2017–18 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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
Carabao 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, Carabao Cup first round, 8 August)
Home colours Away colours

The 2017–18 season is Nottingham Forest's 152nd season in existence, 10th consecutive season in the EFL Championship, and their first full season under the ownership of Evangelos Marinakis and Sokratis Kominakis, who had purchased the club from Fawaz Al-Hasawi on the 18 May 2017.^[2] In addition to the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.

First team squad

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		(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987	Watford	2018	2018
26	Dimitar Evtimov		(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993	Chavdar Etropole	2011	2019
33	Stefanos Kapino		(1994-03-18) 18 March 1994	Olympiacos	2018	2019
43	Jordan Smith		(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994	Academy Product	2016	2020
Defenders
2	Eric Lichaj		(1988-11-17) 17 November 1988	Aston Villa	2013	2019
3	Tobias Figueiredo		(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994	Sporting	2018	2018
4	Michael Mancienne		(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988	Hamburg	2014	2019
13	Danny Fox		(1986-05-29) 29 May 1986	Southampton	2014	2019
25	Jack Hobbs		(1988-08-18) 18 August 1988	Hull City	2014	2018
27	Tendayi Darikwa		(1991-12-13) 13 December 1991	Burnley	2017	2021
29	Juan Fuentes		(1990-01-05) 5 January 1990	Osasuna	2018	2018
42	Joe Worrall		(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997	Academy Product	2016	2022
Midfielders
5	Adlène Guédioura		(1985-11-12) 12 November 1985	Middlesbrough	2018	2020
7	Liam Bridcutt		(1989-05-08) 8 May 1989	Leeds United	2017	2020
10	Barrie McKay		(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994	Rangers	2017	2021
11	Ben Osborn		(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	Academy Product	2012	2020
14	Matty Cash		(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997	Academy Product	2016	2021
18	Jack Colback		(1989-10-24) 24 October 1989	Newcastle United	2018	2018
20	Kieran Dowell		(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997	Everton	2017	2018
21	Ashkan Dejagah		(1986-07-05) 5 July 1986	Wolfsburg	2018	2018
24	David Vaughan		(1983-02-18) 18 February 1983	Sunderland	2014	2018
31	Andreas Bouchalakis		(1993-04-05) 5 April 1993	Olympiacos	2017	2020
32	Ben Watson		(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985	Watford	2018	2020
Forwards
9	Daryl Murphy		(1983-03-15) 15 March 1983	Newcastle United	2017	2020
15	Lee Tomlin		(1989-01-12) 12 January 1989	Cardiff City	2018	2018
17	Ben Brereton		(1999-04-18) 18 April 1999	Academy Product	2017	2021
23	Joe Lolley		(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992	Huddersfield Town	2018	2022
39	Apostolos Vellios		(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992	Iraklis 1908	2016	2020

New contracts

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

Player transfers

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Transfers in

First team Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Reference 17 June 2017 FW Jason Cummings Hibernian Undisclosed [15] 5 July 2017 MF Barrie McKay Rangers Undisclosed [16] 21 July 2017 FW Daryl Murphy Newcastle United Undisclosed [17] 26 July 2017 DF Tendayi Darikwa Burnley Undisclosed [18] 27 July 2017 MF Andreas Bouchalakis Olympiacos Free transfer[19] [20] 22 August 2017 MF Liam Bridcutt Leeds United Undisclosed [21] 31 January 2018 MF Ashkan Dejagah Free Agent Free transfer [22] 31 January 2018 FW Joe Lolley Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [23] 31 January 2018 MF Adlène Guédioura Free Agent[24] Free transfer [25] 5 February 2018 MF Ben Watson Free Agent[26] Free transfer [27] 8 February 2018 GK Stefanos Kapino Free Agent Free transfer [28] 8 February 2018 DF Juan Fuentes Free agent Free Transfer [28] PDS, Academy and other Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Reference 7 July 2017 DF Joe Coveney Manchester City Undisclosed [29] 12 July 2017 GK Liam Bossin Free Agent Free Transfer [30] 12 January 2018 FW Victor Sodeinde Maidstone United Undisclosed [31] Loans in First team Date Position Nationality Name From End of loan Reference 3 August 2017 MF Kieran Dowell Everton 30 June 2018 [32] 31 August 2017 GK Adam Federici Bournemouth 11 September 2017[lower-alpha 2] [35] 30 January 2018 DF Tobias Figueiredo Sporting 30 June 2018 [36] 31 January 2018 GK Costel Pantilimon Watford 30 June 2018 [22] 31 January 2018 FW Lee Tomlin Cardiff City 30 June 2018 [37] 31 January 2018 MF Jack Colback Newcastle United 30 June 2018 [38] Transfers out First team Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Reference 1 July 2017 FW Matty Fryatt Free Agent (later retired[39]) Released [40] 1 July 2017 DF Daniel Pinillos Free Agent (later joined Córdoba[41]) Released [40] 17 July 2017 FW Britt Assombalonga Middlesbrough £15,000,000[42] [43] 24 July 2017 DF Damien Perquis Free Agent (later joined Gazélec Ajaccio[44]) Contract terminated [45] 15 August 2017 GK Vladimir Stojković Free Agent (later joined Partizan[46]) Contract terminated [47] 31 August 2017 MF Licá Free Agent (later joined Granada[48]) Contract Terminated [49] 31 January 2018 MF Mustapha Carayol Free Agent (later joined Ipswich Town[50]) Contract Terminated [51] 31 January 2018 DF Matt Mills Free Agent (later joined Barnsley[52]) Contract terminated [53] PDS, Academy and other Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Reference 1 July 2017 GK Chris Marques Free Agent Released [40] 1 July 2017 DF Frederik Nielsen Free agent (later joined Sheffield Wednesday[54]) Released [40] 1 July 2017 FW James Thorne Free Agent (later joined Hartlepool United[55]) Released [40] 1 July 2017 MF Rob Worrall Free Agent (later joined Brighouse Town[56]) Released [40] 27 April 2018 FW Gerry McDonagh Free Agent Released [57]

Loans out

First team

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End of loan	Reference
17 July 2017	MF		Gboly Ariyibi	Milton Keynes Dons	17 January 2018	[58][59]
20 July 2017	MF		Jorge Grant	Notts County	30 June 2018	[60]
30 August 2017	DF		Thomas Lam	Twente	30 June 2018	[61]
28 October 2017	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	Port Vale	4 November 2017	[62]
15 January 2018	FW		Jason Cummings	Rangers	30 June 2018	[63]
19 January 2018	MF		Gboly Ariyibi	Northampton Town	30 June 2018	[64]
31 January 2018	FW		Tyler Walker	Bolton Wanderers	30 June 2018	[65]
31 January 2018	GK		Stephen Henderson	Portsmouth	30 June 2018	[66]
31 January 2018	MF		Jamie Ward	Cardiff City	30 June 2018	[67]
31 January 2018	FW		Zach Clough	Bolton Wanderers	30 June 2018	[68]
3 February 2018	DF		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		Alex Iacovitti	Forest Green Rovers	1 January 2018	[70][71]
4 August 2017	MF		Ryan Yates	Notts County	10 January 2018	[72][73]
29 September 2017	GK		Jordan Wright	Kettering Town	30 October 2017	[74]
5 October 2017	FW		Gerry McDonagh	Tranmere Rovers	January 2018	[75]
7 December 2017	FW		Lewis Walters	Barrow	5 January 2018	[76]
15 December 2017	DF		Adam Crookes	Guiseley	30 June 2018	[77][78]
11 January 2018	MF		Ryan Yates	Scunthorpe United	30 June 2018	[79]

1. ↑ Please note that this section includes players in or out from date commencing 9 June 2017; the date that the UK Summer transfer window opened.^[14]
2. ↑ Federici initially signed on loan until January 2018, but his loan spell was rescinded after he picked up a long-term injury with the Australian national team a few days after joining the club.^[33][34]

Pre-season friendlies

Nottingham Forest began their pre-season with a training camp at the IMG Academy in Florida, United States, between 3 and 14 July, which also included a training match against Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica.^[80][81] On their return to England, Forest played four friendlies within the borders of Nottinghamshire against city rivals Notts County, Mansfield Town, Girona and Burnley.

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
19:45 BST		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
15:00 BST		Report	26' Cummings  69' Walker  82'  89' Vellios	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 5,333[84] Referee: Mark Heywood

Nottingham Forest v Girona

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

Nottingham Forest v Burnley

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

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	15	17	59	60	−1	57
16	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	58	70	−12	56
17	Nottingham Forest	46	15	8	23	51	65	−14	53
18	Hull City	46	11	16	19	70	70	0	49
19	Birmingham City	46	13	7	26	38	68	−30	46

Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	15	8	23	51	65	−14	53	10	3	10	25	27	−2	5	5	13	26	38	−12

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L
Position	6	3	5	4	6	12	8	10	12	16	13	14	12	11	13	9	11	7	9	13	11	11	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Nottingham Forest v Millwall

4 August 2017 1	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Millwall	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	McKay  41'	Report	89' Saville	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,065 Referee: Peter Bankes

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

12 August 2017 2	Brentford	3–4	Nottingham Forest	Hounslow
15:00 BST	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 2017 3	Barnsley	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Pearson  4' Hedges  50' Potts  81' Williams  87'	Report	26' Murphy  30' Mancienne	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 13,883 Referee: Tony Harrington

Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough

19 August 2017 4	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	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 v Leeds United

26 August 2017 5	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Leeds United	West Bridgford
17:30 BST	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 2017 6	Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
17:30 BST	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 2017 7	Sunderland	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Cattermole  48'	Report	86' Murphy  90' Cummings	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,021 Referee: Simon Hooper

Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers

16 September 2017 8	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	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 2017 9	Aston Villa	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
17:30 BST	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 v Fulham

26 September 2017 10	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Fulham	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	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 v Sheffield United

30 September 2017 11	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Sheffield United	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	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 2017 12	Derby County	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Derby
13:15 BST	Vydra  1' Nugent  50'	Report	67' Fox	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 31,196 Referee: Andrew Madley

Nottingham Forest v Burton Albion

21 October 2017 13	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Burton Albion	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	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 2017 14	Hull City	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 BST	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 2017 15	Reading	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Reading
19:45 GMT	Swift  13'  70' Aluko  78'	Report	9' Lichaj  86' Osborn	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,848 Referee: Paul Tierney

Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers

4 November 2017 16	Nottingham Forest	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	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 2017 17	Birmingham City	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Adams  5' Kieftenbeld  47' Dean  55'	Report	14' Worrall  56' Dowell	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 21,071 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

Nottingham Forest v Norwich City

21 November 2017 18	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Norwich City	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Bridcutt  49' Murphy  77'	Report	65' Reed  90'+6' Zimmermann	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 23,831 Referee: Tony Harrington

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City

26 November 2017 19	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
13:00 GMT	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 2017 20	Ipswich Town	4–2	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	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 v Bolton Wanderers

9 December 2017 21	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Bolton Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	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 2017 22	Bristol City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00 GMT	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 2017 23	Preston North End	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00 GMT	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 v Sheffield Wednesday

26 December 2017 24	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	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 v Sunderland

30 December 2017 25	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Sunderland	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Traoré  82'	Report	40' McGeady	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 26,830 Referee: Darren Bond

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest

1 January 2018 26	Leeds United	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Jansson  45' Sáiz  90+3'	Report	69' Lichaj  85' Carayol	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 32,426 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa

13 January 2018 27	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
17:30 GMT	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 2018 28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	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 v Preston North End

30 January 2018 29	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Preston North End	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	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 2018 30	Fulham	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith and Fulham
15:00 GMT	Piazon  68' McDonald  73' Johansen  90'	Report	47' Dowell  70' Mancienne	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 22,076 Referee: Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest v Hull City

10 February 2018 31	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	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 2018 32	Burton Albion	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Akins  12'	Report	28' Lichaj  29' Brereton  90' Colback  90' Dowell	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,775 Referee: Andy Davies

Nottingham Forest v Reading

20 February 2018 33	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Reading	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	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 2018 34	Queens Park Rangers	2–5	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith and Fulham
15:00 GMT	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 v Birmingham City

3 March 2018 35	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	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 2018 36	Norwich City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
19:45 GMT	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 v Derby County

11 March 2018 37	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Derby County	West Bridgford
14:30 GMT	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 2018 38	Sheffield United	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Fleck  90'	Report	44' Fox  77' Watson  87' Colback	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 28,095 Referee: Paul Tierney

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

30 March 2018 39	Millwall	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Southwark
13:00 BST	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 2018 40	Middlesbrough	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Ayala  7' Downing  31' Shotton  57'	Report	13' Dowell  34' Figueiredo	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,812 Referee: David Webb

Nottingham Forest v Brentford

10 April 2018 41	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Brentford	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Guédioura  52' Darikwa  55'	Report	81' Dalsgaard	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 20,596 Referee: Andy Davies

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

14 April 2018 42	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Ipswich Town	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	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 2018 43	Cardiff City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
19:45 BST	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 v Barnsley

24 April 2018 44	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Barnsley	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	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 v Bristol City

29 April 2018 45	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Bristol City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Colback  45'	Report	64' Fielding	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 24,722 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Bolton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

6th May 2018 46	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Horwich
12:30 BST	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

FA Cup

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

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal

7 January 2018 (2018-01-07) Third round	Nottingham Forest	4–2	Arsenal	West Bridgford
16:00 GMT	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
15:00 GMT	Bowen  18' Dicko  40' Mazuch  90'	Report	25' Fox  88' Vellios  90' Worrall	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 13,450 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Carabao Cup

On 16 June 2017 Nottingham Forest were drawn at home to Shrewsbury Town in their opening game of the EFL Cup, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Carabao Cup.^[86] A trip to Premier League side Newcastle United was confirmed for the second round.^[87] Forest were drawn to play the reigning Premier League champions Chelsea away in the third round.^[88]

Nottingham Forest v Shrewsbury Town

8 August 2017 First round	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	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 2017 Second round	Newcastle United	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST	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 2017 Third round	Chelsea	5–1	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith and Fulham
19:45 BST	Kenedy  13' Batshuayi  19'  53'  86' Musonda  40'	Report	21' Hobbs  90' Darikwa	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,621 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

Season statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 6 May 2018^{[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]}

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

1. ↑ Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs during the course of the season.
2. ↑ Players whose names appear emboldened left the club on a permanent basis having appeared in a competitive fixture this season.

Disciplinary record

As of match played 6 May 2018

No.	Position	Player	EFL Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
7	Midfielder	Liam Bridcutt	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
13	Defender	Danny Fox	8	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
42	Defender	Joe Worrall	4	0	2	1	1	0	7	1
27	Defender	Tendayi Darikwa	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
5	Defender	Matt Mills	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
17	Forward	Ben Brereton	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
18	Midfielder	Jack Colback	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
20	Midfielder	Kieran Dowell	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
3	Defender	Tobias Figueiredo	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	Defender	Michael Mancienne	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
24	Midfielder	David Vaughan	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
32	Midfielder	Ben Watson	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	Defender	Eric Lichaj	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
6	Defender	Armand Traoré	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	Midfielder	Ben Osborn	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	Forward	Lee Tomlin	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	Midfielder	Adlène Guédioura	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	Midfielder	Andreas Bouchalakis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	Forward	Tyler Walker	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
35	Forward	Jason Cummings	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1	Goalkeeper	Costel Pantilimon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Midfielder	Matty Cash	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	Midfielder	Mustapha Carayol	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	Midfielder	Jamie Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Forward	Joe Lolley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Defender	Jack Hobbs	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
TOTAL			95	1	3	1	5	0	103	2