Match Report
Nottingham Forest U21 (17th, 26 pts) visited Fulham U21 (4th, 38 pts) with 12 points between them. Nottingham Forest U21 had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Per game in the league, Fulham U21 were scoring 2.4 and conceding 1.6, Nottingham Forest U21 1.15 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.79 goals per team per game.
Nottingham Forest U21 arrived off five straight defeats. Over the last five, Fulham U21 had taken 9 of 15 points to Nottingham Forest U21's 0.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Fulham U21 2, draws 0, Nottingham Forest U21 2, at 1.75 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
The referee was G. Laflin, with 39 matches in our database and 2.2 yellows per game on average. Craven Cottage staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,700. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Fulham U21: Samuel Amissah (56') · Nottingham Forest U21: Justin Hanks (62'), Kalum Thompson (90')
Key stats
Possession: Fulham U21 55% · Nottingham Forest U21 45% · Total shots: 13-20 · On target: 4-10 · Corners: 4-12