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Round 8
Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Norwich City
FT
HT 1 - 0
FT
HT 1 - 0
Vellios 40'
Howson 52' Dorrans 66'
Attendance: 20,323
Date: Saturday 17th September 2016
Venue: The City Ground
Kick-Off: 03:00PM
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Assistants: James Mainwaring and John Flynn
Fourth Official: Steven Rushton
KIO's not606 Match Preview
Tomorrow sees Alex Neil’s Norwich City take on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in Round 8 of the Sky Bet EFL Championship season.
City go into the game on the back of two home wins against Cardiff City and Wigan Athletic respectively and will be hoping to make it a hat-trick of victories against Philippe Montanier’s side.
Forest have been in good form at the City Ground of late and should they overcome the Canaries on Saturday it will be their fourth home win on the trot.
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Jacob Murphy who was on target twice against the Latics
They are unbeaten in their last five competitive fixtures drawing their last two away at Aston Villa and Rotherham United.
One thing is for sure there should be plenty of goals in this one with Forest and City scoring 26 league goals between them so far this term.
Forest have not failed to score in a home game against Norwich since December 2000, and if both teams' start to the season is anything to go by we could be in for an entertaining Saturday afternoon.
Forest midfielder Hildeberto Pereira has served a one-match ban and Chris Cohen has recovered from injury so both are available for selection once more.
Canaries summer transfer target Britt Assombalonga is unlikey to start for Forest as he is nursing yet another injury, Damien Perquis is also considered a doubt after limping off at the New York Stadium at half-time midweek.
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Nelson Oliveira in action for Forest against Derby, former Canary Bradley Johnson looks on
As for City they will still be without long term absentee Matt Jarvis and City boss Alex Neil has also confirmed that midfielder Alex Tettey who had to leave the field of play Tuesday night due to a hip injury will not feature.
The game has also probably come too soon for former Forest loanee Nelson Oliveira who is not considered ‘up to speed’ by Canaries boss Alex Neil.
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ROI International Robbie Brady is set to return for City
Robbie Brady is set to return after his quad injury as is wing back Ivo Pinto who had to be replaced against the Latics, captain Russell Martin is expected to revert to right back if the Portuguese fails a fitness test.
Philippe Montanier’s Match Preview
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Philippe Montanier gives his thoughts
"It will be another very difficult game against a team who have just come down from the Premier League and you'd have to say it will probably be our toughest home game of the season so far.”
"Norwich have some very good technical players who I know a lot about and who will make life very difficult for us. But the mentality of the players is very good and we're looking forward to the challenge facing us.”
"The target is always to score more than the opposition and I'm glad the supporters are enjoying the football. We play in the moment and we play for our supporters. Football without the fans is nothing."
"Chris Cohen has trained with the squad this week and I'm sure he will be ready to help the team tomorrow. We welcome back Hildeberto into the squad as well and Nicklas Bendtner is getting closer to starting a game too.”
"The game will probably come too soon for Britt Assombalonga though. He has had a minor calf injury and hasn't trained as much as he would have liked so we don't want to risk him and caused more problems in the future.”
"We don't go out to just play the experienced players or the young players. We pick the best players for the team no matter how old they are. Everyone has a chance to break into the team if they train and play well."
Alex Neil's Match Preview
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Alex Neil previews tomorrows match"It's about consistency. We've got to make sure that we go there, we put in a good performance and that we're hard to beat.
"With the players we've got in our team, we've got goals in us, we've got six points on the board this week but we need to put another good win under our belt, particularly away from home after the last result. It will be nice to see the reaction."
"It will be a hard game. I went to watch them [Forest] against Rotherham - in the first half Rotherham did better, but as the game wore on Forest came strong."
"They've not lost a home game so far this season, so it's going to be a hard place to go. The fans get behind them at home.”
"But we'll go there with the belief that if we go and play as well as we can, we can go and win the game."
Current Form (Last Six Competitive Fixtures – Most Recent First)
Nottingham Forest
[D] 2 – 2 v Rotherham United (a)
[D] 2 – 2 v Aston Villa (a)
[W] 3 – 1 v Leeds United (h)
[W] 2 – 1 v Millwall (a)
[W] 4 – 3 v Wigan Athletic (h)
[L] 0 – 1 v Brentford (a)
Norwich City
[W] 2 – 1 v Wigan Athletic (h)
[W] 3 – 2 v Cardiff City (h)
[L] 0 – 3 v Birmingham City (a)
[W] 6 – 1 Coventry City (h)
[D] 1 – 1 Ipswich Town (a)
[W] 1 – 0 Bristol City (h)
NOTT’M FOREST HOME
Forest last kept a clean sheet at home 9 games ago.
The last 20 Forest home matches have produced an average of 2.85 goals per game.
In their last 20 home matches against teams positioned in the top half of the table,
Forest have scored 1.1 goals per game and conceded 1.4 goals per game on average.
NORWICH AWAY
Norwich last kept a clean sheet away from home 7 games ago.
The last 20 Norwich away matches have produced an average of 2.65 goals per game.
In their last 20 away matches against teams positioned in the top half of the table,
Norwich have scored 0.9 goals per game and conceded 1.6 goals per game on average.
MATCH STATISTICS www.kickoff.co.uk
Match History
In total there have been 67 competitive matches between these two sides Forest having the slight upper hand with 27 wins to City’s 24, there have been 16 drawn games.
The first meeting was on 9th January 1915 in the First Round of the FA Cup at the City Ground Nottingham, the Canaries winning the tie by 4 goals to 1.
Forest’s biggest win over City was on 2nd January 1991 in League Division One (top tier) at Carrow Road where the Reds triumphed by 6 goals to 2.
However this is not Forest’s biggest winning margin, that came in the reverse fixture on 24th April 1991 Forest thumping the Canaries 5-0.
City also lost 1-0 to Forest in the FA Cup 6th Round (Quarter-Final) that season at Carrow Road.
The Canaries biggest win over Forest is 4-0 a feat which they have achieved twice. The first time was on 13thApril 1936 at the Nest in League Division Two and the second was the same year but the following season on 17th October also at the Nest.
All bar four of the 64 league meetings between City and Forest have been in the top two divisions of English Football, the sides have never met in the Football League Cup.
Highest Nottingham Forest score
Norwich City 2 Nottingham Forest 6
Highest Norwich City score
Norwich City 4 Nottingham Forest 0
Norwich City 4 Nottingham Forest 0
Highest aggregate
Norwich City 2 Nottingham Forest 6
Club Connections
Those to have plied their trade with both Forest and City include:
Daniel Ayala (Forest loan), Ryan Bertrand (both clubs on loan), Jim Brennan, Ian Butterworth, Lee Camp, Sammy Clingan, Rob Earnshaw, Justin Fashanu, Asa Hartford, Gary Holt, Grant Holt,
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Ian Butterworth in action for Norwich against Bayern Munich in 1993
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Gary Megson
*Nelson Oliveira(Forest loan), Martin O’Neill, David Phillips, Robert Rosario, Darren Ward, ElliottWard, Chris Woods, Willie Young.
*Nelson Oliveira City’s 2016 summer signing has yet to make his debut for the Canaries.
Did You Know?
Nottingham Forest have played their home games at the City Ground in West Bridgford since 1898.
The ground is situated on the banks of the River Trent and is a mere 300 yards away from Notts County’s Meadow Lane Stadium on the other side of the Trent.
The two grounds are the closest professional football stadia in England and the second closest in the United Kingdom after the grounds of Dundee and Dundee United in Scotland.
A boundary change in the 1950s meant that the City Ground is now no longer within the city of Nottingham whilst Notts County's ground is.
Justin Fashanu became the first black footballer to command a £1M fee when he was transferred from Norwich to Nottingham Forest in 1981.
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The late Justin Fashanu
Gary Megson managed and played for both clubs.
Chris Woods City’s Milk Cup winning goalkeeper started his career at the City Ground.
TEAM LINE UPS:
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post match with Mark and Rob Butler
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Up The MIGHTY U's! 
Can't even spell Forest!!!!
