The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 MIDDLESBROUGH - Wed Jan 20, 2021 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Jan 20, 2021 (7:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 2020-21
Referee:: Andy Woolmer
Attendance:: 0 (Away: 0)
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (FA Cup)
League:: Barnsley
Middlesbrough:: Sep 15, 2021

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4860 (of 4931)
League Tier 2:: 2443 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5556 (of 5634)
Total:: 7310 (of 7394)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)

Stats:
Due to Coronavirus regulations, the game was played behind closed doors and the official attendance was 0.

FOREST
Manager: Chris Hughton
Prior form: WDDDWW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Lo�c Mbe Soh (93) - Loic Mbe Soh first goal

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Neil Warnock
Prior form: WWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Britt Assombalonga (14)
George Saville (50)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
30	GK	Brice Samba
2	D	Cyrus Christie
5	D	Yuri Ribeiro 97
4	D	Joe Worrall
26	D	Scott McKenna
21	D	Samba Sow 33 off for Lyle Taylor (45)
11	M	Sammy Ameobi off for Joe Lolley (78)
22	M	Ryan Yates off for Lo�c Mbe Soh (82)
18	M	Caf�
17	F	Alex Mighten off for Anthony Knockaert (56)
7	F	Lewis Grabban (c)
Subs
12	GK	Jordan Smith
13	D	Ga�tan Bong
16	D	Carl Jenkinson
6	D	Lo�c Mbe Soh 93 on for Ryan Yates (82)
3	D	Tobias Figueiredo
28	F	Anthony Knockaert 95 on for Alex Mighten (56)
19	F	Miguel Guerrero
23	M	Joe Lolley on for Sammy Ameobi (78)
33	F	Lyle Taylor 67 on for Samba Sow (45)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Marcus Bettinelli
2	DF	Anfernee Dijksteel
27	DF	Marc Bola
6	DF	Dael Fry
17	DF	Patrick McNair
16	MF	Jonny Howson
5	MF	Sam Morsy
22	MF	George Saville
9	FW	Britt Assombalonga (c)
7	FW	Marcus Tavernier (95)
18	FW	Duncan Watmore (65)
Subs
13		Jordan Archer
33		Hayden Coulson
29		Djed Spence (95)
15		Nathan Wood
34		Hayden Hackney
3		Marvin Johnson (65)
19		Patrick Roberts
8		Lewis Wing
10		Chuba Akpom

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Wed Jan 20, 2021)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-1	Preston North End
Brentford	1-0	Luton Town
Cardiff City	0-1	Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town	0-1	Millwall
Norwich City	2-0	Bristol City
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Middlesbrough

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	24	15	5	4	33	21	7	4	1	15	8	8	1	3	18	13	12	50	WWLDWW
	2	Swansea City	24	13	7	4	29	13	7	4	1	15	5	6	3	3	14	8	16	46	LWWDWW
	3	Watford	24	12	7	5	28	17	10	2	1	23	9	2	5	4	5	8	11	43	DLWLWW
	4	Reading	24	13	4	7	37	28	8	0	4	19	12	5	4	3	18	16	9	43	LLWDWW
	5	Bournemouth	25	11	9	5	38	21	7	3	2	21	10	4	6	3	17	11	17	42	DLWDLL
	6	Brentford	22	11	8	3	36	21	5	5	1	18	11	6	3	2	18	10	15	41	DWDWWW
	7	Stoke City	25	9	10	6	30	26	5	3	4	17	17	4	7	2	13	9	4	37	WDDLDD
	8	Middlesbrough	23	10	6	7	28	19	7	2	2	15	5	3	4	5	13	14	9	36	WWWLWL
	9	Bristol City	23	11	3	9	25	24	6	2	4	12	10	5	1	5	13	14	1	36	LLLWLW
	10	Barnsley	25	10	4	11	27	32	6	2	4	14	13	4	2	7	13	19	-5	34	LWWLLL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	24	9	6	9	39	28	5	4	3	19	13	4	2	6	20	15	11	33	WLDLWD
	12	Luton Town	24	9	6	9	21	26	5	4	3	15	13	4	2	6	6	13	-5	33	LDLWLW
	13	Preston North End	24	10	2	12	30	33	4	1	7	10	13	6	1	5	20	20	-3	32	LWWWLL
	14	Huddersfield Town	24	9	4	11	28	34	7	1	4	17	11	2	3	7	11	23	-6	31	DWLWLL
	15	Cardiff City	23	8	5	10	30	27	4	2	6	19	16	4	3	4	11	11	3	29	LWLLLL
	16	Millwall	23	5	11	7	20	24	1	7	3	9	12	4	4	4	11	12	-4	26	LWDLDL
	17	Birmingham City	24	6	8	10	18	29	2	2	8	8	21	4	6	2	10	8	-11	26	LLDLLW
	18	Coventry City	24	6	8	10	22	34	4	5	2	12	13	2	3	8	10	21	-12	26	DLDLWL
	19	Nottingham Forest	24	6	7	11	19	27	4	4	4	13	12	2	3	7	6	15	-8	25	WDDDWW
	20	Queens Park Rangers	23	5	9	9	22	30	3	4	4	11	13	2	5	5	11	17	-8	24	LDDLDW
	21	Derby County	24	5	7	12	15	25	2	4	7	6	15	3	3	5	9	10	-10	22	WLWLLW
	22	Rotherham United	22	5	5	12	23	32	3	3	5	15	15	2	2	7	8	17	-9	20	LWLLWD
	23	Sheffield Wednesday	23	6	7	10	15	23	4	5	3	9	8	2	2	7	6	15	-8	19*	LLWDWW
	24	Wycombe Wanderers	23	3	6	14	16	35	2	4	6	8	14	1	2	8	8	21	-19	15	LLDLWL

*Sheffield Wednesday deducted 6 points for entering administration

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	Norwich City	25	16	5	4	35	21	8	4	1	17	8	8	1	3	18	13	14	53	WLDWWW	2-0
	2	Swansea City	24	13	7	4	29	13	7	4	1	15	5	6	3	3	14	8	16	46	LWWDWW
3	3	Brentford	23	12	8	3	37	21	6	5	1	19	11	6	3	2	18	10	16	44	WDWWWW	1-0
1	4	Watford	24	12	7	5	28	17	10	2	1	23	9	2	5	4	5	8	11	43	DLWLWW
1	5	Reading	24	13	4	7	37	28	8	0	4	19	12	5	4	3	18	16	9	43	LLWDWW
1	6	Bournemouth	25	11	9	5	38	21	7	3	2	21	10	4	6	3	17	11	17	42	DLWDLL
1	7	Middlesbrough	24	11	6	7	30	20	7	2	2	15	5	4	4	5	15	15	10	39	WWLWLW	2-1
1	8	Stoke City	25	9	10	6	30	26	5	3	4	17	17	4	7	2	13	9	4	37	WDDLDD
	9	Bristol City	24	11	3	10	25	26	6	2	4	12	10	5	1	6	13	16	-1	36	LLWLWL	0-2
3	10	Preston North End	25	11	2	12	31	33	4	1	7	10	13	7	1	5	21	20	-2	35	WWWLLW	1-0
1	11	Barnsley	25	10	4	11	27	32	6	2	4	14	13	4	2	7	13	19	-5	34	LWWLLL
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	24	9	6	9	39	28	5	4	3	19	13	4	2	6	20	15	11	33	WLDLWD
1	13	Luton Town	25	9	6	10	21	27	5	4	3	15	13	4	2	7	6	14	-6	33	DLWLWL	0-1
	14	Huddersfield Town	25	9	4	12	28	35	7	1	5	17	12	2	3	7	11	23	-7	31	WLWLLL	0-1
	15	Cardiff City	24	8	5	11	30	28	4	2	7	19	17	4	3	4	11	11	2	29	WLLLLL	0-1
	16	Millwall	24	6	11	7	21	24	1	7	3	9	12	5	4	4	12	12	-3	29	WDLDLW	1-0
3	17	Queens Park Rangers	24	6	9	9	23	30	3	4	4	11	13	3	5	5	12	17	-7	27	DDLDWW	1-0
	18	Coventry City	24	6	8	10	22	34	4	5	2	12	13	2	3	8	10	21	-12	26	DLDLWL
2	19	Birmingham City	25	6	8	11	18	30	2	2	9	8	22	4	6	2	10	8	-12	26	LDLLWL	0-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	25	6	7	12	20	29	4	4	5	14	14	2	3	7	6	15	-9	25	DDDWWL	1-2
	21	Derby County	24	5	7	12	15	25	2	4	7	6	15	3	3	5	9	10	-10	22	WLWLLW
	22	Rotherham United	22	5	5	12	23	32	3	3	5	15	15	2	2	7	8	17	-9	20	LWLLWD
	23	Sheffield Wednesday	23	6	7	10	15	23	4	5	3	9	8	2	2	7	6	15	-8	19*	LLWDWW
	24	Wycombe Wanderers	23	3	6	14	16	35	2	4	6	8	14	1	2	8	8	21	-19	15	LLDLWL

*Sheffield Wednesday deducted 6 points for entering administration