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

32': Lewis Grabban (P)
41': Jack Colback
70': Lewis Grabban

FT
3 - 0

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
+20	Coventry City	9	19	0
+6	Middlesbrough	9	18	1
+5	Leicester City	9	16	1
+4	Preston North End	9	16	1

Full Table

Statistics

PNE		NFO
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

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.

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

No.	Name
12	Daniel Iversen (GK)
5	Patrick Bauer
16	Andrew Hughes
2	Sepp van den Berg
4	Benjamin Whiteman
13	Alistair McCann
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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