Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 19 September 2018
Result
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Wednesday 19 September 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Nottingham Forest won against Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lewis Grabban opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Lewis Grabban (41') and João Carvalho (63'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Steven Fletcher (88').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 16th on 8 points from 7 and Sheffield Wednesday 11th on 11 points from 7. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 12th with 64.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Carvalho of Nottingham Forest (8.3), ahead of Ben Osborn (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 7 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 41'Goal · Lewis Grabban
- 45+1'Yellow card · Lewis Grabban
- 63'Goal · João Carvalho
- 78'Yellow card · Jack Robinson
- 88'Goal · Steven Fletcher
Head-to-head
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Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Costel Pantilimon, Saidy Janko, Michael Hefele, Danny Fox, Jack Robinson, Adlène Guédioura, Jack Colback, Matty Cash, João Carvalho, Ben Osborn, Lewis Grabban
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cameron Dawson, Ash Baker, Tom Lees, Jordan Thorniley, Morgan Fox, Joshua Onomah, Barry Bannan, Marco Matias, Adam Reach, Lucas João, Atdhe Nuhiu