Fulham 3-2 Nottingham Forest (2014-15 Championship)

Wed 21 Jan 2015 19:45	Fulham	(3) 3-2 (1)	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 15,512 Referee: Andy Haines
	McCormack  7'  18'  35'	Report	Lansbury  45+1'  62'

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FULHAM (4-1-2-1-2) GK 40 Marcus Bettinelli DR 37 Jack Grimmer 84' DC 4 Shaun Hutchinson DC 6 Nikolay Bodurov DL 3 Kostas Stafylidis DM 8 Scott Parker (c) 57' MRC 12 Seko Fofana MLC 19 Ryan Tunnicliffe AMC 11 Alex Kačaniklić 90+3' ST 20 Hugo Rodallega 77' ST 44 Ross McCormack Substitutes: GK 1 Gábor Király DF 33 Dan Burn MF 10 Bryan Ruiz 57' MF 14 Patrick Roberts MF 27 George Williams FW 16 Cauley Woodrow 77' FW 25 Moussa Dembélé Manager: Kit Symons

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (4-2-3-1) GK 29 Dorus de Vries DR 17 Todd Kane DC 25 Jack Hobbs DC 6 Kelvin Wilson DL 2 Eric Lichaj 32' DM 10 Henri Lansbury DM 22 Gary Gardner AMR 18 Michail Antonio AMC 32 Robert Tesche AML 38 Ben Osborn ST 9 Britt Assombalonga Substitutes: GK 1 Karl Darlow DF 16 Jamaal Lascelles MF 14 Lars Veldwijk MF 24 David Vaughan MF 27 Chris Burke MF 30 Stephen McLaughlin 32' FW 21 Jamie Paterson Manager: Stuart Pearce

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Assistant referees: John Busby Andy Laver Fourth official: Darren Blunden Previous Meeting: Nottingham Forest 5-3 Fulham (2014-15 Championship) (17 Sept 2014) Following Meeting: Nottingham Forest 3-0 Fulham (2015-16 Championship) (5 Dec 2015) Trivia Statistics Fulham Nottingham Forest Possession 51% 49% Total shots 11 23 Shots on target 6 7 Shots off target 3 12 Shots blocked 2 4 Corner kicks 6 8 Fouls conceded 12 10 Offsides 3 2 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 406 358 Passing success 72% 72% Tackles 20 23 Tackles success 91% 79% Clearances 42 51 Images 1-0: Ross McCormack places a left footed finish in the back of the net after only 7 minutes after being put through by Hugo Rodallega 2-0: It was two for McCormack 10 minutes later as he executed a fantastic finish from 20 yards which ricocheted off the post and into the far side netting 3-0: And McCormack secured his hat-trick after only 35 minutes. After a headed clearance, it fell to Ross' feet outside the area and his shot was heavily deflected over the helpless de Vries 3-1: Fulham concede on the stroke of half-time as Henri Lansbury's free-kick left Marcus Bettinelli with no chance 3-2: Henri Lansbury gets a second goal just after the hour mark. A long ball into the box was brought down well by Antonio, who laid it off to Lansbury who finished well Highlights 2014-15 season Pre-season: East Fife (a) • Rangers (a) • Motherwell (a) • Crawley (a) • DC United (n) • Çaykur Rizespor (n) Additional friendlies: Saudi Arabia (h) • Cardiff XI (h) • West Ham XI (a) Championship: Ipswich (a) • Millwall (h) • Wolves (h) • Derby (a) • Cardiff (h) • Reading (a) • Nottm Forest (a) • Blackburn (h) • Birmingham (a) • Bolton (h) • Middlesbrough (a) • Norwich (h) • Rotherham (a) • Charlton (h) • Wigan (a) • Blackpool (h) • Huddersfield (h) • Brentford (a) • Brighton (a) • Watford (h) • Leeds (a) • Sheff Wed (h) • Bournemouth (a) • Brighton (h) • Cardiff (a) • Reading (h) • Nottm Forest (h) • Blackburn (a) • Birmingham (h) • Bolton (a) • Ipswich (h) • Millwall (a) • Wolves (a) • Derby (h) • Watford (a) • Bournemouth (h) • Sheff Wed (a) • Leeds (h) • Huddersfield (a) • Brentford (h) • Charlton (a) • Wigan (h) • Rotherham (h) • Blackpool (a) • Middlesbrough (h) • Norwich (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Wolves (h) • Replay: Wolves (a) • 4th round: Sunderland (a) • Replay: Sunderland (h) League Cup: 2nd round: Brentford (a) • 3rd round: Doncaster (h) • 4th round: Derby (h)