Nottingham Forest vs Wigan Athletic

Championship

Nottm Forest

2-0-2

4-3

Final

Wigan

1-1-2

The City Ground

Match pulse

NFOAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'WGA

51%Possession49%

23Shots13

10On target5

5Corners5

2Saves6

6Fouls12

9'Matty CashNFO56'Yanic WildschutWGA58'Chris CohenNFO68'Thomas LamNFO72'Craig MorganWGA75'Michael JacobsWGA90'+1'Will GriggWGA90'+7'Stephen HendersonNFO

Team	1H	2H	T
NFO	1	3	4
WGA	1	2	3

Who won: Nottm Forest 4-3

Nottingham Forest beat Wigan Athletic 4-3 on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at The City Ground. Goals for Nottm Forest: Britt Assombalonga (6'), Oliver Burke (53', 78') and Thomas Lam (90'+3'). Goals for Wigan: Michael Jacobs (11') and Will Grigg (65', 86').

Play by play

Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 4, Wigan Athletic 3.
90'+7'
Yellow card
Stephen Henderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
S. Henderson
90'+6'
Handball
Hand ball by Max Power (Wigan Athletic).
90'+4'
Right footed shot just wide
Attempt missed. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dan Burn.
M. Power
GOAL90'+3'
Goal! Right footed shot
T. Lam · ast H. Pereira
Goal! Nottingham Forest 4, Wigan Athletic 3. Thomas Lam (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hildeberto Pereira.
NFO 4 - 3 WGA
90'+1'
Yellow card
William Grigg (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
W. Grigg
89'
Michael jacobs shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Max Power.
M. Jacobs
88'
Oliver burke shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Oliver Burke (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
O. Burke
88'
Apostolos vellios shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Apostolos Vellios (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hildeberto Pereira.
A. Vellios
GOAL86'
Goal! Left footed shot
W. Grigg
Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Wigan Athletic 3. William Grigg (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
NFO 3 - 3 WGA
84'
Sub
Subbed on for P. Kasami
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matt Mills replaces Pajtim Kasami.
M. Mills
84'
Foul
Foul by Craig Davies (Wigan Athletic).
84'
Free kick won
Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81'
Sub
Subbed on for A. Gilbey
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Craig Davies replaces Alex Gilbey.
C. Davies
80'
Pajtim kasami shot blocked
Attempt blocked. Pajtim Kasami (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oliver Burke.
P. Kasami
79'
Ben osborn shot on target
Attempt saved. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Apostolos Vellios.
B. Osborn
GOAL78'
Goal! Right footed shot
O. Burke · ast M. Cash
Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Wigan Athletic 2. Oliver Burke (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matthew Cash with a through ball.
NFO 3 - 2 WGA
75'
Yellow card
Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
M. Jacobs
75'
Foul
Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) has gone down, but that's a dive.
73'NFO
Corner awarded
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Craig Morgan.
72'
Yellow card
Craig Morgan (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
C. Morgan
72'WGA
Free kick won
Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
72'
Foul
Foul by Craig Morgan (Wigan Athletic).
71'
Right footed shot just wide
Attempt missed. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luke Burke.
M. Power
70'
Left footed shot just wide
Attempt missed. Luke Burke (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
L. Burke