Nottingham Forest 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016

Result

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Nottingham Forest · Wolverhampton Wanderers · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Nottingham Forest lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Hélder Costa opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Nottingham Forest did not score. Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Hélder Costa (40') and Ivan Cavaleiro (79').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 15th on 26 points from 21 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 21st on 22 points from 21. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 14th with 58.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hélder Costa of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.1), ahead of Ivan Cavaleiro (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 2 draws and 3 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · J. PriceWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 32'Yellow card · Apostolos VelliosNottingham Forest
  • 40'Goal · Hélder CostaWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Matthew MillsNottingham Forest
  • 78'Yellow card · Matt DohertyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 79'Goal · Ivan CavaleiroWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Ivan CavaleiroWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vladimir Stojkovic, Michael Mancienne, Matthew Mills, Joe Worrall, Eric Lichaj, Pajtim Kasami, Jorge Grant, Mustapha Carayol, Matty Cash, Ben Osborn, Apostolos Vellios

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carl Ikeme, Conor Coady, Danny Batth, Richard Stearman, Matt Doherty, Dave Edwards, Jack Price, Hélder Costa, Bright Enobakhare, Ivan Cavaleiro, Nouha Dicko