Nottingham Forest 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017
Result
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Nottingham Forest defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 19 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Barrie McKay opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Barrie McKay (16') and Daryl Murphy (79', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Ben Gibson (83').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 5th on 6 points from 3 and Middlesbrough 4th on 6 points from 3. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rudy Gestede of Middlesbrough (8.0), ahead of Joe Worrall (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 3 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read L-W-W and Middlesbrough's W-W-L.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Tendayi Darikwa
- 16'Goal · Barrie McKay
- 18'Yellow card · Armand Traore
- 39'Yellow card · Adam Clayton
- 63'Yellow card · Dael Fry
- 76'Yellow card · Britt Assombalonga
- 79'Penalty goal · Daryl Murphy
- 83'Goal · Ben Gibson
- 89'Yellow card · Ben Gibson
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jordan Smith, Matthew Mills, Armand Traore, Tendayi Darikwa, Joe Worrall, Barrie McKay, Ben Osborn, Kieran Dowell, David Vaughan, Andreas Bouchalakis, Daryl Murphy
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Darren Randolph, George Friend, Ben Gibson, Dael Fry, Cyrus Christie, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, Adam Forshaw, Britt Assombalonga, Patrick Bamford, Rudy Gestede