Fulham 1-2 Nottingham Forest (2019-20 Championship)

Sat 24 Aug 2019 15:00	Fulham	(0) 1-2 (1)	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 18,186 Referee: Peter Bankes
	Mitrović  83'	Report	Grabban  4'  61'

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FULHAM (4-3-3) GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli DR 43 Steven Sessegnon 74' DC 5 Alfie Mawson 87' DC 13 Tim Ream DL 23 Joe Bryan MRC 10 Tom Cairney (c) MC 18 Harry Arter 50' MLC 8 Stefan Johansen 46' FR 24 Anthony Knockaert ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović FL 19 Ivan Cavaleiro Substitutes: GK 12 Marek Rodák DF 20 Maxime Le Marchand DF 22 Cyrus Christie 87' MF 6 Kevin McDonald MF 21 Harrison Reed FW 14 Bobby Reid 46' FW 47 Aboubakar Kamara 74' 90+9' Manager: Scott Parker

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (4-1-4-1) GK 30 Brice Samba 77' DR 16 Carl Jenkinson 82' DC 20 Michael Dawson (c) DC 4 Joe Worrall DL 18 Jack Robinson DM 8 Ben Watson MR 23 Joe Lolley 72' MC 21 Samba Sow MC 28 Tiago Silva 58' ML 19 Sammy Ameobi 33' ST 7 Lewis Grabban Substitutes: GK 49 Arijanet Muric DF 2 Yuri Ribeiro DF 3 Tobias Figueiredo MF 11 Matty Cash 82' MF 17 Alfa Semedo 58' 66' MF 37 Albert Adomah 72' 90+8' FW 14 Rafa Mir Manager: Sabri Lamouchi

Assistant referees: Marc Perry Derek Eaton Fourth official: Sam Purkiss Previous Meeting: Fulham 2-0 Nottingham Forest (2017-18 Championship) (3 Feb 2018) Following Meeting: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Fulham (2019-20 Championship) (7 Jul 2020) Trivia Statistics Fulham Nottingham Forest Possession 77% 23% Shots on target 6 3 Shots off target 8 4 Shots blocked 6 4 Corner kicks 13 1 Fouls conceded 8 11 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 2 4 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 776 236 Passing success 91% 66% Tackles 17 14 Tackles success 65% 71% Total crosses 45 8 Successful crosses 22% 62% Interceptions 4 10 Clearances 6 31 Images 0-1: Lewis Grabban beats his man Tim Ream to the ball at the far post to finish from close range with four minutes on the clock 0-2: Completely against the run of play, Lewis Grabban grabs his second of the match after Nottingham Forest capitalise on a mistake from Steven Sessegnon, Grabban sneding a right footed finish in off the woodwork, beating Marcus Bettinelli at his near post 1-2: In the 83rd minute, Aboubakar Kamara sends a low cross in from the left wing and it is Aleksandar Mitrović who gets to the ball first and pokes the ball into the far corner to give Fulham hope 2019-20 season Pre-season: Cambridge Utd (h) • Burnley (n) • Porto (n) • Brighton (h) • Oxford Utd (a) • West Ham (h) Championship: Barnsley (a) • Blackburn (h) • Huddersfield (a) • Millwall (h) • Nottm Forest (h) • Cardiff (a) • West Brom (h) • Sheff Wed (a) • Wigan (h) • Reading (a) • Charlton (h) • Stoke (a) • Luton (h) • Middlesbrough (a) • Hull (h) • Birmingham (a) • QPR (h) • Derby (h) • Swansea (a) • Bristol City (h) • Preston (a) • Brentford (a) • Leeds (h) • Luton (a) • Stoke (h) • Reading (h) • Hull (a) • Middlesbrough (h) • Charlton (a) • Huddersfield (h) • Blackburn (a) • Millwall (a) • Barnsley (h) • Derby (a)) • Swansea (h) • Preston (h) • Bristol City (a) • Brentford (h) • Leeds (a) • QPR (a) • Birmingham (h) • Nottm Forest (a) • Cardiff (h) • West Brom (a) • Sheff Wed (h) • Wigan (a) Play-offs- Semi-final 1st Leg: Cardiff (a) • Semi-final 2nd Leg: Cardiff (h) • Final: Brentford (n) FA Cup: 3rd round: Aston Villa (h) • 4th round: Man City (a) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Southampton (h)