Nottingham Forest recovers a 0-1 deficit to conquer Hull City 2-1

NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Forest was capable to reverse the scoreline against Hull City to win 2-1.

December 19, 2021

NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Forest succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Hull City to win 2-1. It was Hull City to strike first with a goal of K. Lewis-Potter at the 43′. Then it was a penalty in the 55′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Johnson gave the win to Nottingham Forest in the 72′ minute.

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 John Busby with the collaboration of Rob Smith and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Keith Stroud. The weather was foggy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.3 degrees Celsius or 41.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.

Match Statistics

Nottingham Forest

2 - 1

Hull City

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

9 Total 11
3 On Target 2
6 Off Target 9
0 Shots blocked 0

80 Attack 93
52 Dangerous attack 46
0 Ball safe 0

1 Penalties 0
5 Corners 5

Fouls

7 Total 12
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Nottingham Forest was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Hull City that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nottingham Forest was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nottingham Forest won the match.

Nottingham Forest shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Hull City shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards (J. Colback and J. Worrall). Talking about the opposition, Hull City received 5 yellow cards (S. McLoughlin, R. Longman, R. Smallwood, N. Baxter and D. Bernard).

Match Timeline

17'

Sean McLoughlin- Yellow

29'

36'

40'

43'

52'

54'

55'

56'

64'

72'

79'

81'

83'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Nottingham Forest will have 34 points like Coventry City to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Hull City will stay with 23 points to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Nottingham Forest will play away against Middlesbrough on the 26th of December with a 8-8 head to head.

Hull City will host Blackburn Rovers on the 26th of December with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Blackburn Rovers (3 draws).

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest

Brice Samba 30.France

6.6

S. McKenna 26.Scotland

7.3

Joe Worrall 4.England

6.8

72'

Ryan Yates 22.England

7.1

Jordi Osei-Tutu 24.England

6.2

40'

Djed Spence 2.England

6.9

Jack Colback 8.England

7.0

29'

James Garner 37.England

7.1

Brennan Johnson 20.Wales

7.2

72'

L. Grabban 7.England

7.6

55'

Philip Zinckernagel 11.Denmark

6.7

79'

Substitutes

Ethan Horvath 1.United States

G. Bong 13.Cameroon

Tobias Figueiredo 3.Portugal

6.2

79'

Cafú 18.Portugal

João Carvalho 10.Portugal

6.7

56'

A. Mighten 17.England

7.1

40'

Lyle Taylor 33.Montserrat

Nottingham Forest started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Steve Cooper decided to play with the following team: Brice Samba (6.6), Joe Worrall (6.8), Ryan Yates (7.1), Scott McKenna (7.3), Djed Spence (6.9), James Garner (7.1), Jack Colback (7.0), Jordi Osei-Tutu (6.2), Brennan Johnson (7.2), Philip Zinckernagel (6.7) and Lewis Grabban (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Ethan Horvath, Alex Mighten (7.1), Cafú, Gaëtan Bong, Tobias Figueiredo (6.2), Lyle Taylor and João Carvalho (6.7).

Nottingham Forest could not rely on the presence of A. Mighten (injured) and L. Grabban (injured).

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made only 1 change substituting J. Osei-Tutu for A. Mighten (40′).

Best player: Lewis Grabban

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nottingham Forest was Lewis Grabban.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Hull City – Formation

Hull City

Nathan Baxter 13.England

6.4

54'

Di'Shon Bernard 24.Jamaica

6.5

83'

Sean McLoughlin 17.Republic of Ireland

7.2

17'

Jacob Greaves 4.England

6.8

Richard Smallwood 6.England

6.7

52'

Greg Docherty 8.Scotland

7.3

Ryan Longman 16.England

6.5

64'

36'

Keane Lewis-Potter 11.England

6.8

43'

George Honeyman 10.England

7.0

Josh Magennis 27.Northern Ireland

6.4

81'

Mallik Wilks 7.England

6.2

64'

Substitutes

Matt Ingram 1.England

Callum Elder 3.Australia

6.6

64'

Randell Williams 19.England

T. Huddlestone 23.England

Andy Cannon 14.England

Tyler Smith 22.England

6.5

64'

Tom Eaves 9.England

6.9

81'

Hull City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Grant McCann played with: Nathan Baxter (6.4), Di’Shon Bernard (6.5), Sean McLoughlin (7.2), Jacob Greaves (6.8), Ryan Longman (6.5), Richard Smallwood (6.7), Greg Docherty (7.3), Keane Lewis-Potter (6.8), George Honeyman (7.0), Mallik Wilks (6.2) and Josh Magennis (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Tyler Smith (6.5), Matt Ingram, Randell Williams, Tom Eaves (6.9), Tom Huddlestone, Callum Elder (6.6) and Andy Cannon.

Substitutions

Hull City made 5 changes: R. Longman for C. Elder (64′), M. Wilks for T. Smith (64′), M. Wilks for T. Smith (64′), J. Magennis for T. Eaves (81′) and J. Magennis for T. Eaves (81′).