Nottingham Forest 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Result

Nottingham Forest 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Nottingham Forest 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2017. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Adam Reach opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Nottingham Forest did not score. Sheffield Wednesday scored through Adam Reach (5'), Jordan Rhodes (45+1', penalty) and Lucas João (65').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 13th on 31 points from 23 and Sheffield Wednesday 16th on 27 points from 23. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 15th with 57.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Reach of Sheffield Wednesday (8.5), ahead of Joe Wildsmith (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 6 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Adam ReachSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Jordan RhodesSheffield Wednesday · 0-2
  • 65'Goal · Lucas JoãoSheffield Wednesday · 0-3
  • 88'Yellow card · B. BreretonNottingham Forest
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Michael MancienneNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 1, Sheffield Wednesday 6.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Michael Mancienne, Ben Osborn, Joe Worrall, Liam Bridcutt, Barrie McKay, Ben Brereton Díaz, Kieran Dowell, Andreas Bouchalakis, Tyler Walker

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Wildsmith, Joost van Aken, Morgan Fox, Glenn Loovens, Liam Palmer, Lucas João, Adam Reach, Sam Hutchinson, Ross Wallace, J. Rhodes, Gary Hooper