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Commentary
0¹A free-kick from ERIKSEN raced over.
0¹A corner bobbled toward BRANDT who fired the ball just beyond the near post.
5¹The 'keeper saved a glorious shot from WHITE.
6¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward ABRAHAM and his left foot effort flew narrowly over.
7¹GOAL!! A strike from WHITE was kicked off the line only for KOVACIC to slip the ball home. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
10¹MAIGNAN managed to claw away a wicked shot.
24¹ABRAHAM rushed through the Rochdale defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
32¹A cross from KOVACIC left PALMER in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
41¹PALMER was put clear by HERNÁNDEZ and he raced past the 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
42¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Rochdale 'keeper.
1²ERIKSEN's shot was well saved by the Rochdale 'keeper.
3²GOAL!! A great solo effort from SIMON who beat four defenders before rocketing the ball into the net. (1-1)
5²SIMON waltzed round KOVACIC and rifled a weak shot well wide.
8²JOTA beat LOCATELLI and flicked the ball to HERNÁNDEZ who dragged his effort wide.
10²GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from BONAZZOLI struck the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was headed into the net by KOWNACKI. (2-1 Rochdale)
13²SIMON drove a deadly shot over the bar from close range.
15²JOTA made space on the left and dragged the ball to HERNÁNDEZ who clipped the ball wide.
17²A weak shot from KOWNACKI trickled agonisingly wide.
18²The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely drive from Nottingham Forest's PALMER.
22²A penalty box meleé resulted in HERNÁNDEZ knocking the ball wide.
24²SIMON hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
25²GOAL!! FOFANA tried to play the ball out of the Rochdale penalty area but was tackled by PALMER who touched the ball to HERNÁNDEZ for a simple goal. (2-2)
32²A shot from SIMON seemed a certain goal but the Nottingham Forest 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
34²AKÉ beat two Rochdale players and slammed an effort wide.
37²A shot from BRANDT held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
39²GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with JOTA rocketing the ball into the top corner. (3-2 Nottingham Forest)

 
Nottingham Forest
 
League position: 3
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: LWWWWXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Mike MAIGNAN6 16 Tomás VACLIK
Ben WHITE7½27 Kosta NEDELJKOVIC
Theo HERNÁNDEZ8½37 Hayden COULSON
Mateo KOVACIC8 47 Manuel LOCATELLI
Nathan AKÉ8 56½Diego LLORENTE(c)
Ezri KONSA7 66½Seko FOFANA
Cole PALMER7 76 Femi SERIKI
Julian BRANDT8 86½Moses SIMON
(p)Tammy ABRAHAM5½97 Dawid KOWNACKI(p)
(f)Christian ERIKSEN7 105½Lucas BOYÉ(f)
JOTA6½116 Federico BONAZZOLI
Manager
Jan VERTONGHEN  12  Duncan WATMORE
David RAYA  13  Sondre ROSSBACH
Harvey BARNES  14  Scott QUIGLEY
RICHARLISON de Andrade  15  Rayhaan TULLOCH
Shea CHARLES6 16  Ben NELSON
 
Rochdale
 
League position: 14
Away league form: LXXX
Overall league form: LLLWXOXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Nottingham Forest go through to the next round
Statistics
Nottingham Forest 3 Rochdale 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 55,589, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Graham Horwood 5½)

Kovacic 7¹, Hernández 25², Jota 39²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Simon 3², Kownacki 10²
AbrahamóCharles 34² 
  
  
11
27
03
94
94
188
62
59%41%
Man of the match: Theo Hernández