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0¹ VOLLAND worked the ball to ZAHA, JIMÉNEZ collected his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper. 9¹ A shot from DI MARÍA was smothered by SCHMEICHEL. 10¹ A good ball from ZAHA on the right was collected by JIMÉNEZ who mishit his shot over the bar. 11¹ DE BRUYNE beat three Nottingham Forest players and drove a great chance inches over. 12¹ GOAL!! With his back to goal PULISIC turned and stabbed the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Exeter City) 13¹ A free-kick from JIMÉNEZ raced inches wide. 15¹ GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from VOLLAND hit the crossbar and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by GIBBS-WHITE. (1-1) 18¹ A drive from GIBBS-WHITE seemed a certain goal but the Exeter City 'keeper managed to fist the ball away. 18¹ ARMSTRONG waltzed round ZINCHENKO and rifled a poor shot into the crowd. 21¹ BOLY shot over. 22¹ RÚBEN NEVES scuffed a simple chance. 24¹ A accurate pass was collected by GIBBS-WHITE and his deadly effort floated narrowly wide. 27¹ A poor strike from ZAHA trickled agonisingly wide. 31¹ GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed FREULER to knock the ball to JIMÉNEZ who hit a right foot shot into the back of the net. (2-1 Nottingham Forest) 33¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing SCHMEICHEL. 40¹ GOAL!! An imaginative JAMES played a delightful ball down the right to DI MARÍA who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-2) 45¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in DI MARÍA driving the ball over. 1² A strike from JIMÉNEZ held no problem for the Exeter City 'keeper. 17² DIOGO DALOT fired a right foot shot wide from just outside the area. 20² DE BRUYNE beat ZINCHENKO and fired the ball to ARMSTRONG who dragged his effort wide. 27² MAGUIRE headed wide. 40² DI MARÍA poked a simple chance past the far post.

Nottingham Forest   League position: 14 Home league form: LWLL Overall league form: LLWXLLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Kasper SCHMEICHEL 7  1 6  Jordan PICKFORD Joe GOMEZ 7  2 7  Reece JAMES Oleksandr ZINCHENKO 7½ 3 6  José DIOGO DALOT RÚBEN Diogo NEVES 7  4 8½ Kevin DE BRUYNE(c) Willy BOLY 6  5 7  Alessio ROMAGNOLI JORGINHO 6½ 6 6  Harry MAGUIRE Kevin VOLLAND 6  7 7  Nicoló ZANIOLO Morgan GIBBS-WHITE 7  8 7½ Ángel DI MARÍA (p)Raúl JIMÉNEZ 7  9 7  Sinclair ARMSTRONG(p) (f)Remo FREULER 6  10 7  Christian PULISIC(f) Wilfried ZAHA 5½ 11 6  ANSU FATI Manager Loïc MBE SOH    12    NEYMAR da Silva Gary WOODS    13    David DE GEA Anthony MARTIAL    14    Mason MOUNT Alex OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN    15    Jon ROWE GUSTAVO Henrique SCARPA    16    João PALHINHA

Exeter City   League position: 4 Away league form: LWLL Overall league form: XLWWXWLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Nottingham Forest 2 Exeter City 2 (Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 33,111, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Lee Probert 7½) Gibbs-White 15¹, Jiménez 31¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Pulisic 12¹, di María 40¹             3 4 4 10 1 6 6 5 7 9 13 14 3 2 47% 53% ¶ Man of the match: Kevin de Bruyne ¶