English League Championship

Nottm Forest vs Preston 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

Nottingham Forest
  • 32': Lewis Grabban (P)
  • 41': Jack Colback
  • 70': Lewis Grabban
FT
3 - 0
Preston North End

    Introduction

    Nottingham Forest are hosting Preston North End at The City Ground, Nottingham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 20': Substitution, Preston North End. Jordan Storey replaces Patrick Bauer because of an injury.
    • 26': Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 31': Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) Yellow Card at 31'
    • 32': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Preston North End 0. Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
    • 41': Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Preston North End 0. Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
    • 43': Alistair McCann (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Preston North End 0.
    • 50': Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 52': Jordan Storey (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Substitution, Preston North End. Greg Cunningham replaces Joshua Earl.
    • 57': Substitution, Preston North End. Scott Sinclair replaces Brad Potts.
    • 63': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Joe Lolley replaces Alex Mighten.
    • 68': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. James Garner replaces Philip Zinckernagel.
    • 70': Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Preston North End 0. Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 71': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Lyle Taylor replaces Lewis Grabban.
    • 90'+3': Lyle Taylor (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 3, Preston North End 0.

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: The City Ground
    Location: Nottingham, England
    Attendance: 27,129

    English League Championship Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +48 Leeds United 33 72 3
    +24 Sheffield United 33 70 5
    +34 Burnley 34 68 2
    +20 Sunderland 33 62 5
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    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 7
    4 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    1 Corner Kicks 5
    1 Saves 2
    60.3 Possession 39.7
    4 SHOTS 11
    2 ON GOAL 4
    0.5 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    448 Accurate Passes 275
    562 Passes 366
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 2
    12 Crosses 9
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    65 Long Balls 57
    31 Accurate Long Balls 22
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    1 Blocked Shots 4
    11 Effective Tackles 12
    18 Tackles 19
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    11 Interceptions 15
    12 Effective Clearances 16
    12 Clearances 16

    Line-Ups

    NFO Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    30 Brice Samba (GK)
    26 Scott McKenna
    4 Joe Worrall
    15 Max Lowe
    2 Djed Spence
    11 Philip Zinckernagel
    8 Jack Colback
    22 Ryan Yates
    7 Lewis Grabban
    17 Alex Mighten
    20 Brennan Johnson
    Substitutes:
    Tobias Figueiredo, Gaëtan Bong, James Garner, Braian Ojeda, Ethan Horvath, Joe Lolley, Lyle Taylor.

    PNE Preston North End (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    12 Daniel Iversen (GK)
    5 Patrick Bauer
    16 Andrew Hughes Yellow Card
    2 Sepp van den Berg
    4 Benjamin Whiteman Yellow Card
    13 Alistair McCann Yellow Card
    44 Brad Potts
    32 Joshua Earl
    29 Tom Barkhuizen
    11 Daniel Johnson
    19 Emil Riis Jakobsen
    Substitutes:
    Scott Sinclair, Greg Cunningham, Ryan Ledson, Jordan Storey, Paul Huntington, Matthew Hudson, Sean Maguire.

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