Nottm Forest vs Sheffield Utd 2023-24 English Premier League

Nottingham Forest

3': Taiwo Awoniyi
89': Chris Wood

FT
2 - 1

Sheffield United

48': Gustavo Hamer

Forest substitute Wood snatches late 2-1 win over Sheffield Utd

Nottingham Forest substitute Chris Wood headed an 89th minute winner to secure a 2-1 victory over promoted Sheffield United for his side's first three points of the season on Friday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
3': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Sheffield United 0. Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sèrge Aurier with a cross.
36': Willy Boly (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Sèrge Aurier (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
45'+2': Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
45': Substitution, Sheffield United. Yasser Larouci replaces Max Lowe.
48': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Sheffield United 1. Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
58': Substitution, Sheffield United. Chris Basham replaces Vinicius Souza because of an injury.
69': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Orel Mangala.
69': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga replaces Willy Boly.
72': Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Substitution, Sheffield United. Andre Brooks replaces William Osula.
82': Substitution, Sheffield United. Antwoine Hackford replaces Bénie Traoré because of an injury.
84': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
86': Ben Osborn (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
89': Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Sheffield United 1. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sèrge Aurier with a cross.
90'+1': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Danilo.
90'+1': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Moussa Niakhaté replaces Brennan Johnson.
90'+9': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Sheffield United 1.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 29,432

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+46	Liverpool	35	82	3
+33	Arsenal	35	67	4
+24	Manchester City	35	64	9
+21	Newcastle United	35	63	10

Full Table

Statistics

SHU		NFO
9	Fouls	5
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
7	Corner Kicks	6
2	Saves	2
50.1	Possession	49.9
7	SHOTS	16
3	ON GOAL	4
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
328	Accurate Passes	343
437	Passes	436
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	8
20	Crosses	21
0.2	Cross %	0.4
62	Long Balls	57
21	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	5
15	Effective Tackles	11
22	Tackles	20
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
17	Interceptions	14
15	Effective Clearances	24
15	Clearances	24

Line-Ups

Nottingham Forest (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Matt Turner (GK)
4	Joe Worrall
26	Scott McKenna
30	Willy Boly
5	Orel Mangala
28	Danilo
7	Neco Williams
24	Sèrge Aurier
9	Taiwo Awoniyi
10	Morgan Gibbs-White
20	Brennan Johnson

Substitutes:

Cheikhou Kouyaté, Ryan Yates, Harry Toffolo, Anthony Elanga, Hwang Ui-Jo, Ethan Horvath, Remo Freuler, Moussa Niakhaté, Chris Wood.

Sheffield United (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
18	Wes Foderingham (GK)
12	John Egan
19	Jack Robinson
15	Anel Ahmedhodzic
21	Vinicius Souza
16	Oliver Norwood
3	Max Lowe
23	Ben Osborn
32	William Osula
11	Bénie Traoré
8	Gustavo Hamer