Nottingham Forest 2-0 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2017
Result
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Burton Albion
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Nottingham Forest 2-0 Burton Albion: match report
Nottingham Forest beat Burton Albion 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 21 October 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Barrie McKay opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Barrie McKay (58') and Eric Lichaj (78'). Burton Albion did not score.
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 14th on 15 points from 12 and Burton Albion 22nd on 10 points from 12. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Barrie McKay of Nottingham Forest (8.3), ahead of Eric Lichaj (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 0 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 47'Yellow card · Ben Turner
- 57'Yellow card · Luke Murphy
- 58'Goal · Barrie McKay
- 78'Goal · Eric Lichaj
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Michael Mancienne, Armand Traore, Danny Fox, Liam Bridcutt, Barrie McKay, Ben Osborn, David Vaughan, Jason Cummings, Daryl Murphy
Burton Albion line-up (3-4-3)
Stephen Bywater, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Jake Buxton, John Brayford, Stephen Warnock, Jamie Allen, Luke Murphy, Sean Scannell, Lucas Akins, Lloyd Dyer