Nottingham Forest 3-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Bolton Wanderers
Championship · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Nottingham Forest 3-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Nottingham Forest beat Bolton Wanderers 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 December 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Barrie McKay opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Barrie McKay (3'), Joe Worrall (60') and B. Brereton (89'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Will Buckley (45') and an own goal by Joe Worrall (90+2').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 13th on 27 points from 20 and Bolton Wanderers 21st on 16 points from 20. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Bolton Wanderers 21st with 43.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tyler Walker of Nottingham Forest (7.8), ahead of Liam Bridcutt (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 5 draws and 0 for Bolton Wanderers.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Barrie McKay
- 30'Yellow card · Antonee Robinson
- 32'Yellow card · Matthew Mills
- 45'Goal · Will Buckley
- 60'Goal · Joe Worrall
- 87'Yellow card · Karl Henry
- 89'Goal · B. Brereton
- 90+2'Yellow card · Liam Bridcutt
- 90+2'Own goal · Joe Worrall
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Michael Mancienne, Matthew Mills, Joe Worrall, Liam Bridcutt, Barrie McKay, Ben Osborn, Kieran Dowell, Tyler Walker, Daryl Murphy
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Alnwick, Mark Little, Mark Beevers, Antonee Robinson, Reece Burke, Josh Vela, Sammy Ameobi, Will Buckley, Darren Pratley, Karl Henry, Gary Madine