Nottingham Forest

2017–18 season
Owner	Evangelos Marinakis (80%) Sokratis Kominakis (20%)[1]
Chairman	Nicholas Randall QC
Manager	Mark Warburton (until 31 December) Gary Brazil (caretaker from 31 December to 8 January) Aitor Karanka (from 8 January)
Stadium	The City Ground West Bridgford (Capacity: 30,445)
Championship	17th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League:Kieran Dowell (9) All: Kieran Dowell (10)
Highest home attendance	29,106 (vs.Derby County, EFL Championship, 11 March)
Lowest home attendance	7,546 (vs.Shrewsbury Town, EFL Cup first round, 8 August)
Home colours Away colours
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The2017–18 season isNottingham Forest's 152nd season in existence, 10th consecutive season in theEFL Championship, and their first full season under the ownership ofEvangelos Marinakis and Sokratis Kominakis, who had purchased the club fromFawaz Al-Hasawi on 18 May 2017.^[2] In addition to the Championship, the club participated in theFA Cup andEFL Cup. The season covers the period between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.

As of 29 April 2018^[3]

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Joined First Team	Player Contracted Until
Goalkeepers
1	Costel Pantilimon	ROM	(1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (age 38)	Watford	2018	2018
26	Dimitar Evtimov	BUL	(1993-09-07)7 September 1993 (age 32)	Chavdar Etropole	2011	2019
33	Stefanos Kapino	GRE	(1994-03-18)18 March 1994 (age 31)	Olympiacos	2018	2019
43	Jordan Smith	ENG	(1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (age 30)	Academy Product	2016	2020
Defenders
2	Eric Lichaj	USA	(1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (age 37)	Aston Villa	2013	2019
3	Tobias Figueiredo	POR	(1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (age 31)	Sporting	2018	2018
4	Michael Mancienne	ENG	(1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (age 37)	Hamburg	2014	2019
13	Danny Fox	SCO	(1986-05-29)29 May 1986 (age 39)	Southampton	2014	2019
25	Jack Hobbs	ENG	(1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (age 37)	Hull City	2014	2018
27	Tendayi Darikwa	ZIM	(1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (age 33)	Burnley	2017	2021
29	Juan Fuentes	ESP	(1990-01-05)5 January 1990 (age 35)	Osasuna	2018	2018
42	Joe Worrall	ENG	(1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (age 28)	Academy Product	2016	2022
Midfielders
5	Adlène Guédioura	ALG	(1985-11-12)12 November 1985 (age 40)	Middlesbrough	2018	2020
7	Liam Bridcutt	SCO	(1989-05-08)8 May 1989 (age 36)	Leeds United	2017	2020
10	Barrie McKay	SCO	(1994-12-30)30 December 1994 (age 30)	Rangers	2017	2021
11	Ben Osborn	ENG	(1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (age 31)	Academy Product	2012	2020
14	Matty Cash	ENG	(1997-08-07)7 August 1997 (age 28)	Academy Product	2016	2021
18	Jack Colback	ENG	(1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (age 36)	Newcastle United	2018	2018
20	Kieran Dowell	ENG	(1997-10-10)10 October 1997 (age 28)	Everton	2017	2018
21	Ashkan Dejagah	IRN	(1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (age 39)	Wolfsburg	2018	2018
24	David Vaughan	WAL	(1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (age 42)	Sunderland	2014	2018
31	Andreas Bouchalakis	GRE	(1993-04-05)5 April 1993 (age 32)	Olympiacos	2017	2020
32	Ben Watson	ENG	(1985-07-09)9 July 1985 (age 40)	Watford	2018	2020
Forwards
9	Daryl Murphy	IRL	(1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (age 42)	Newcastle United	2017	2020
15	Lee Tomlin	ENG	(1989-01-12)12 January 1989 (age 36)	Cardiff City	2018	2018
17	Ben Brereton	ENG	(1999-04-18)18 April 1999 (age 26)	Academy Product	2017	2021
23	Joe Lolley	ENG	(1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (age 33)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2022
39	Apostolos Vellios	GRE	(1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (age 33)	Iraklis 1908	2016	2020

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Length of Contract	Player Contracted Until	Reference
7 July 2017	DF	ENG	Adam Crookes	—	—	[4]
7 July 2017	FW	IRE	Gerry McDonagh	—	—	[4]
7 July 2017	MF	ENG	Elvis Otim	—	—	[4]
7 July 2017	FW	ENG	Lewis Walters	—	—	[4]
10 August 2017	MF	ENG	Toby Edser	3 years	2020	[5]
8 October 2017	DF	ENG	Riley Harbottle	—	—	[6]
24 October 2017	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	4.5 years	2022	[7]
11 January 2018	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	2.5 years	2020	[8]
12 January 2018	DF	USA	Eric Lichaj	1.5 years	2019	[9]
24 January 2018	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah	—	—	[10]
20 February 2018	FW	ENG	Keith Asare	2.5 years	2020	[11]
5 April 2018	DF	SCO	Danny Fox	1 year	2019	[12]
20 June 2018	MF	ENG	Alex Mighten	2 year	2020	[13]

^[a]

First team Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Reference 17 June 2017 FW SCO Jason Cummings Hibernian Undisclosed [15] 5 July 2017 MF SCO Barrie McKay Rangers Undisclosed [16] 21 July 2017 FW IRL Daryl Murphy Newcastle United Undisclosed [17] 26 July 2017 DF ZIM Tendayi Darikwa Burnley Undisclosed [18] 27 July 2017 MF GRE Andreas Bouchalakis Olympiacos Free transfer[19] [20] 22 August 2017 MF SCO Liam Bridcutt Leeds United Undisclosed [21] 31 January 2018 MF IRN Ashkan Dejagah Free Agent Free transfer [22] 31 January 2018 FW ENG Joe Lolley Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [23] 31 January 2018 MF ALG Adlène Guédioura Free Agent[24] Free transfer [25] 5 February 2018 MF ENG Ben Watson Free Agent[26] Free transfer [27] 8 February 2018 GK GRE Stefanos Kapino Free Agent Free transfer [28] 8 February 2018 DF ESP Juan Fuentes Free agent Free Transfer [28] PDS, Academy and other Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Reference 7 July 2017 DF ENG Joe Coveney Manchester City Undisclosed [29] 12 July 2017 GK IRL Liam Bossin Free Agent Free Transfer [30] 12 January 2018 FW NGR Victor Sodeinde Maidstone United Undisclosed [31] Loans in [edit] First team Date Position Nationality Name From End of loan Reference 3 August 2017 MF ENG Kieran Dowell Everton 30 June 2018 [32] 31 August 2017 GK AUS Adam Federici Bournemouth 11 September 2017[b] [35] 30 January 2018 DF POR Tobias Figueiredo Sporting 30 June 2018 [36] 31 January 2018 GK ROM Costel Pantilimon Watford 30 June 2018 [22] 31 January 2018 FW ENG Lee Tomlin Cardiff City 30 June 2018 [37] 31 January 2018 MF ENG Jack Colback Newcastle United 30 June 2018 [38] Transfers out [edit] First team Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Reference 1 July 2017 FW ENG Matty Fryatt Free Agent (later retired[39]) Released [40] 1 July 2017 DF ESP Daniel Pinillos Free Agent(later joinedCórdoba[41]) Released [40] 17 July 2017 FW DRC Britt Assombalonga Middlesbrough £15,000,000[42] [43] 24 July 2017 DF POL Damien Perquis Free Agent(later joinedGazélec Ajaccio[44]) Contract terminated [45] 15 August 2017 GK SER Vladimir Stojković Free Agent(later joinedPartizan[46]) Contract terminated [47] 31 August 2017 MF POR Licá Free Agent(later joinedGranada[48]) Contract Terminated [49] 31 January 2018 MF GAM Mustapha Carayol Free Agent(later joinedIpswich Town[50]) Contract Terminated [51] 31 January 2018 DF ENG Matt Mills Free Agent(later joinedBarnsley[52]) Contract terminated [53] PDS, Academy and other Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Reference 1 July 2017 GK AUS Chris Marques Free Agent Released [40] 1 July 2017 DF DEN Frederik Nielsen Free agent(later joinedSheffield Wednesday[54]) Released [40] 1 July 2017 FW ENG James Thorne Free Agent(later joinedHartlepool United[55]) Released [40] 1 July 2017 MF ENG Rob Worrall Free Agent(later joinedBrighouse Town[56]) Released [40] 27 April 2018 FW IRE Gerry McDonagh Free Agent Released [57]

First team

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End of loan	Reference
17 July 2017	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	Milton Keynes Dons	17 January 2018	[58][59]
20 July 2017	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	Notts County	30 June 2018	[60]
30 August 2017	DF	FIN	Thomas Lam	Twente	30 June 2018	[61]
28 October 2017	GK	BUL	Dimitar Evtimov	Port Vale	4 November 2017	[62]
15 January 2018	FW	SCO	Jason Cummings	Rangers	30 June 2018	[63]
19 January 2018	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	Northampton Town	30 June 2018	[64]
31 January 2018	FW	ENG	Tyler Walker	Bolton Wanderers	30 June 2018	[65]
31 January 2018	GK	IRE	Stephen Henderson	Portsmouth	30 June 2018	[66]
31 January 2018	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	Cardiff City	30 June 2018	[67]
31 January 2018	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	Bolton Wanderers	30 June 2018	[68]
3 February 2018	DF	SEN	Armand Traoré	Cardiff City	30 June 2018	[69]

PDS, Academy and other

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End of loan	Reference
31 July 2017	DF	SCO	Alex Iacovitti	Forest Green Rovers	1 January 2018	[70][71]
4 August 2017	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	Notts County	10 January 2018	[72][73]
29 September 2017	GK	ENG	Jordan Wright	Kettering Town	30 October 2017	[74]
5 October 2017	FW	IRL	Gerry McDonagh	Tranmere Rovers	January 2018	[75]
7 December 2017	FW	ENG	Lewis Walters	Barrow	5 January 2018	[76]
15 December 2017	DF	ENG	Adam Crookes	Guiseley	30 June 2018	[77][78]
11 January 2018	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	Scunthorpe United	30 June 2018	[79]

Nottingham Forest began their pre-season with a training camp at theIMG Academy inFlorida, United States, between 3 and 14 July, which also included a training match againstDeportivo Saprissa ofCosta Rica.^[80][81] On their return to England, Forest played four friendlies within the borders ofNottinghamshire against city rivalsNotts County,Mansfield Town,Girona andBurnley.

Forest's friendly against Notts County marked the inaugural game played for the Derek Pavis Trophy, named in honour of the former County chairman and Forest vice-chairman who had died in May 2017. Forest were awarded the trophy post-match after their 2–0 victory.^[82][83]

Notts County v Nottingham Forest

19 July 2017	Notts County	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Nottingham
19:45BST		Report	50'Brereton 88'Vellios	Stadium:Meadow Lane Attendance: 12,209 Referee: James Adcock

Mansfield Town v Nottingham Forest

22 July 2017	Mansfield Town	0–4	Nottingham Forest	Mansfield
15:00BST		Report	26'Cummings 69'Walker 82' 89'Vellios	Stadium:One Call Stadium Attendance: 5,333[84] Referee: Mark Heywood

Nottingham Forest vGirona

25 July 2017	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Girona	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Vellios 65' 68' (pen.)	Report	40'Andrés	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 4,417 Referee: Oliver Langford

Nottingham Forest vBurnley

29 July 2017	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Burnley	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Murphy 33'	Report	56'Gray	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 10,231 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Nottingham Forest vMillwall

4 August 20171	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Millwall	West Bridgford
19:45BST	McKay 41'	Report	89'Saville	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 28,065 Referee:Peter Bankes

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

12 August 20172	Brentford	3–4	Nottingham Forest	Hounslow
15:00BST	Egan 38' Bjelland 79' Henry 81' Maupay 90'	Report	28' 41' 47'Bouchalakis 43'Murphy  82'Vaughan 83'Dowell  86'Mills	Stadium:Griffin Park Attendance: 10,169 Referee:James Linington

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

15 August 20173	Barnsley	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
19:45BST	Pearson 4' Hedges 50' Potts 81' Williams 87'	Report	26'Murphy  30'Mancienne	Stadium:Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 13,883 Referee:Tony Harrington

Nottingham Forest vMiddlesbrough

19 August 20174	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Darikwa 15' McKay 16' Traoré 18' Murphy 79' (pen.)	Report	39'Clayton  63'Fry  76'Assombalonga 83' 89'Gibson	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 26,265 Referee:Graham Scott

Nottingham Forest vLeeds United

26 August 20175	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Leeds United	West Bridgford
17:30BST	Mills 48' Bridcutt 56'	Report	24'Roofe  59'Hernández  82'Ayling 87'Alioski	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 25,682 Referee:Jeremy Anderson

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

9 September 20176	Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
17:30BST	Hooper 23' Fletcher 63' Lee 70' Wallace 75'	Report	29'Osborn	Stadium:Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,710 Referee:Andrew Madley

Sunderland v Nottingham Forest

12 September 20177	Sunderland	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Sunderland
19:45BST	Cattermole 48'	Report	86'Murphy  90'Cummings	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,021 Referee:Simon Hooper

Nottingham Forest vWolverhampton Wanderers

16 September 20178	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Carayol 75' Mills 82' Bridcutt 90'	Report	47' 81'Jota  56'Cavaleiro  90'Marshall	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 25,756 Referee:Geoff Eltringham

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

23 September 20179	Aston Villa	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
17:30BST	Adomah 15' Hourihane 60' Taylor 90'	Report	42'Bridcutt 53'Murphy  59'Brereton  89'Mills	Stadium:Villa Park Attendance: 28,554 Referee:Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest vFulham

26 September 201710	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Fulham	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Murphy 33' Worrall 55' Mills 71'	Report	13'Kamara 72'Johansen 89'Kebano	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 21,208 Referee:Scott Duncan

Nottingham Forest vSheffield United

30 September 201711	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Sheffield United	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Cummings 9' Dowell 27' Bouchalakis 83' Osborn 84' Bridcutt 88'	Report	3' 21'Lundstram  43'Coutts  90'Duffy  90'Stevens	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 25,700 Referee:Andy Davies

Derby County v Nottingham Forest

15 October 201712	Derby County	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Derby
13:15BST	Vydra 1' Nugent 50'	Report	67'Fox	Stadium:Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 31,196 Referee:Andrew Madley

Nottingham Forest vBurton Albion

21 October 201713	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Burton Albion	West Bridgford
15:00BST	McKay 58' Lichaj 78'	Report	47'Turner  57'Murphy	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 24,686 Referee:Keith Stroud

Hull City v Nottingham Forest

28 October 201714	Hull City	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
17:30BST	Larsson 61' Irvine 64' Dawson 68' Clark 74' Bowen 76' Hector 88'	Report	24'Vaughan 29' 71' 83' (pen.)Dowell  86'Ward  90'Walker	Stadium:KCOM Stadium Attendance: 15,780 Referee:Jeremy Simpson

Reading v Nottingham Forest

31 October 201715	Reading	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Reading
19:45GMT	Swift 13' 70' Aluko 78'	Report	9'Lichaj 86'Osborn	Stadium:Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,848 Referee:Paul Tierney

Nottingham Forest vQueens Park Rangers

4 November 201716	Nottingham Forest	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Walker 13' 84' 73' Dowell 44' McKay 52'	Report	70'Freeman	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 24,021 Referee:Tim Robinson

Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest

18 November 201717	Birmingham City	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
15:00GMT	Adams 5' Kieftenbeld 47' Dean 55'	Report	14'Worrall  56'Dowell	Stadium:St Andrew's Attendance: 21,071 Referee:Christopher Kavanagh

Nottingham Forest vNorwich City

21 November 201718	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Norwich City	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Bridcutt 49' Murphy 77'	Report	65'Reed  90'+6'Zimmermann	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 23,831 Referee:Tony Harrington

Nottingham Forest vCardiff City

26 November 201719	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
13:00GMT	Traoré 14'	Report	24'Hoilett 38'Ward  65'Paterson  86'Gounongbe	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 25,210 Referee:Peter Bankes

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

2 December 201720	Ipswich Town	4–2	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00GMT	Connolly 7' 86' Iorfa 37' Waghorn 53' 82' Celina 67'	Report	29' 45'Dowell 43'Walker  90'Bridcutt	Stadium:Portman Road Attendance: 16,808 Referee:Darren Bond

Nottingham Forest vBolton Wanderers

9 December 201721	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Bolton Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	McKay 3' Mills 32' Worrall 60' Brereton 89' Bridcutt 90+2'	Report	30'Robinson 45'Buckley  87'Henry 90+2' (o.g.)Worrall	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 22,882 Referee:Darren England

Bristol City v Nottingham Forest

16 December 201722	Bristol City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00GMT	Brownhill 25' Pack 36' Bryan 45+1' Woodrow 90+3'	Report	47'Dowell  63'Bridcutt  86'Worrall	Stadium:Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,128 Referee:James Linington

Preston North End v Nottingham Forest

23 December 201723	Preston North End	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00GMT	Huntington 75' Pearson 86' Gallagher 89'	Report	31'Vaughan  42'Bridcutt  49' 58'Brereton  68'Osborn	Stadium:Deepdale Attendance: 13,481 Referee:Scott Duncan

Nottingham Forest vSheffield Wednesday

26 December 201724	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Brereton 88' Mancienne 90+5'	Report	5'Reach 45+1' (pen.)Rhodes 65'João	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 28,635 Referee:Andrew Madley

Nottingham Forest vSunderland

30 December 201725	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Sunderland	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Traoré 82'	Report	40'McGeady	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 26,830 Referee:Darren Bond

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest

1 January 201826	Leeds United	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
15:00GMT	Jansson 45' Sáiz 90+3'	Report	69'Lichaj  85'Carayol	Stadium:Elland Road Attendance: 32,426 Referee:Jeremy Simpson

Nottingham Forest vAston Villa

13 January 201827	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
17:30GMT	Lichaj 61' Cash 63'	Report	18'Hogan  71'Elmohamady  89'Terry	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 25,433 Referee:James Linington

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

20 January 201828	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
15:00GMT	Coady 38' Jota 65' Bennett 90'	Report	6'Fox  19'Worrall  30'Bridcutt 40'Dowell 43'Osborn	Stadium:Molineux Stadium Attendance: 29,050 Referee:Robert Madley

Nottingham Forest vPreston North End

30 January 201829	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Preston North End	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Fox 44' Darikwa 45' Vaughan 86'	Report	35' 75'Bodin 60'Barkhuizen 83' (pen.)Johnson	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 22,044 Referee:Geoff Eltringham

Fulham v Nottingham Forest

3 February 201830	Fulham	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith and Fulham
15:00GMT	Piazon 68' McDonald 73' Johansen 90'	Report	47'Dowell  70'Mancienne	Stadium:Craven Cottage Attendance: 22,076 Referee:Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest vHull City

10 February 201831	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Fox 41'	Report	9'Toral 38'Wilson  60'Larsson	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 23,098 Referee:Oliver Langford

Burton Albion v Nottingham Forest

17 February 201832	Burton Albion	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Burton upon Trent
15:00GMT	Akins 12'	Report	28'Lichaj  29'Brereton  90'Colback  90'Dowell	Stadium:Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,775 Referee:Andy Davies

Nottingham Forest vReading

20 February 201833	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Reading	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Osborn 62' Tomlin 74' 85' Figueiredo 77'	Report	35' 76'Richards  37'Kelly  78'Gunter	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 21,846 Referee:Stephen Martin

Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest

24 February 201834	Queens Park Rangers	2–5	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith and Fulham
15:00GMT	Luongo 68' Smith 78' Scowen 84'	Report	35' 37' 47'Tomlin 51'Lolley  72'Pantilimon 76'Cash 90'Brereton	Stadium:Loftus Road Attendance: 13,675 Referee:Darren Bond

Nottingham Forest vBirmingham City

3 March 201835	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Lolley 6' Darikwa 67' Cash 79'	Report	28' 87'Morrison  83'Kieftenbeld	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 23,296 Referee:Keith Stroud

Norwich City v Nottingham Forest

6 March 201836	Norwich City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
19:45GMT	Tettey 84' Maddison 90'	Report	34'Figueiredo  44'Colback  81'Brereton  85'Watson  86'Darikwa	Stadium:Carrow Road Attendance: 25,184 Referee:Darren England

Nottingham Forest vDerby County

11 March 201837	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Derby County	West Bridgford
14:30GMT	Colback 33' Watson 75' Figueiredo 79' Darikwa 90'	Report	28'Lawrence  78'  81'Huddlestone	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 29,106 Referee:Jeremy Simpson

Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest

17 March 201838	Sheffield United	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
15:00GMT	Fleck 90'	Report	44'Fox  77'Watson  87'Colback	Stadium:Bramall Lane Attendance: 28,095 Referee:Paul Tierney

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

30 March 201839	Millwall	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Southwark
13:00BST	Williams 1' 40' Saville 29' Gregory 33' Morison 53'	Report	12'Tomlin  23'Figueiredo  52'Fox	Stadium:The Den Attendance: 16,004 Referee:Scott Duncan

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest

7 April 201840	Middlesbrough	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00BST	Ayala 7' Downing 31' Shotton 57'	Report	13'Dowell  34'Figueiredo	Stadium:Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,812 Referee:David Webb

Nottingham Forest vBrentford

10 April 201841	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Brentford	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Guédioura 52' Darikwa 55'	Report	81'Dalsgaard	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 20,596 Referee:Andy Davies

Nottingham Forest vIpswich Town

14 April 201842	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Ipswich Town	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Brereton 81' 89' (pen.) Lolley 90'	Report	38' 73'Ward	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 25,093 Referee:Darren England

Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest

21 April 201843	Cardiff City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
19:45BST	Morrison 35' Gunnarsson 74'	Report	50'Bridcutt  73'Mancienne  73'Watson  90'Colback	Stadium:Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,310 Referee:Peter Bankes

Nottingham Forest vBarnsley

24 April 201844	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Barnsley	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Fox 18' Tomlin 26' Brereton 36' Guédioura 87' Vellios 90'	Report	53'Jackson	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 23,633 Referee:Robert Jones

Nottingham Forest vBristol City

29 April 201845	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Bristol City	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Colback 45'	Report	64'Fielding	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 24,722 Referee:Jeremy Simpson

Bolton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

6 May 201846	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Horwich
12:30BST	Pratley 13' Robinson 45' Le Fondre 67' Wheater 86' Wilbraham 88'	Report	7'Bridcutt  39'Fox  57'Lolley 70'Osborn 79'Colback  82'Darikwa	Stadium:Macron Stadium Attendance: 18,289 Referee:Scott Duncan

In theFA Cup,Forest entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to cup holdersArsenal.^[85]

Nottingham Forest vArsenal

7 January 2018 (2018-01-07)Third round	Nottingham Forest	4–2	Arsenal	West Bridgford
16:00GMT	Lichaj 20',44' Brereton 64' (pen.) Dowell 85' (pen.) Worrall 88'  89'	Report	23' 86'Mertesacker 79' 86'Welbeck  84'Debuchy  85'Ospina	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 27,182 Referee:Jonathan Moss

Hull City v Nottingham Forest

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27)Fourth round	Hull City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
15:00GMT	Bowen 18' Dicko 40' Mazuch 90'	Report	25'Fox 88'Vellios  90'Worrall	Stadium:KCOM Stadium Attendance: 13,450 Referee:Stuart Attwell

On 16 June 2017 Nottingham Forest were drawn at home toShrewsbury Town in their opening game of theEFL Cup, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Carabao Cup.^[86] A trip toPremier League sideNewcastle United was confirmed for the second round.^[87] Forest were drawn to play the reigningPremier League championsChelsea away in the third round.^[88]

Nottingham Forest vShrewsbury Town

8 August 2017First round	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Fox 17' Carayol 29' (pen.) Cummings 65' 75'	Report	29'Ogogo 79' (pen.)Whalley  83'Ennis	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 7,546 Referee:John Busby

Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest

23 August 2017Second round	Newcastle United	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45BST	Mitrović 3' Aarons 45' Hanley 85'	Report	29' 31'Cummings  83'Worrall 97'Walker  111'Mancienne	Stadium:St. James' Park Attendance: 27,709 Referee:Darren England

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest

20 September 2017Third round	Chelsea	5–1	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith and Fulham
19:45BST	Kenedy 13' Batshuayi 19' 53' 86' Musonda 40'	Report	21'Hobbs 90'Darikwa	Stadium:Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,621 Referee:Christopher Kavanagh

As of match played 6 May 2018^[a][b]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		EFL Championship		Emirates FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	USA	Eric Lichaj	28	3	22+1	1	2	2	3	0
3	DF	POR	Tobias Figueiredo	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Michael Mancienne	33	0	27+2	0	2	0	2	0
5	MF	ALG	Adlène Guédioura	11	0	6+5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Matt Mills	15	0	11+2	0	0+1	0	1	0
6	DF	SEN	Armand Traoré	19	0	15+3	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt	27	1	24+3	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Chris Cohen	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	EIR	Daryl Murphy	28	7	22+5	7	0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	SCO	Barrie McKay	28	5	22+4	5	0+1	0	0+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Ben Osborn	51	4	42+4	4	2	0	2+1	0
13	DF	SCO	Danny Fox	27	0	23	0	1	0	3	0
14	MF	ENG	Matty Cash	25	2	14+9	2	2	0	0	0
15	FW	ENG	Lee Tomlin	15	4	12+3	4	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	17	0	4+9	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
17	FW	ENG	Ben Brereton	39	6	25+10	5	2	1	1+1	0
18	MF	GAM	Mustapha Carayol	17	2	2+13	1	1	0	1	1
18	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
19	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	8	0	0+8	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Kieran Dowell	43	10	31+7	9	2	1	3	0
21	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	IRN	Ashkan Dejagah	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Joe Lolley	16	3	13+3	3	0	0	0	0
24	MF	WAL	David Vaughan	16	0	14	0	1+1	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Jack Hobbs	5	0	2	0	0	0	2+1	0
26	GK	BUL	Dimitar Evtimov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	ZIM	Tendayi Darikwa	32	1	29+1	0	0	0	0+2	1
29	DF	ESP	Juan Fuentes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	EIR	Stephen Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	GRE	Andreas Bouchalakis	25	2	11+10	2	1	0	3	0
32	MF	ENG	Ben Watson	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	GRE	Stefanos Kapino	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	ENG	Tyler Walker	16	4	7+5	3	0+1	0	1+2	1
35	FW	SCO	Jason Cummings	17	4	7+7	1	0	0	3	3
37	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	GRE	Apostolos Vellios	14	2	4+8	1	0+1	1	1	0
42	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	35	1	28+3	1	2	0	2	0
43	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	32	0	29	0	2	0	1	0

As of match played 6 May 2018