélé (6.9) and Jonson Clarke-Harris (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Frankie Kent, Joseph Tomlinson, Conor Coventry (6.4), Sammie Szmodics (6.2), Mark Beevers, Will Blackmore and Kai Corbett.

Substitutions

Peterborough United made 2 changes: H. Burrows for C. Coventry (68′) and O. Norburn for S. Szmodics (78′).

Best player: Nathan Thompson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Peterborough United was Nathan Thompson.

His rating is (7.1) with 26 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Barnsley – Huddersfield Town – 1-1
• Blackburn Rovers – Preston North End – 1-0
• Blackpool – Luton Town – 0-3
• Bristol City – Derby County – 1-0
• Cardiff City – Sheffield United – 2-3
• Coventry City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-2
• Middlesbrough – Swansea City – 1-0
• Millwall – Birmingham City – 3-1
• Nottingham Forest – Peterborough United – 2-0
• Reading – Hull City – 1-1