Nott'm Forest vs Sheffield United

18 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Taiwo Awoniyi 3’
Chris Wood 89’

Gustavo Hamer 48’

Match summary

Nott'm Forest won 2-1 at home to Sheffield United, with a late winner. Nott'm Forest led 1-0 at half-time.

Taiwo Awoniyi put Nott'm Forest ahead with a header in the 3rd minute, set up by Serge Aurier, Gustavo Hamer equalised from a corner in the 48th minute, and Chris Wood won it with a header in the 89th minute, set up by Serge Aurier.

The chances backed that up: Nott'm Forest created 1.37 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Sheffield United's 0.55 from 7.

Match stats

16 Shots 7

4 Shots on Target 3

6 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.37 xG 0.55

1.37 Non-penalty xG 0.55

6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Nott'm Forest Sheffield United

Kick-off

Taiwo Awoniyi
Assist: Serge Aurier

1-0

3’

Half-time1-0

48’

Gustavo Hamer

1-1

Chris Wood
Assist: Serge Aurier

2-1

89’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Nott'm Forest

Willy Boly
Serge Aurier

Sheffield United

Ben Osborn
Oliver Norwood
Gustavo Hamer

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Nott'm Forest 1.37 xGSheffield United 0.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sheffield United attacking Nott'm Forest attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Matt Turner	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Worrall	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.13	2
Scott McKenna	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Willy Boly	DEF	71			2	0.25	0.00	0
Serge Aurier	MID	90		2	1	0.02	0.57	2
Neco Williams	MID	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
Danilo	MID	90			2	0.07	0.07	2
Orel Mangala	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Brennan Johnson	FWD	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Taiwo Awoniyi	FWD	86	1		1	0.46	0.08	2
Morgan Gibbs-White	FWD	90			2	0.09	0.25	4
Anthony Elanga	Sub	19			1	0.05	0.00	0
Ryan Yates	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Wood	Sub	4	1		1	0.11	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wes Foderingham	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Anel Ahmedhodzic	DEF	90		1	0.08	0.00	0
John Egan	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Robinson	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Ben Osborn	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Lowe	MID	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver Norwood	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Vinicius Souza	MID	60		2	0.04	0.04	1
Gustavo Hamer	MID	90	1	1	0.02	0.05	1
Bénie Traoré	MID	84		1	0.32	0.00	0
William Osula	FWD	76		1	0.05	0.00	0
Yasser Larouci	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Basham	Sub	30		0	0.00	0.00	0
Andre Brooks	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0
Antwoine Hackford	Sub	6		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nott'm Forest win 50% Avg odds 1.93

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.44

Sheffield United win 22% Avg odds 4.33

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Nott'm Forest W D W D L

Sheffield United L W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Sheffield United 1-3 Nott'm Forest, 04 May 24 All Nott'm Forest vs Sheffield United meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.