Match Report
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at City Ground where Nottingham Forest play host to Southend United. A crowd of 17,773 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Nottingham Forest and Southend United are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Nottingham Forest and Southend United are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Nottingham Forest start the match!
6.38
0-0Victor Leon makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Thomas Diakite. Thomas Diakite knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Francis Middleton.
8.42
0-0Silvain Hupkes makes a probing pass to Paolo Powell. Paolo Powell shoots from distance. Magnificent save by Isaiah Mendez!
9.58
Francis Middleton makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Graham Taylor. Graham Taylor makes a probing pass to Ivan Dominguez. Ivan Dominguez knocks in a cross ball towards Matthew Gallagher. Matthew Gallagher is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. The ball is well placed but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
10.42
0-0Graham Taylor sees a break and surges forward. Graham Taylor plays a perfect one-two with Matthew Gallagher and rushes in on goal... Graham Taylor tries a spectacular strike but it flies wide!
14.19
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
15.55
Silvain Hupkes knocks the ball forward to Trevor Thatcher. Trevor Thatcher knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
16.04
Robert Dichio sees a break and surges forward. Robert Dichio flicks the ball to his team mate, Thomas Diakite. Thomas Diakite lofts in a cross ball towards Trevor Thatcher. Trevor Thatcher heads the ball goalwards but it curls horrendously wide!
18.44
Ronnie Hall knocks the ball forward to Ivan Dominguez. Ivan Dominguez lofts in a cross ball towards Matthew Gallagher. Matthew Gallagher connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. It's miles wide!
21.14
Silvain Hupkes passes the ball forward to Trevor Thatcher. Trevor Thatcher whips in a cross ball towards Paolo Powell. Paolo Powell is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Isaiah Mendez easily smothers it.
24.07
Patrick Butt makes a simple pass to Silvain Hupkes. Silvain Hupkes passes the ball forward to Thomas Diakite. Thomas Diakite knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
26.52
0-0Paolo Powell catches Silvio Quaresma on the ankles. The referee calls over Paolo Powell and warns him to calm down! Silvio Quaresma grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
27.40
0-1Silvain Hupkes makes a simple pass to Trevor Thatcher. Trevor Thatcher whips in a cross ball towards Thomas Diakite. Thomas Diakite is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. What a cracker!! Isaiah Mendez had no chance!! Goal for Southend United!
30.03
Robert Dichio threads the ball through to Jason Finney. Jason Finney chips the ball to his team mate, Trevor Thatcher. Trevor Thatcher lofts in a cross ball towards Thomas Diakite. Thomas Diakite is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
33.06
Silvain Hupkes makes a simple pass to Paolo Powell. Paolo Powell knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
34.24
Victor Leon deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Paolo Powell. Paolo Powell finds some space and shoots from distance but it flies wide!
40.33
Fredrik Carter controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jason Finney. Jason Finney chips the ball to his team mate, Trevor Thatcher. Trevor Thatcher knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
Patrick Butt sees a break and surges forward. Patrick Butt knocks the ball to his team mate, Thomas Diakite. Thomas Diakite knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Southend United kick off!
48.01
Martin Rodriquez deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Graham Taylor. Graham Taylor makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Matthew Gallagher. Matthew Gallagher sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is tipped over by Pierre-Yves Chabbert.
55.38
Southend United are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Nottingham Forest's defence.
59.56
Ronnie Hall knocks the ball to his team mate, Daniel Blanco. Daniel Blanco knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
60.46
Silvain Hupkes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Paolo Powell. Paolo Powell shoots from outside the area. Magnificent save by Isaiah Mendez!
63.06
Graham Taylor takes it forward alone. Graham Taylor plays a perfect one-two with Ivan Dominguez and rushes in on goal... Graham Taylor takes a shot at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
66.25
Jason Finney deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Paolo Powell. Paolo Powell sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's miles wide!
67.48
Southend United are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
69.49
Patrick Butt boots it upfield. Thomas Diakite controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
87.35
Martin Rodriquez takes it forward alone. Martin Rodriquez makes a probing pass to Daniel Blanco. Daniel Blanco sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is tipped over by Pierre-Yves Chabbert.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
4
4
Shots off Target
2
5
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
38.9%
61.1%
Play Area
29.2%
45.8%
25%
Scorers