Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest, 06 January 2025

Score3-0 to Nottingham Forest
RefereePeter Bankes
CompetitionPremier League
VenueMolineux
Attendance29,940

View Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 1 Drawn: 4 Nottingham Forest won: 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 6 Nottingham Forest scored: 8 . This was Nottingham Forest’s first win in five visits to Molineux in the top division since a 4-1 win on 26 December 1980 in League Division One.

0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Vítor Pereira

3 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Goals:

Morgan Gibbs-White 7 G
Chris Wood 44 G
Taiwo Awoniyi 90+4 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Santiago Bueno
Defender Matt Doherty
Defender Pedro Lima
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Midfielder Tommy Doyle
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder/Forward HWANG Hee-chan
Midfielder/Forward Rodrigo Gomes
Forward Gonçalo Guedes
Forward Jørgen Strand Larsen

Starting lineup:

Matz Sels Goalkeeper
Nikola Milenković Defender
Murillo Defender
Ola Aina Defender/Midfielder
Neco Williams Defender/Midfielder
Elliott Anderson Midfielder
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder
Callum Hudson-Odoi Midfielder
Anthony Elanga Midfielder/Forward
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder/Forward
Chris Wood Forward

Substitutions:

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde for Pedro Lima 59
Mario Lemina for Tommy Doyle 59
Carlos Forbs for HWANG Hee-chan 75
Pablo Sarabia for Gonçalo Guedes 75

Substitutions:

Morato for Nicolás Domínguez 60
Jota Silva for Elliott Anderson 69
Ryan Yates for Anthony Elanga 70
Taiwo Awoniyi for Chris Wood 88
James Ward-Prowse for Morgan Gibbs-White 88

Cards:

Tommy Doyle 46 Y

Cards:

Elliott Anderson 16 Y
Nicolás Domínguez 30 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone
Defender Bastien Meupiyou
Defender Wes Okoduwa
Defender Alfie Pond
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Midfielder Luke Cundle
Midfielder/Forward Carlos Forbs
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Carlos Miguel
Defender Willy Boly
Defender Morato
Defender/Midfielder Alex Moreno
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder Ryan Yates
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Jota Silva
Midfielder/Forward Ramón Sosa

Comments:

League position: 17th . Wolverhampton Wanderers had now won their opening league game in one of the last seven years; a 1-0 win over Manchester United on 3 January 2022. . This was Wolves' 400th game in the Premier League (won 118, lost 185). . They had now become the last of the 20 teams to fail to score in a home game in this Premier League season.

Comments:

League position: 3rd . Nottingham Forest had now won six consecutive games in the same season in the top division for the first time since April 1967 in League Division One. . Forest had begun a New Year in the top four of the top division for the first time since 1988. . They had now kept a clean sheet in four consecutive league games for the first time since February 2016 in the League Championship.

0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Vítor Pereira

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Santiago Bueno
Defender Matt Doherty
Defender Pedro Lima
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Midfielder Tommy Doyle
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder/Forward HWANG Hee-chan
Midfielder/Forward Rodrigo Gomes
Forward Gonçalo Guedes
Forward Jørgen Strand Larsen

Substitutions:

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde for Pedro Lima 59
Mario Lemina for Tommy Doyle 59
Carlos Forbs for HWANG Hee-chan 75
Pablo Sarabia for Gonçalo Guedes 75

Cards:

Tommy Doyle 46 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone
Defender Bastien Meupiyou
Defender Wes Okoduwa
Defender Alfie Pond
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Midfielder Luke Cundle
Midfielder/Forward Carlos Forbs
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia

Comments:

League position: 17th . Wolverhampton Wanderers had now won their opening league game in one of the last seven years; a 1-0 win over Manchester United on 3 January 2022. . This was Wolves' 400th game in the Premier League (won 118, lost 185). . They had now become the last of the 20 teams to fail to score in a home game in this Premier League season.

3 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Morgan Gibbs-White 7 G
Chris Wood 44 G
Taiwo Awoniyi 90+4 G

Starting lineup:

Matz Sels Goalkeeper
Nikola Milenković Defender
Murillo Defender
Ola Aina Defender/Midfielder
Neco Williams Defender/Midfielder
Elliott Anderson Midfielder
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder
Callum Hudson-Odoi Midfielder
Anthony Elanga Midfielder/Forward
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder/Forward
Chris Wood Forward

Substitutions:

Morato for Nicolás Domínguez 60
Jota Silva for Elliott Anderson 69
Ryan Yates for Anthony Elanga 70
Taiwo Awoniyi for Chris Wood 88
James Ward-Prowse for Morgan Gibbs-White 88

Cards:

Elliott Anderson 16 Y
Nicolás Domínguez 30 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Carlos Miguel
Defender Willy Boly
Defender Morato
Defender/Midfielder Alex Moreno
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder Ryan Yates
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Jota Silva
Midfielder/Forward Ramón Sosa

Comments:

League position: 3rd . Nottingham Forest had now won six consecutive games in the same season in the top division for the first time since April 1967 in League Division One. . Forest had begun a New Year in the top four of the top division for the first time since 1988. . They had now kept a clean sheet in four consecutive league games for the first time since February 2016 in the League Championship.