Nottingham Forest 3-0 Barnsley: result and report

Nottingham Forest 3-0 Barnsley

Championship · Tuesday 24 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Nottingham Forest beat Barnsley 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 24 April 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lee Tomlin opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Lee Tomlin (26'), B. Brereton (36') and Apostolos Vellios (90'). Barnsley did not score.

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 17th on 49 points from 43 and Barnsley 22nd on 38 points from 43. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 41.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-3-3 and Barnsley in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Tomlin of Nottingham Forest (9.3), ahead of Michael Mancienne (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 4 draws and 3 for Barnsley.

Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Barnsley's L-D-L-W-D.