Match Report
| Nottingham Forest | Nottingham Forest |  |  | Brentford | Brentford | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlton Hackworth | C. Hackworth |  | 60 | G |  | 1 | | G | 65 |  | Richard Hopkin | R. Hopkin | |||||||||
| Isaiah Fletcher | I. Fletcher | | 69 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 56 | | Jamie Marsden | J. Marsden | |||||||||
| Gavin Christie | G. Christie | | 68 | D | | 3 | | D | 55 | | Alistair Beckham | A. Beckham | |||||||||
| Gilles Lockley | G. Lockley | | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 50 |  | Jeroen Alberda | J. Alberda | |||||||||
| Ugo Serrant | U. Serrant | | 62 | D | | 5 | | D | 50 | | Neil Lofthouse | N. Lofthouse | |||||||||
| Liam Walker | L. Walker | | 67 | M | | 6 | | M | 59 | | Steve Weaver | S. Weaver | |||||||||
| Alan Bolton | A. Bolton | | 63 | M | | 7 | | M | 53 |  | Oliver Helmer | O. Helmer | |||||||||
| Dale Jess | D. Jess | | 60 | M | | 8 | | M | 53 | | Thierry Gerrard | T. Gerrard | |||||||||
| Sol Guppy | S. Guppy | | 54 | M | | 9 | | A | 69 | | Ronnie Wallwork | R. Wallwork | |||||||||
| Danny Venus | D. Venus | | 74 | A | | 10 | | A | 60 | | Arthur Banks | A. Banks | |||||||||
| Alberto Vidal | A. Vidal |  | 57 | A | | 11 | | A | 55 | | Leon Murray | L. Murray | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at City Ground where Nottingham Forest play host to Brentford. A crowd of 8,398 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Nottingham Forest are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Brentford appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Nottingham Forest are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Brentford appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Brentford kick off and get the first half underway!
2.11
0-0Steve Weaver passes the ball forward to Arthur Banks. Arthur Banks lofts in a cross ball towards Leon Murray. Leon Murray directs the ball goalwards with his head but somehow Carlton Hackworth manages to keep it out.
9.43
Gavin Christie hoofs the ball up the pitch. Danny Venus finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
14.01
Gavin Christie controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dale Jess. Dale Jess kicks a strong pass forward to Alberto Vidal. Alberto Vidal shoots from outside the area. Magnificent save by Richard Hopkin!
18.25
1-0Alan Bolton decides to run forward with the ball. Alan Bolton plays a perfect one-two with Danny Venus and rushes in on goal... Alan Bolton takes a shot at goal. What a cracker!! Richard Hopkin had no chance!! Goal for Nottingham Forest!
27.33
1-0Oliver Helmer kicks a strong pass forward to Leon Murray. Leon Murray shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
28.43
Alistair Beckham kicks a strong pass forward to Thierry Gerrard. Thierry Gerrard makes a simple pass to Ronnie Wallwork. Ronnie Wallwork sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
34.35
Thierry Gerrard kicks a strong pass forward to Leon Murray. Leon Murray finds some space and shoots from distance. What a cracker!! Carlton Hackworth had no chance!! Goal for Brentford!
39.56
Oliver Helmer brings the ball forward. Oliver Helmer shoots from 25 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
40.09
Jeroen Alberda brings the ball forward. Jeroen Alberda controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Arthur Banks. Arthur Banks shoots from long range but it is tipped over by Carlton Hackworth.
42.13
Liam Walker threads the ball through to Alberto Vidal. Alberto Vidal plays a perfect one-two with Danny Venus and rushes in on goal... Alberto Vidal shoots from just inside the box but it curls horrendously wide!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Nottingham Forest kick off!
47.04
1-1Steve Weaver knocks the ball to his team mate, Ronnie Wallwork. Ronnie Wallwork knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
63.08
1-1Brentford are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Nottingham Forest's defence.
72.42
1-1Danny Venus clumsily knocks into Jeroen Alberda. The referee calls over Danny Venus and warns him to calm down! Jeroen Alberda stretches but gets up unharmed.
75.17
Gilles Lockley catches Leon Murray on the ankles. Gilles Lockley is given a warning by the referee! Leon Murray runs off the knock.
77.02
Isaiah Fletcher deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Sol Guppy. Sol Guppy knocks the ball to his team mate, Danny Venus. Danny Venus tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
89.13
Dale Jess knocks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Vidal. Alberto Vidal lofts in a cross ball towards Danny Venus. Danny Venus is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but it is miles over!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
3
3
Shots off Target
3
3
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
62.7%
37.3%
Play Area
22.7%
48%
29.3%
Scorers
| Alan Bolton 18 | Leon Murray 34 |