Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 9 September 2017
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 9 September 2017, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Sheffield Wednesday won against Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 9 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
G. Hooper opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from G. Hooper (23'), Steven Fletcher (63') and Kieran Lee (70'). Nottingham Forest scored through Ben Osborn (29').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 17th on 6 points from 5 and Nottingham Forest 11th on 9 points from 5. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Lee of Sheffield Wednesday (8.2), ahead of Ben Osborn (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 1 draw and 4 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 23'Goal · G. Hooper
- 29'Goal · Ben Osborn
- 63'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 70'Goal · Kieran Lee
- 75'Yellow card · Ross Wallace
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Joost van Aken, Tom Lees, Adam Reach, David Jones, Kieran Lee, Barry Bannan, Ross Wallace, Steven Fletcher, Gary Hooper
Nottingham Forest line-up (3-1-4-2)
Jordan Smith, Danny Fox, Jack Hobbs, Joe Worrall, Liam Bridcutt, Barrie McKay, Ben Osborn, Zach Clough, Tendayi Darikwa, Ben Brereton Díaz, Jason Cummings