Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Sheffield Wednesday beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 September 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Nicolás Frutos opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Kieran Lee (68') and Kieran Lee (90+1'). Nottingham Forest scored through Nicolás Frutos (35').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 12th on 11 points from 8 and Nottingham Forest 11th on 11 points from 8. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Lee of Sheffield Wednesday (8.3), ahead of Henri Lansbury (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 2 draws and 5 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Nicolás Frutos
- 68'Goal · Kieran Lee
- 90+1'Goal · Kieran Lee
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ben Osborn
- 90+4'Yellow card · Almen Abdi
- 90+4'Yellow card · Almen Abdi
- 90+6'Yellow card · Nicolás Frutos
- 90+6'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Tom Lees, Sam Hutchinson, Adam Reach, Ross Wallace, Kieran Lee, Barry Bannan, Fernando Forestieri, Gary Hooper, Steven Fletcher
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-3)
Vladimir Stojkovic, Hildeberto Pereira, Matthew Mills, Michael Mancienne, Eric Lichaj, Jorge Grant, Chris Cohen, Henri Lansbury, Mustapha Carayol, Apostolos Vellios, Ben Osborn