English League Championship

Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham City, 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Nottingham Forest
  • 5': Keinan Davis
  • 79': Scott McKenna
FT
2 - 0
Birmingham City

    About

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

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 4': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
    • 5': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Birmingham City 0. Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.
    • 7': Foul by Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest).
    • 7': Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Foul by Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest).
    • 10': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
    • 15': Foul by Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest).
    • 15': Taylor Richards (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 20': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Kristian Pedersen.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by James Garner with a cross following a corner.
    • 22': Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 22': Foul by Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City).
    • 22': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ivan Sunjic.
    • 23': Foul by Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest).
    • 23': Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Nico Gordon (Birmingham City).
    • 24': Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Nico Gordon (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. James Garner (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 26': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Gary Gardner.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by James Garner with a cross following a corner.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
    • 33': Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Nico Gordon (Birmingham City).
    • 35': Attempt saved. Taylor Richards (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
    • 36': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Brice Samba.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
    • 39': Dangerous play by Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest).
    • 39': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
    • 40': Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Attempt missed. James Garner (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 43': Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).
    • 43': Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 43': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
    • 43': Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 44': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
    • 45': Foul by Onel Hernández (Birmingham City).
    • 45': Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 1, Birmingham City 0.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Nico Gordon (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Maxime Colin with a cross.
    • 48': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Gary Gardner.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.
    • 49': Foul by Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest).
    • 49': Taylor Richards (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest).
    • 51': Nico Gordon (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Foul by Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest).
    • 52': Taylor Richards (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Worrall.
    • 54': Foul by Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest).
    • 54': Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Philip Zinckernagel (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Worrall.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Philip Zinckernagel.
    • 57': Foul by Tobias Figueiredo (Nottingham Forest).
    • 57': Scott Hogan (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 58': Foul by Maxime Colin (Birmingham City).
    • 60': Maxime Colin (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. James Garner (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 70': Substitution, Birmingham City. Connal Trueman replaces Neil Etheridge because of an injury.
    • 71': Hand ball by Taylor Richards (Birmingham City).
    • 71': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Tobias Figueiredo.
    • 74': Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Nottingham Forest) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Djed Spence with a cross.
    • 75': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
    • 75': James Garner (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan Graham replaces Onel Hernández.
    • 77': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
    • 78': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Connal Trueman.
    • 79': Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Birmingham City 0. Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by James Garner with a cross following a corner.
    • 81': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Lewis Grabban replaces Brennan Johnson.
    • 81': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Joe Lolley replaces Philip Zinckernagel.
    • 81': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Sam Surridge replaces Keinan Davis.
    • 82': Substitution, Birmingham City. Troy Deeney replaces Scott Hogan.
    • 82': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Taylor Richards.
    • 84': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
    • 84': Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ivan Sunjic.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest).
    • 90'+2': Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz with a cross.
    • 90'+7': Attempt blocked. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djed Spence.
    • 90'+7': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
    • 90'+8': Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross.
    • 90'+10': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jack Colback.
    • 90'+12': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jack Colback.
    • 90'+13': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Birmingham City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Birmingham City 0.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 11
    3 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    4 Corner Kicks 9
    3 Saves 2
    46.4 Possession 53.6
    7 SHOTS 13
    2 ON GOAL 5
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    236 Accurate Passes 295
    325 Passes 382
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    7 Accurate Crosses 5
    25 Crosses 18
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    53 Long Balls 53
    27 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 4
    11 Effective Tackles 11
    14 Tackles 20
    0.8 Tackle % 0.6
    8 Interceptions 9
    23 Effective Clearances 18
    23 Clearances 18

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: The City Ground
    Location: Nottingham, England
    Attendance: 29,293

    EFL Championship Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Leeds United 34 +50 75
    2 Sheffield United 34 +22 70
    3 Burnley 34 +34 68
    4 Sunderland 34 +19 62
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    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    30 Brice Samba (GK)
    3 Tobias Figueiredo
    26 Scott McKenna
    4 Joe Worrall
    37 James Garner
    22 Ryan Yates
    11 Philip Zinckernagel Yellow Card
    8 Jack Colback
    2 Djed Spence
    9 Keinan Davis
    20 Brennan Johnson
    Nottingham Forest Substitutes:
    Joe Lolley, Cafú, Ethan Horvath, Alex Mighten, Richie Laryea, Sam Surridge, Lewis Grabban.

    BIR Birmingham City (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    1 Neil Etheridge (GK)
    4 Marc Roberts
    2 Maxime Colin Yellow Card
    50 Nico Gordon Yellow Card
    21 Juninho Bacuna
    20 Gary Gardner Yellow Card
    34 Ivan Sunjic
    3 Kristian Pedersen
    25 Onel Hernández
    9 Scott Hogan
    8 Taylor Richards
    Birmingham City Substitutes:
    Jérémie Bela, Jordan James, Connal Trueman, Ryan Woods, Troy Deeney, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Jordan Graham.

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