The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BRENTFORD - Sat Feb 09, 2019 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 09, 2019 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Brentford
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)
: Half-time: 1-0

Season:: 2018-19
Referee:: Robert Jones
Sponsor:: BetBright
Attendance:: 27,829
Pos Before/After:: 12 9
Opp Before/After:: 17 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Brentford:: Oct 05, 2019

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4775 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 2358 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5465 (of 5721)
Total:: 7209 (of 7500)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Dead link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Review
A great display of hard work and Ryan Yates had a terrific first league game. Grabban scored and missed a penalty for the fourth time, but a header from Wague (that he didn't know much about) on his debut puts us back in contention

FOREST
Manager: Martin O'Neill
Prior form: LWLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Lewis Grabban (16)
Molla Wague (79) - Molla Wague first goal

BRENTFORD
Manager: Thomas Frank
Prior form: DDDWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Sergi Canos (89)

Penalties Missed:
Lewis Grabban (65)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Costel Pantilimon
21	D	Saidy Janko
11	D	Ben Osborn
17	D	Alex Milosevic 91
18	D	Jack Robinson
22	M	Ryan Yates 62
14	M	Matty Cash off for Molla Wague (70)
8	M	Ben Watson
33	F	Leo Bonatini off for Diogo Goncalves (45)	First start
23	M	Joe Lolley
7	F	Lewis Grabban (16) off for Karim Ansarifard (87)
Subs
15	GK	Luke Steele
13	D	Molla Wague on for Matty Cash (70) (79)	Debut
10	M	Joao Carvalho
19	F	Diogo Goncalves on for Leo Bonatini (45)
24	M	Claudio Yacob
37	F	Karim Ansarifard on for Lewis Grabban (87)
9	F	Daryl Murphy

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Daniel Bentley
29	D	Yoann Barbet
23	D	Julian Jeanvier
26	D	Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (91)
22	D	Henrik Dalsgaard
2	M	Moses Odubajo 59
12	M	Kamohelo Mokotjo (71)
19	M	Romaine Sawyers (c)
9	M	Neal Maupay
11	F	Ollie Watkins
21	F	Said Benrahma (63)
Subs
28		Luke Daniels
34		Mads Bech Sorensen
14		Josh Da Silva
10		Josh McEachran (71)
7		Sergi Canos (63)
33		Marcus Forss (91)
24		Chiedozie Ogbene

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 09, 2019)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Bristol City
Bolton Wanderers	1-2	Preston North End
Derby County	2-0	Hull City
Middlesbrough	1-1	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Brentford
Queens Park Rangers	3-4	Birmingham City
Rotherham United	1-1	Wigan Athletic
Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	Reading
Stoke City	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Swansea City	1-0	Millwall

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
1	Norwich City	30	16	9	5	57	39	9	2	4	31	25	7	7	1	26	14	18	57	LDDWDW
2	Leeds United	30	17	6	7	50	34	9	3	3	24	13	8	3	4	26	21	16	57	LLWLWL
3	Sheffield United	31	16	7	8	53	34	9	3	3	26	13	7	4	5	27	21	19	55	WWLDWD
4	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	8	7	59	38	7	5	3	35	21	7	3	4	24	17	21	50	WDLDWL
5	Middlesbrough	29	13	11	5	34	22	6	5	3	14	9	7	6	2	20	13	12	50	LWDWDW
6	Bristol City	29	13	8	8	37	29	6	5	4	18	14	7	3	4	19	15	8	47	DWWWWW
7	Derby County	29	13	8	8	40	35	7	5	2	20	15	6	3	6	20	20	5	47	LWDLWD
8	Aston Villa	31	10	14	7	56	49	6	8	2	37	30	4	6	5	19	19	7	44	DLDWDD
9	Birmingham City	30	10	13	7	45	36	6	7	2	24	14	4	6	5	21	22	9	43	DDLLDW
10	Hull City	30	12	7	11	43	38	7	3	5	23	13	5	4	6	20	25	5	43	WWWDLW
11	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	10	9	42	46	7	6	2	23	15	4	4	7	19	31	-4	43	LWWWWL
12	Nottingham Forest	30	10	12	8	42	35	7	4	4	20	14	3	8	4	22	21	7	42	LWLLWL
13	Swansea City	30	11	8	11	40	37	6	4	5	23	20	5	4	6	17	17	3	41	DWDWDL
14	Queens Park Rangers	29	11	6	12	35	41	7	2	5	20	17	4	4	7	15	24	-6	39	WDDLLL
15	Stoke City	30	9	11	10	33	39	7	3	5	17	16	2	8	5	16	23	-6	38	DLLWLL
16	Sheffield Wednesday	29	10	8	11	34	45	5	6	3	18	19	5	2	8	16	26	-11	38	WDDLWW
17	Brentford	29	9	10	10	48	41	8	3	4	31	18	1	7	6	17	23	7	37	DDDWWW
18	Preston North End	30	9	10	11	45	45	5	7	3	29	22	4	3	8	16	23	0	37	DLDWWD
19	Wigan Athletic	30	9	5	16	31	45	8	3	4	19	16	1	2	12	12	29	-14	32	DLWLLW
20	Millwall	29	7	9	13	34	44	6	5	4	20	18	1	4	9	14	26	-10	30	WWWLDD
21	Rotherham United	30	5	11	14	28	48	5	6	4	20	23	0	5	10	8	25	-20	26	LWLLLD
22	Reading	30	5	10	15	32	44	4	3	8	19	22	1	7	7	13	22	-12	25	DLWLDD
23	Bolton Wanderers	30	5	8	17	19	45	3	4	8	9	19	2	4	9	10	26	-26	23	DLLLDL
24	Ipswich Town	30	3	9	18	23	51	2	7	6	14	20	1	2	12	9	31	-28	18	LLWLLL

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Leeds United	31	17	7	7	51	35	9	3	3	24	13	8	4	4	27	22	16	58	LWLWLD	1-1
1	2	Norwich City	30	16	9	5	57	39	9	2	4	31	25	7	7	1	26	14	18	57	LDDWDW
	3	Sheffield United	31	16	7	8	53	34	9	3	3	26	13	7	4	5	27	21	19	55	WWLDWD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	30	15	8	7	60	38	7	5	3	35	21	8	3	4	25	17	22	53	DLDWLW	1-0
	5	Middlesbrough	30	13	12	5	35	23	6	6	3	15	10	7	6	2	20	13	12	51	WDWDWD	1-1
	6	Bristol City	30	14	8	8	38	29	6	5	4	18	14	8	3	4	20	15	9	50	WWWWWW	1-0
	7	Derby County	30	14	8	8	42	35	8	5	2	22	15	6	3	6	20	20	7	50	WDLWDW	2-0
1	8	Birmingham City	31	11	13	7	49	39	6	7	2	24	14	5	6	5	25	25	10	46	DLLDWW	4-3
3	9	Nottingham Forest	31	11	12	8	44	36	8	4	4	22	15	3	8	4	22	21	8	45	WLLWLW	2-1
2	10	Aston Villa	31	10	14	7	56	49	6	8	2	37	30	4	6	5	19	19	7	44	DLDWDD
2	11	Swansea City	31	12	8	11	41	37	7	4	5	24	20	5	4	6	17	17	4	44	WDWDLW	1-0
2	12	Hull City	31	12	7	12	43	40	7	3	5	23	13	5	4	7	20	27	3	43	WWDLWL	0-2
2	13	Blackburn Rovers	31	11	10	10	42	47	7	6	3	23	16	4	4	7	19	31	-5	43	WWWWLL	0-1
4	14	Preston North End	31	10	10	11	47	46	5	7	3	29	22	5	3	8	18	24	1	40	LDWWDW	2-1
1	15	Queens Park Rangers	30	11	6	13	38	45	7	2	6	23	21	4	4	7	15	24	-7	39	DDLLLL	3-4
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	30	10	9	11	34	45	5	7	3	18	19	5	2	8	16	26	-11	39	DDLWWD	0-0
2	17	Stoke City	31	9	11	11	33	40	7	3	6	17	17	2	8	5	16	23	-7	38	LLWLLL	0-1
1	18	Brentford	30	9	10	11	49	43	8	3	4	31	18	1	7	7	18	25	6	37	DDWWWL	1-2
	19	Wigan Athletic	31	9	6	16	32	46	8	3	4	19	16	1	3	12	13	30	-14	33	LWLLWD	1-1
	20	Millwall	30	7	9	14	34	45	6	5	4	20	18	1	4	10	14	27	-11	30	WWLDDL	0-1
	21	Rotherham United	31	5	12	14	29	49	5	7	4	21	24	0	5	10	8	25	-20	27	WLLLDD	1-1
	22	Reading	31	5	11	15	32	44	4	3	8	19	22	1	8	7	13	22	-12	26	LWLDDD	0-0
	23	Bolton Wanderers	31	5	8	18	20	47	3	4	9	10	21	2	4	9	10	26	-27	23	LLLDLL	1-2
	24	Ipswich Town	30	3	9	18	23	51	2	7	6	14	20	1	2	12	9	31	-28	18	LLWLLL