Championship · ENG · Round 1
Nottingham Forest
4 - 3
Full time
Burton Albion
City Ground, Nottingham
Lineups
Nottingham Forest4-1-4-1DD
1↓20'De Vries
B
17↓85'Berto
17↓85'BertoMM
5Mills
TL
28⚽Lam
AI
40Iacovitti
HL
10Lansbury
OB
35⚽Burke
JG
37↓46'Grant
MC
41Cash
41CashBO
11Osborn
11OsbornBA
9⚽×2Assombalonga
9⚽×2AssombalongaJM
1McLaughlin
TF
2↓81'Flanagan
2↓81'FlanaganJM
4Mousinho
KM
5McFadzean
5McFadzeanBT
6Turner
LD
11⚽Dyer
MP
16Palmer
HC
0Choudhury
0ChoudhuryLW
7↓66'Williamson
CO
8↓71'O'Grady
LA
10⚽Akins
Burton Albion5-3-2Nottingham Forest substitutes
30 Stephen Henderson ↑20'
22 Pajtim Kasami ↑46'
2 Eric Lichaj ↑85'
27 Damien Perquis
24 David Vaughan
39 Apostolos Vellios
14 Lars Veldwijk
Coach: Philippe Montanier · Unavailable: Eric da Silva Moreira (injury), Ola Aina (injury)
Burton Albion substitutes
15 Tom Naylor ⚽↑66'
9 Stuart Beavon ↑71'
14 Damien McCrory ↑81'
13 Stephen Bywater
12 Calum Butcher
20 Phil Edwards
22 Marcus Harness
Coach: Nigel Clough
Match events
14'Matthew Mills
20'↑ Stephen Henderson ↓ Dorus De Vries⇄
23'Britt Assombalonga assist: Jorge Grant 1 - 0⚽
27'Lucas Akins assist: John Mousinho 1 - 1⚽
30'Lloyd Dyer assist: Chris O'Grady 1 - 2⚽
33'Ben Turner
35'Henri Lansbury
40'Hamza Choudhury
45'Thomas Lam assist: Ben Osborn 2 - 2⚽
Second half
46'↑ Pajtim Kasami ↓ Jorge Grant⇄
49'Oliver Burke 3 - 2⚽
66'↑ Tom Naylor ↓ Lee Williamson⇄
71'↑ Stuart Beavon ↓ Chris O'Grady⇄
77'Britt Assombalonga 4 - 2⚽
81'↑ Damien McCrory ↓ Tom Flanagan⇄
85'↑ Eric Lichaj ↓ Berto⇄
90'Tom Naylor assist: Hamza Choudhury 4 - 3⚽
Where to watch Championship
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|---|---|
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| Canada | DAZN |
| Australia | beIN Sports |
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Match details
| Competition | Championship |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Saturday, 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.
Head to head
2Nottingham Forest wins1Draws2Burton Albion wins5 past meetings on record. Biggest Nottingham Forest win: Nottingham Forest 2–0 Burton Albion (2017).
12 Jul 2022Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Burton AlbionClub Friendlies
30 Oct 2018Burton Albion 3 - 2 Nottingham ForestEFL Cup
17 Feb 2018Burton Albion 0 - 0 Nottingham ForestChampionship
21 Oct 2017Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Burton AlbionChampionship
11 Mar 2017Burton Albion 1 - 0 Nottingham ForestChampionship
