Match Report
Nottingham Forest (0) 1-0 (0) Fulham
Premier League Match Day 06 24/25 at The City Ground, Nottingham
Saturday 28th September 2024 KO: 15:00
Referee:
Josh Smith (Cambridgeshire)
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Daniel O'Sullivan
Fulham held on to earn an impressive victory away at Nottingham Forest.
Raúl Jimenez scored from the penalty spot in the 51st minute after Andreas Pereira was fouled.
The victory matches the Club's best-ever start to a Premier League season after six matches, accumulating 11 points.
Marco Silva named an unchanged XI from the Newcastle United win at Craven Cottage last time out. Harry Wilson came in for Ryan Sessegnon on the bench.
Fulham started the game brightly, with Alex Iwobi and Adama Traore enjoying a lot of the ball in wide areas.
Just under 20 minutes in, Taiwo Awoniyi had the first sight of goal for the hosts, from a looped long throw, his audacious bicycle kick went just over Bernd Leno's bar.
Forest continued to threaten, five minutes later, a deep cross to the far post was headed back across goal to Chris Wood and the New Zealander thought he had scored, but VAR disallowed the goal for offside.
| Match Stats |
N. Forest |
Fulham |
| Goals |
(0) 0 |
1 (0) |
|
| Scorers |
- |
Jimenez (pen) 51 |
| , |
| Goal attempts |
11 |
14 |
| On target |
1 |
2 |
| Shooting Accuracy |
9% |
14% |
| Possession |
41% |
59% |
| Passes |
348 |
520 |
| Passes Success |
79% |
87% |
| Corners |
6 |
5 |
| Tackles |
8 |
7 |
| Tackles Success |
38% |
29% |
| Saves |
1 |
1 |
| Fouls |
11 |
15 |
| Offsides |
7 |
1 |
| Yellows |
2 |
4 |
| Reds |
0 |
0 |
| source: SkySports |
Raul had his first sight of goal almost immediately after, but his effort was saved by Matz Sels.
Moments into the second half, Andreas went down under the pressure of Murillo. After a lengthy VAR check and a visit to the monitor, referee Josh Smith awarded a penalty.
Raul stepped up and, with a stuttering run, calmly placed his effort to the right side-netting.
Calvin Bassey was to the rescue just after the hour mark with a last ditch challenge to prevent Anthony Elanga from a goalscoring chance inside the box.
Kenny Tete had shouts for a second Fulham penalty waved away when he was pushed over in the box by Alex Moreno.
Issa Diop made his way on as a late substitute as Fulham held on to earn another impressive three points in the Premier League.
Fulham boss Marco Silva:
"Very pleased. You have to win these type of games. We did the plan as normal and dealt really well in the game.
"We knew before the match we needed to keep our organisation. The key is when we had the ball. We were not sloppy at all and did not lose the ball at all. Not the best game of football to watch.
"Tight game for both teams and not many chances. Great battle for the boys and we deserved the three points."
Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo:
"Not the best game from ourselves, we did not play as well as we wished to. We had good opportunities to score but disappointed for the fans. Tough one to take.
"We have a plan, sometimes unpredictable situations happen. The second half, the game became stretched.
"There was no intention [with the penalty]. I don't want to go much further. There are incidents in Fulham's box that were not well reviewed. Football is a game of contact."
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno (Williams 84), Anderson (Silva 57), Ward-Prowse (Sosa 75), Yates, Domínguez (Hudson-Odoi 57), Awoniyi (Elanga 45), Wood
Unused substitutes: Morato, Toffolo, Boly, Miguel
Booked: Yates (31,f), Murillo (50,f)
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Pereira (Berge 69), Lukic(Reed 83), Traore(Nelson 69), Smith Rowe (Diop 88), Iwobi, Jimenez (Muniz 83)
Unused substitutes: Wilson, Cairney, Castagne, Benda
Goals:
Jimenez (pen) 51 (Jimenez makes no mistake from the spot! Bright start from Fulham as they flood forward. Murillo challenges Pereira in the area and appears to catch his ankles.)
After a run up that appeared to take forever, the Mexico forward fires his effort into the right corner! )
Booked: Tete (54,delaying restart), Lukic (58,f), Leno (84,tw), Reed (90,f)
Referee:
Josh Smith (Cambridgeshire)
Attendance: 30,139
Fulham are next in action on Saturday 5th October when they travel up to Manchester City