NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Forest beats Fulham 3-1. Nottingham Forest was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Callum Hudson-Odoi (9′), Chris Wood (19′) and Morgan Gibbs-White (45′). Fulham reduced the distance with a goal (49′) by Tosin Adarabioyo, but there was not much to do for them. Fulham was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Tuesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 28,997 spectators. The referee was Michael Oliver with the collaboration of Stuart Burt and Daniel Cook. The 4th official was Darren England. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 13.17 degrees Celsius or 55.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 16 Total 18
- 4 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 13
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 60 Attack 126
- 27 Dangerous attack 90
- 76 Ball safe 68
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 8
Fouls
- 9 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Fulham had a superior ball possession 67% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fulham was more pushing with 90 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Nottingham Forest managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Nottingham Forest shot 16 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fulham shot 18 times, 3 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card (Matt Turner). Regarding the opposition, Fulham didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Nottingham Forest has 25 points to remain in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Fulham will stays with 39 points to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest will play away with Tottenham Hotspur on the 6th of April with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (0 draws).
Fulham will host Newcastle United on the 6th of April with a 11-11 head to head statistic.
Nottingham Forest – Formation
Nottingham Forest
83'
45'
64'
Nottingham Forest adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo decided to play with the following team: Felipe, Matz Sels , Neco Williams , Andrew Omobamidele , Murillo , Ola Aina , Ryan Yates , Danilo , Anthony Elanga , Morgan Gibbs-White , Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood .
The home team had on the bench: Matt Turner, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Nicolás Domínguez , Moussa Niakhaté, Divock Origi , Gonzalo Montiel, Harry Toffolo , Ibrahim Sangaré and Giovanni Reyna .
Substitutions
Nottingham Forest made 4 changes: Callum Hudson-Odoi for Divock Origi (70′), Morgan Gibbs-White for Giovanni Reyna (77′), Anthony Elanga for Nicolás Domínguez (83′) and Ola Aina for H. Toffolo (83′).
Player of the match: Morgan Gibbs-White
The player that probably impressed the most for Nottingham Forest was Morgan Gibbs-White.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.
Fulham – Formation
Fulham
Also Fulham adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva played with: Bernd Leno , Kenny Tete , Tosin Adarabioyo , Calvin Bassey , Antonee Robinson , Saša Lukić , João Palhinha , Harry Wilson , Andreas Pereira , Alex Iwobi , Rodrigo Muniz .
They had on the bench: Timothy Castagne, Marek Rodák, Harrison Reed , Raúl Jiménez, Tom Cairney , Tim Ream, Bobby De Cordova-Reid , Adama Traoré and Willian .
Substitutions
Fulham made 5 changes: Saša Lukić for Tom Cairney (33′), Alex Iwobi for Adama Traoré (33′), Harry Wilson for Willian (33′), Andreas Pereira for Bobby De Cordova-Reid (71′) and João Palhinha for Harrison Reed (71′).
Player of the match: Andreas Pereira
The most impressive player for Fulham was Andreas Pereira.
His rating is with 40 passes (90% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 12 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Newcastle United – Everton – 1-1
- West Ham United – Tottenham Hotspur – 1-1
- Nottingham Forest – Fulham – 3-1
- Burnley – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 1-1
- AFC Bournemouth – Crystal Palace – 1-0
