Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017
Result
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield United
Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield United: match report
Nottingham Forest won against Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.
John Lundstram opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from J. Cummings (9') and Kieran Dowell (27'). Sheffield United scored through John Lundstram (3').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 16th on 12 points from 10 and Sheffield United 2nd on 21 points from 10. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Sheffield United 10th with 69.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Duffy of Sheffield United (8.2), ahead of Enda Stevens (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 3 draws and 2 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 3'Goal · John Lundstram
- 9'Goal · J. Cummings
- 21'Yellow card · John Lundstram
- 27'Goal · Kieran Dowell
- 44'Yellow card · Paul Coutts
- 83'Yellow card · Andreas Bouchalakis
- 84'Yellow card · Ben Osborn
- 88'Yellow card · Liam Bridcutt
- 90+3'Yellow card · M. Duffy
- 90+4'Yellow card · Enda Stevens
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-1-2)
Jordan Smith, Michael Mancienne, Danny Fox, Joe Worrall, Armand Traore, Liam Bridcutt, Ben Osborn, Tendayi Darikwa, Daryl Murphy, Kieran Dowell, Jason Cummings
Sheffield United line-up (3-5-1-1)
Pavel Kucera, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Cameron Carter-Vickers, George Baldock, Enda Stevens, John Fleck, John Lundstram, Paul Coutts, Clayton Donaldson, Mark Duffy