Barnsley 2-5 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Friday 25 November 2016
Result
Barnsley 2-5 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Friday 25 November 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-3
Barnsley 2-5 Nottingham Forest: match report
Barnsley lost to Nottingham Forest 2-5 in the Championship on Friday 25 November 2016. The half-time score was 2-3.
Sam Winnall opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Sam Winnall (5') and Marley Watkins (14'). Nottingham Forest scored through Nicolás Frutos (13'), Apostolos Vellios (24'), Nicolás Frutos (45+1'), Ben Osborn (63') and Nicolás Frutos (82', penalty).
Discipline: Barnsley received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Barnsley were 16th on 21 points from 17 and Nottingham Forest 19th on 19 points from 17. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.
Barnsley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Henri Lansbury of Nottingham Forest (8.9), ahead of Ben Osborn (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barnsley wins, 4 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Sam Winnall
- 13'Goal · Nicolás Frutos
- 14'Goal · Marley Watkins
- 24'Goal · Apostolos Vellios
- 45+1'Goal · Nicolás Frutos
- 61'Yellow card · Danny Fox
- 63'Goal · Ben Osborn
- 66'Red card · Marley Watkins
- 82'Penalty goal · Nicolás Frutos
Head-to-head
Team news
Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Davies, James Bree, M. Roberts, Adam Jackson, Andy Yiadom, Marley Watkins, Josh Scowen, C. Hourihane, Adam Hammill, Sam Winnall, Adam Armstrong
Nottingham Forest line-up (3-5-1-1)
Vladimir Stojkovic, Matthew Mills, Damien Perquis, Joe Worrall, Michael Mancienne, Pajtim Kasami, Thomas Lam, Henri Lansbury, Danny Fox, Ben Osborn, Apostolos Vellios