BRISTOL. Nottingham Forest was able to turn the table against Bristol City to win 2-1. It was Bristol City to strike first with a goal of A. Scott at the 40′. Then it was a penalty in the 90′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Taylor gave the win to Nottingham Forest in the 90′ minute with a goal. Nottingham Forest was vastly superior ball possession (61%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Steve Martin who was helped by Mark Pottage and Ian Cooper. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.2 degrees Celsius or 61.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
- 9 Total 15
- 2 On Target 6
- 5 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 108 Attack 115
- 22 Dangerous attack 53
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 9
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Nottingham Forest had a strong ball possession 61% while Bristol City was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nottingham Forest was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nottingham Forest won the match.
Bristol City shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Nottingham Forest shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Bristol City received 1 yellow card (A. Scott). On the opposite side, Nottingham Forest didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Bristol City will stay with 16 points to stay in the 13th place. On the other side, Nottingham Forest will have 17 points like Blackburn Rovers to stay in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away with West Bromwich Albion on the 23rd of October with a 6-2 head to head in favor of West Bromwich Albion (2 draws).
Nottingham Forest will host Fulham on the 24th of October with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Fulham (1 draw).
Bristol City – Formation
Bristol City
66'
66'
40'
The manager Nigel Pearson decided to play with the following team: D. Bentley, N. Baker, T. Kalas, J. Dasilva, R. Atkinson, M. James, C. Martin, A. Weimann, N. Wells, G. Tanner and A. Scott.
The home team had on the bench: C. Pring, K. Palmer, H. Massengo, C. O’Dowda, T. Bakinson, D. Simpson and M. O’Leary.
Substitutions
Bristol City made 3 changes: C. Martin for H. Massengo (66′), A. Scott for K. Palmer (77′) and N. Wells for C. O’Dowda (83′).
Nottingham Forest – Formation
Nottingham Forest
On the other side, Steve Cooper played with: B. Samba, Tobias Figueiredo, M. Lowe, S. McKenna, J. Worrall, D. Spence, R. Yates, J. Garner, B. Johnson, L. Grabban and P. Zinckernagel.
The following players were sitting on the bench: João Carvalho, J. Lolley, L. Taylor, E. Horvath, J. Colback, A. Mighten and G. Bong.
Substitutions
Nottingham Forest made 3 changes: T. Figueiredo for A. Mighten (66′), P. Zinckernagel for J. Lolley (77′) and L. Grabban for L. Taylor (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Bristol City – Nottingham Forest – 1-2
- Derby County – Luton Town – 2-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Blackburn Rovers – 1-0
- Sheffield United – Millwall – 1-2
- Stoke City – AFC Bournemouth – 0-1
