Nottingham Forest 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 February 2017
Result
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 18 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Nottingham Forest 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Nottingham Forest were beaten by Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 18 February 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Almen Abdi opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Ben Osborn (60'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Almen Abdi (28') and F. Forestieri (52').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 17th on 36 points from 32 and Sheffield Wednesday 6th on 55 points from 31. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 4th with 83.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Osborn of Nottingham Forest (7.5), level with Sam Hutchinson (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Kieren Westwood
- 27'Missed penalty · Ross McCormack
- 28'Goal · Almen Abdi
- 30'Yellow card · Almen Abdi
- 32'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
- 52'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 53'Yellow card · F. Forestieri
- 57'Yellow card · Jamie Ward
- 60'Goal · Ben Osborn
- 78'Yellow card · Jack Hunt
- 90+5'Yellow card · Danny Fox
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-4-2)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Joe Worrall, Danny Fox, Dani Pinillos, Matty Cash, David Vaughan, Ben Osborn, Jamie Ward, Ben Brereton Díaz, Ross McCormack
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Vincent Sasso, Glenn Loovens, Daniel Pudil, Adam Reach, Almen Abdi, Sam Hutchinson, Barry Bannan, J. Rhodes, Fernando Forestieri