Newcastle United 3-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Friday 30 December 2016
Result
Newcastle United 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Friday 30 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Newcastle United 3-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Newcastle United beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the Championship on Friday 30 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Matt Ritchie opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Matt Ritchie (4'), Dwight Gayle (63') and Dwight Gayle (80'). Nottingham Forest scored through N. Dumitru (29').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 2nd on 50 points from 23 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 26 points from 23. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dwight Gayle of Newcastle United (8.7), ahead of Matt Ritchie (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 0 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Matt Ritchie
- 12'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 26'Yellow card · Thomas Lam
- 29'Goal · N. Dumitru
- 53'Yellow card · Jack Colback
- 59'Yellow card · Matthew Mills
- 60'Second yellow · Matthew Mills
- 61'Yellow card · Hildeberto
- 63'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 65'Yellow card · DeAndre Yedlin
- 80'Goal · Dwight Gayle
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Karl Darlow, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Jack Colback, Isaac Hayden, Christian Atsu, Ayoze Pérez, Dwight Gayle
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vladimir Stojkovic, Matty Cash, Matthew Mills, Jack Hobbs, Eric Lichaj, Pajtim Kasami, Thomas Lam, Nicolao Dumitru, Hildeberto Pereira, Ben Osborn, Nicklas Bendtner