Match report

Nottingham Forest Defeats Huddersfield 2-1 in FA Cup

Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest
2–1
FT
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Mar 7, 2022

Nottingham Forest defeated Huddersfield Town 2-1 in an exciting FA Cup match played on March 7, 2022. The match saw early heroics from both teams with T. Lees giving the visitors a lead before Surridge and Yates secured Nottingham's comeback victory.

Key Facts

  • • Nottingham Forest: 2 goals (S. Surridge, R. Yates)
  • • Huddersfield Town: 1 goal (T. Lees)
  • • Yellow Card to M. Lowe at the 32nd minute for Nottingham Forest due to an argument with referee
  • • Substitutions included P. Zinckernagel replacing J. Colback and S. Surridge coming off for Keinan Davis

Lineups

Nottingham Forest

Formation: 3-4-1-2

Starting XI

  • 1 E. Horvath (G)
  • 27 S. Cook (D)
  • 15 M. Lowe (M)
  • 26 S. McKenna (D)
  • 4 J. Worrall (D)
  • 2 D. Spence (M)
  • 22 R. Yates (M)
  • 37 J. Garner (M)
  • 20 B. Johnson (F)
  • 11 P. Zinckernagel (F)
  • 16 S. Surridge (F)

Substitutes

  • 8 J. Colback
  • 9 K. Davis
  • 14 R. Laryea
  • 19 Xande Silva
  • 18 Cafú
  • 23 J. Lolley
  • 17 A. Mighten
  • 3 Tobias Figueiredo
  • 30 B. Samba

Huddersfield

Formation: 3-4-3

Starting XI

  • 18 J. Blackman (G)
  • 32 T. Lees (D)
  • 23 N. Sarr (D)
  • 4 M. Pearson (D)
  • 2 Pipa Ávila (M)
  • 6 J. Hogg (M)
  • 14 J. Ruffels (M)
  • 19 D. Holmes (F)
  • 48 C. Eiting (M)
  • 24 D. Sinani (F)
  • 16 S. Thomas (F)

Substitutes

  • 25 D. Ward
  • 3 H. Toffolo
  • 9 J. Rhodes
  • 7 F. Anjorin
  • 20 O. Turton
  • 15 S. High
  • 29 A. Rowe
  • 37 J. Russell
  • 21 L. Nicholls

Timeline

  1. Huddersfield
    13' Huddersfield Goal · Normal Goal
    T. Lees · Assist: D. Sinani
  2. Nottingham Forest
    29' Nottingham Forest Goal · Normal Goal
    S. Surridge · Assist: R. Yates
  3. Nottingham Forest
    32' Nottingham Forest Card · Yellow Card
    M. Lowe

    Argument

  4. Nottingham Forest
    37' Nottingham Forest Goal · Normal Goal
    R. Yates · Assist: J. Garner
  5. Huddersfield
    55' Huddersfield subst · Substitution 1
    Off: N. Sarr · On: Daniel Ward
  6. Huddersfield
    55' Huddersfield subst · Substitution 2
    Off: J. Ruffels · On: H. Toffolo
  7. Nottingham Forest
    64' Nottingham Forest subst · Substitution 1
    Off: P. Zinckernagel · On: J. Colback
  8. Nottingham Forest
    67' Nottingham Forest subst · Substitution 2
    Off: S. Surridge · On: Keinan Davis
  9. Huddersfield
    67' Huddersfield subst · Substitution 3
    Off: Duane Holmes · On: J. Rhodes
  10. Huddersfield
    79' Huddersfield subst · Substitution 4
    Off: D. Sinani · On: F. Anjorin

Match Stats

Stat Nottingham Forest Huddersfield
Fouls 12 8
Pass Accuracy 76% 73%
Offsides 6 1
Red Cards — —
Total Shots 7 11
Corners 4 4
Total Passes 445 378
Yellow Cards 1 0
Blocked Shots 1 2
Shots on Target 3 5
Shots off Target 3 4
Possession 54% 46%
Accurate Passes 340 275
Shots Inside Box 6 7
Saves 4 1
Shots Outside Box 1 4

Key Match Notes

  • ▸ Nottingham Forest turned the game around in the 29th minute when Surridge equalized after T. Lees' early goal, sparking a momentum shift.
  • ▸ The decisive moment came at the 37th minute with R. Yates scoring the winning goal for Nottingham Forest, securing their FA Cup progression.