LONDON. Nottingham Forest snatched a late win Millwall 1-0 after L. Grabban scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the The Den stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Bankes with the collaboration of Ian Hussin and Daniel Leach. The 4th official was Charles Breakspear. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.7 degrees Celsius or 40.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Millwall was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Nottingham Forest that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Millwall was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Nottingham Forest succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Millwall shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Nottingham Forest shot 23 times, 6 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

Millwall received 1 yellow card (D. McNamara). On the opposite side, Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards (D. Spence and S. McKenna).

Standings

After this contest, Millwall will stay with 33 points like Blackpool to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Nottingham Forest will have 37 points like Coventry City to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Millwall will play away with Blackpool on the 22nd of January with a 5-5 head to head stats.

Nottingham Forest will host Derby County on the 22nd of January with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Derby County (11 draws).

Millwall – Formation

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

The manager Gary Rowett decided to play with the following team: Bartosz Białkowski (7.8), Shaun Hutchinson (5.8), Jake Cooper (7.6), Murray Wallace (7.3), Dan McNamara (6.6), Billy Mitchell (7.0), George Evans (6.6), Scott Malone (7.0), Sheyi Ojo (6.8), Tom Bradshaw (7.1) and Benik Afobe (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Matt Smith, Connor Mahoney, Ben Thompson (6.7), Mason Bennett (7.3), George Long, Tyler Burey and Maikel Kieftenbeld.

Millwall could not rely on the presence of M. Bennett (injured).

Substitutions

Millwall made 2 changes: T. Bradshaw for M. Bennett (28′) and S. Ojo for B. Thompson (46′).

Best player: Bartosz Białkowski​

The most impressive player for Millwall was the goalkeeper: Bartosz Białkowski. His rating is 7.83. He performed 6 saves.

Nottingham Forest – Formation

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

Steve Cooper played with: Brice Samba (8.2), Joe Worrall (7.6), Steve Cook (7.8), Scott McKenna (7.1), Djed Spence (6.8), Ryan Yates (7.3), James Garner (7.2), Jack Colback (7.9), Lewis Grabban (7.7), Brennan Johnson (6.9) and Keinan Davis (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Gaëtan Bong, Philip Zinckernagel (6.8), Ethan Horvath, Tobias Figueiredo, Lyle Taylor, Cafú and Xande Silva.

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made only 1 change substituting K. Davis for P. Zinckernagel (73′)​.

Best player: Brice Samba​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nottingham Forest was the goalkeeper: Brice Samba. His rating is 8.15. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Cardiff City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-1
• Derby County – Sheffield United – 2-0
• Fulham – Bristol City – 6-2
• Huddersfield Town – Swansea City – 1-1
• Luton Town – AFC Bournemouth – 3-2
• Middlesbrough – Reading – 2-1
• Millwall – Nottingham Forest – 0-1
• Peterborough United – Coventry City – 1-4
• Preston North End – Birmingham City – 1-1
• Queens Park Rangers – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0