The City Ground

SEASON: 2020-21

Prev Season: 2019-20
This Season: 2020-21

DIVISION:: Football League Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Sabri Lamouchi, Chris Hughton
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Swansea City (A) 1-5)
League Cup:: 1st Round (Barnsley (A) 0-1)

Top Goalscorer:: Lyle Taylor (5 goals)

Results when we scored first

Who Scored First	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
Forest scored first	11	2	-	35 out of 39
Opponent scored first	1	10	16	13 out of 81

Points dropped when leading and gained when behind

Leading or Behind	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
We take a lead	12	2	-	38 out of 42
We go behind	1	6	16	9 out of 69

When goals were scored and conceded

	First Half					Second Half
Time:	0-10 mins	10-20 mins	20-30 mins	30-40 mins	40-45 mins	45-50 mins	50-60 mins	60-70 mins	70-80 mins	80-90 mins
Num goals scored	3		4	4	1	2	3	7	6	6
Num goals conceded	4	9	3	1	2	2	7	3	1	12

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	19 times	4 times	3 times
Conceded	19 times	9 times	1 time		1 time
Won By	8 times	4 times	1 time
Lost By	10 times	7 times		1 time

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.

Position days		Record against teams (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Norwich City (0-2)
2		2	3	-	-	3	2	6	0	Bristol City (1-2), Bournemouth (0-2), Norwich City (1-2)
3		3	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Watford (0-1)
4		4	3	-	1	2	1	4	1	Reading (0-2), Swansea City (0-1), Brentford (1-1)
5		5	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Watford (0-0), Reading (1-1)
6		6	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Bournemouth (0-0)
7		7	4	1	1	2	3	5	4	Blackburn Rovers (1-0), Swansea City (0-1), Brentford (1-3), Stoke City (1-1)
8		8	3	1	-	2	2	3	3	Middlesbrough (0-1), Middlesbrough (1-2), Cardiff City (1-0)
9		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10		10	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Luton Town (1-1)
11		11	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Preston North End (1-0)
12		12	3	2	1	-	4	1	7	Barnsley (0-0), Blackburn Rovers (1-0), Queens Park Rangers (3-1)
13		13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	1	14	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Luton Town (0-1)
15	3	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	9	16	2	1	1	-	4	2	4	Millwall (1-1), Millwall (3-1)
17	11	17	4	-	2	2	1	5	2	Queens Park Rangers (0-2), Rotherham United (1-1), Barnsley (0-2), Birmingham City (0-0)
18	7	18	2	1	1	-	3	2	4	Coventry City (2-1), Derby County (1-1)
19	7	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	25	20	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Coventry City (2-1)
21	22	21	2	-	-	2	0	3	0	Cardiff City (0-2), Huddersfield Town (0-1)
22	7	22	3	2	1	-	4	1	7	Derby County (1-1), Wycombe Wanderers (2-0), Rotherham United (1-0)
23	2	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24		24	2	2	-	-	5	0	6	Sheffield Wednesday (2-0), Wycombe Wanderers (3-0)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 4
Yellow cards:: 61
Own goals (for):: 4 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 61
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 1

CURRENT STANDING as of Apr 13, 2021 (with possible positions)

CHAMPIONSHIP
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Form	Maximum Possible Points	Highest Possible Position	Lowest Possible Position
1	Norwich City	41	27	9	5	65	28	37	90	WWDDWW	105	1	4
2	Watford	41	24	10	7	59	27	32	82	WWWWDW	97	1	6
3	Swansea City	41	22	9	10	50	31	19	75	LLLLWW	90	1	7
4	Brentford	40	20	13	7	71	40	31	73	WDDDDW	91	1	9
5	Bournemouth	41	20	11	10	66	40	26	71	LWWWWW	86	2	12
6	Barnsley	41	21	8	12	54	44	10	71	WWLDWW	86	2	12
7	Reading	41	19	9	13	56	45	11	66	DLDDWL	81	3	13
8	Cardiff City	41	16	11	14	57	45	12	59	LDWLLD	74	4	21
9	Millwall	41	14	16	11	41	40	1	58	WLWWWL	73	4	22
10	Middlesbrough	41	16	9	16	48	45	3	57	WWLLDL	72	5	22
11	Queens Park Rangers	41	15	11	15	48	50	-2	56	WDWLWL	71	5	22
12	Stoke City	41	14	13	14	45	46	-1	55	LDWWLL	70	7	22
13	Luton Town	40	15	8	17	35	46	-11	53	LWWLLW	71	5	22
14	Bristol City	41	15	5	21	40	55	-15	50	WDLLLD	65	8	23
15	Nottingham Forest	41	12	13	16	34	39	-5	49	DLDWWD	64	8	23
16	Preston North End	41	14	6	21	41	55	-14	48	LLLDWL	63	8	24
17	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	11	18	52	47	5	47	LDDLLD	62	8	24
18	Birmingham City	41	11	12	18	31	50	-19	45	LWLWDW	60	8	24
19	Huddersfield Town	41	11	11	19	43	62	-19	44	WDDLDL	59	8	24
20	Derby County	41	11	10	20	30	46	-16	43	LDLWLL	58	9	24
21	Coventry City	40	10	12	18	36	56	-20	42	WLDLWL	60	8	24
22	Rotherham United	38	11	6	21	41	52	-11	39	LWLLDW	63	8	24
23	Sheffield Wednesday	41	11	8	22	34	54	-20	35*	DWLWLL	50	14	24
24	Wycombe Wanderers	41	8	9	24	30	64	-34	33	WLDWWL	48	16	24

*Sheffield Wednesday deducted 6 points for entering administration

GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Sep 12, 2020	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-2	Loss	0	23
2	Sat Sep 19, 2020	Cardiff City	H	0-2	Loss	0	22
3	Fri Sep 25, 2020	Huddersfield Town	A	0-1	Loss	0	22
4	Sat Oct 03, 2020	Bristol City	H	1-2	Loss	0	22	Freeman (35)
5	Sat Oct 17, 2020	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-0	Win	0	20	Lolley (90)
6	Tue Oct 20, 2020	Rotherham United	H	1-1	Draw	0	20	Ameobi (79)
7	Fri Oct 23, 2020	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	0	20	Taylor (64)
8	Wed Oct 28, 2020	Luton Town	A	1-1	Draw	0	20	Glen Rea (64 OG)
9	Sat Oct 31, 2020	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	Loss	0	21
10	Wed Nov 04, 2020	Coventry City	H	2-1	Win	0	20	McKenna (30), Taylor (97 pen)
11	Sat Nov 07, 2020	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2-0	Win	0	20	Taylor (28, 74)
12	Sat Nov 21, 2020	Barnsley	A	0-2	Loss	0	20
13	Tue Nov 24, 2020	Bournemouth	A	0-2	Loss	0	20
14	Sun Nov 29, 2020	Swansea City	H	0-1	Loss	0	21
15	Wed Dec 02, 2020	Watford	H	0-0	Draw	0	21
16	Sat Dec 05, 2020	Reading	A	0-2	Loss	2,000	21
17	Wed Dec 09, 2020	Norwich City	A	1-2	Loss	2,000	21	Knockaert (73)
18	Sat Dec 12, 2020	Brentford	H	1-3	Loss	0	21	Worrall (92)
19	Tue Dec 15, 2020	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	Win	0	21	Ribeiro (4), Grabban (87)
20	Sat Dec 19, 2020	Millwall	A	1-1	Draw	2,000	20	Mighten (49)
21	Sat Dec 26, 2020	Birmingham City	H	0-0	Draw	0	20
22	Tue Dec 29, 2020	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	0	21	James Chester (65 OG)
23	Sat Jan 02, 2021	Preston North End	A	1-0	Win	0	19	Grabban (70 pen)
24	Sat Jan 16, 2021	Millwall	H	3-1	Win	0	19	Ameobi (34, 70), Yates (83)
25	Wed Jan 20, 2021	Middlesbrough	H	1-2	Loss	0	20	Soh (93)
27	Sat Jan 30, 2021	Barnsley	H	0-0	Draw	0	21
26	Tue Feb 02, 2021	Coventry City	A	2-1	Win	0	19	Grabban (22), Michael Rose (53 OG)
28	Sat Feb 06, 2021	Wycombe Wanderers	A	3-0	Win	0	18	Murray (7, 54 pen), Knockaert (72)
29	Sat Feb 13, 2021	Bournemouth	H	0-0	Draw	0	16
30	Wed Feb 17, 2021	Swansea City	A	0-1	Loss	0	18
31	Sat Feb 20, 2021	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	Win	0	17	Mighten (26)
32	Tue Feb 23, 2021	Rotherham United	A	1-0	Win	0	15	Yates (67)
33	Fri Feb 26, 2021	Derby County	A	1-1	Draw	0		Garner (33)
34	Tue Mar 02, 2021	Luton Town	H	0-1	Loss	0
35	Sat Mar 06, 2021	Watford	A	0-1	Loss	0	41
36	Sat Mar 13, 2021	Reading	H	1-1	Draw	0	17	Thomas Holmes (49 OG)
37	Wed Mar 17, 2021	Norwich City	H	0-2	Loss	0	18
38	Sat Mar 20, 2021	Brentford	A	1-1	Draw	0	17	Krovinovic (63)
39	Fri Apr 02, 2021	Cardiff City	A	1-0	Win	0	16	Garner (29)
40	Mon Apr 05, 2021	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-1	Win	0	15	Mighten (44), Grabban (63), Garner (69)
41	Sat Apr 10, 2021	Bristol City	A	-		-
42	Sat Apr 17, 2021	Huddersfield Town	H	-		-
43	Tue Apr 20, 2021	Birmingham City	A	-		-
44	Sat Apr 24, 2021	Stoke City	H	-		-
45	Sat May 01, 2021	Sheffield Wednesday	A	-		-
46	Sat May 08, 2021	Preston North End	H	-		-

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 09, 2021	Cardiff City	3			H	1-0	Win	0	Taylor (3)
Sat Jan 23, 2021	Swansea City	4			A	1-5	Loss	0	Knockaert (56)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Sep 05, 2020	Barnsley	1				A	0-1	Loss	0

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Aug 23, 2020	Oldham Athletic	England	H	0-2	Loss	0
Sun Aug 16, 2020	Port Vale	England	N	1-2	Loss	0	Mighten (?)
Sat Aug 29, 2020	West Bromwich Albion	England	N	1-0	Win	-	Taylor (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (18)				Out (18)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Aug 11, 2020	Jack Colback	Bought		Jan 31, 2020	Tyrese Fornah	Loan Out
Aug 15, 2020	Lyle Taylor	Bought		Aug 26, 2020	Tyler Walker	Sold
Aug 15, 2020	Tyler Blackett	Bought		Sep 03, 2020	Matty Cash	Sold	£14,000,000
Aug 26, 2020	Fouad Bachirou	Bought		Sep 18, 2020	Toby Edser	Sold
Aug 26, 2020	Luke Freeman	Loan In		Sep 25, 2020	Brennan Johnson	Loan Out
Sep 04, 2020	Miguel Angel Guerrero	Bought		Sep 29, 2020	Joao Carvalho	Loan Out
Sep 11, 2020	Loic Mbe Soh	Bought		Oct 02, 2020	Tyrese Fornah	Loan Out
Sep 14, 2020	Abdoulaye Diallo	Bought		Oct 03, 2020	Albert Adomah	Released
Sep 18, 2020	Cyrus Christie	Loan In		Oct 03, 2020	Tiago Silva	Sold
Sep 22, 2020	Harry Arter	Bought		Oct 05, 2020	Nuno Da Costa	Loan Out
Sep 22, 2020	Scott McKenna	Bought		Oct 05, 2020	Yohan Benalouane	Released
Sep 25, 2020	Nicholas Ioannou	Bought		Oct 16, 2020	Virgil Gomis	Loan Out
Oct 05, 2020	Cafu	Bought		Jan 08, 2021	Nicholas Ioannou	Loan Out
Oct 16, 2020	Anthony Knockaert	Loan In		Jan 11, 2021	Tendayi Darikwa	Loan Out
Jan 08, 2021	Anthony Knockaert	Loan In		Jan 16, 2021	Jordan Wright	Loan Out
Jan 22, 2021	Filip Krovinovic	Loan In		Jan 22, 2021	Zach Clough	Sold
Jan 30, 2021	James Garner	Loan In		Feb 01, 2021	Miguel Angel Guerrero	Sold
Feb 01, 2021	Glenn Murray	Bought		Feb 01, 2021	Will Swan	Loan Out

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Age	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		George Shelvey	19
GK		Jordan Wright	22											On loan to Alloa until end of season
GK	12	Jordan Smith	27	3	1		2						40
GK	30	Brice Samba	27	40	12	12	16		2				2
GK	39	Abdoulaye Diallo	29										1
D		Danny Preston	21											On loan to Grimsby for the season
D		Ethan Stewart
D		Jayden Richardson	20											On loan to Forest Green Rovers
D		Michael Hefele	30
D	2	Cyrus Christie	29	38	12	12	14		2		1		2	On loan from Fulham to the end of the season
D	3	Tobias Figueiredo	27	34	8	11	15		9		1	1	3
D	4	Joe Worrall	24	27	10	7	10	1	1
D	5	Yuri Ribeiro	24	23	6	6	11	1	2	1		1	5
D	6	Loic Mbe Soh	20	7	1	2	4	1				2	31
D	13	Gaetan Bong	33	12	5	4	3		3		3	1	10
D	16	Carl Jenkinson	29	5	1	1	3		1		1	2	32
D	20	Michael Dawson	37										11
D	21	Samba Sow	31	16	7	4	5		6		8	4	6
D	24	Tyler Blackett	27	13	5	1	7					6	6
D	26	Scott McKenna	25	20	7	5	8	1	2		1		1	Bought from Aberdeen at the start of the season
D	27	Tendayi Darikwa	30										3	On loan to Wigan until end of season
D	29	Yohan Benalouane	33											Released by mutual consent
D	44	Nicholas Ioannou	26	5	1	3	1			1			6	On loan to Thessaloniki until end of season
D	46	Jordan Gabriel	23	2			2		1
M	8	Jack Colback	32	17	7	2	8		2		3	4	10
M	10	Joao Carvalho	23	1			1				1			On loan to Almeria until end of season
M	11	Sammy Ameobi	29	34	10	10	14	3	3		14	5	4
M	14	Fouad Bachirou	30	3		1	2				1	1
M	15	Luke Freeman	29	21	7	4	10	1	1		10	6	7	On loan from Sheffield United to the end of the season
M	18	Cafu	28	28	9	9	10		4		5	3	4	Bought from Olympiacos
M	22	Ryan Yates	24	30	11	7	12	2	2	1	4	4	4
M	23	Joe Lolley	29	30	8	7	15	1	1		8	12	7
M	27	Filip Krovinovic	26	13	5	5	3	1	2		6		2	On loan from Benfica until the end of the season
M	31	Harry Arter	31	14	4	3	7		3		6	5	6	Bought from Bournemouth at the start of the season
M	37	James Garner	20	14	6	4	4	3	1			1		On loan from Manchester United until the end of the season
M	38	Tyrese Fornah	22											On loan to Plymouth until end of season
M		Matty Cash	23											Left to join Aston Villa after pre-season friendlies
F		Julian Larsson	19
F		Zach Clough	26											Left to join Wigan Athletic during January transfer window
F	7	Lewis Grabban	33	23	7	8	8	4	2		13	3	2
F	9	Nuno da Costa	29	3			3				1	1		On loan to Royal Mouscron until end of season
F	17	Alex Mighten	19	21	6	4	11	3	1		7	11	13
F	19	Miguel Angel Guerrero	31	11	3		8		1		5	6	10	Left to join Rayo Vallecano during January transfer window
F	25	Glenn Murray	38	13	5	4	4	2	1		5	5	1	Bought from Brighton in the January window
F	28	Anthony Knockaert	30	29	7	10	12	3	5	1	8	8	4	On loan from Fulham until January
F	33	Lyle Taylor	31	37	11	8	18	5	3		4	22	6
F	40	Brennan Johnson	19										2	On loan to Lincoln until end of season
F	48	Will Swan	21	2			2					2	6	On loan to Port Vale until end of season
F		Albert Adomah	33

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
5	Lyle Taylor	37
4	Lewis Grabban	23
4	Own Goals	43
3	Alex Mighten	21
3	Anthony Knockaert	29
3	James Garner	14
3	Sammy Ameobi	34
2	Glenn Murray	13
2	Ryan Yates	30
1	Filip Krovinovic	13
1	Joe Lolley	30
1	Joe Worrall	27
1	Loic Mbe Soh	7
1	Luke Freeman	21
1	Scott McKenna	20
1	Yuri Ribeiro	23

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2020-21

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Blackburn Rovers	Sat Oct 17, 2020	A	1-0	Sat Feb 20, 2021	H	1-0
Coventry City	Wed Nov 04, 2020	H	2-1	Tue Feb 02, 2021	A	2-1
Wycombe Wanderers	Sat Nov 07, 2020	H	2-0	Sat Feb 06, 2021	A	3-0