2017–18 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2017–18 season
Owner	Evangelos Marinakis (80%) ; Sokratis Kominakis (20%)
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
EFL 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, EFL Cup first round, 8 August)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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 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	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Joined First Team	Player Contracted Until
Goalkeepers
1	Costel Pantilimon	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37)	Watford	2018	2018
26	Dimitar Evtimov	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 30)	Chavdar Etropole	2011	2019
33	Stefanos Kapino	(1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30)	Olympiacos	2018	2019
43	Jordan Smith	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 29)	Academy Product	2016	2020
Defenders
2	Eric Lichaj	(1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 (age 35)	Aston Villa	2013	2019
3	Tobias Figueiredo	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)	Sporting	2018	2018
4	Michael Mancienne	(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 36)	Hamburg	2014	2019
13	Danny Fox	(1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 38)	Southampton	2014	2019
25	Jack Hobbs	(1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35)	Hull City	2014	2018
27	Tendayi Darikwa	(1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 32)	Burnley	2017	2021
29	Juan Fuentes	(1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 34)	Osasuna	2018	2018
42	Joe Worrall	(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 27)	Academy Product	2016	2022
Midfielders
5	Adlène Guédioura	(1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 38)	Middlesbrough	2018	2020
7	Liam Bridcutt	(1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 35)	Leeds United	2017	2020
10	Barrie McKay	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 29)	Rangers	2017	2021
11	Ben Osborn	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 29)	Academy Product	2012	2020
14	Matty Cash	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 26)	Academy Product	2016	2021
18	Jack Colback	(1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 34)	Newcastle United	2018	2018
20	Kieran Dowell	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26)	Everton	2017	2018
21	Ashkan Dejagah	(1986-07-05) 5 July 1986 (age 37)	Wolfsburg	2018	2018
24	David Vaughan	(1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 41)	Sunderland	2014	2018
31	Andreas Bouchalakis	(1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 31)	Olympiacos	2017	2020
32	Ben Watson	(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 38)	Watford	2018	2020
Forwards
9	Daryl Murphy	(1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41)	Newcastle United	2017	2020
15	Lee Tomlin	(1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 35)	Cardiff City	2018	2018
17	Ben Brereton	(1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 25)	Academy Product	2017	2021
23	Joe Lolley	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 31)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2022
39	Apostolos Vellios	(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 32)	Iraklis 1908	2016	2020

New contracts

Date	Position	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

^[a]

Transfers in

PDS, Academy and other
Date	Position	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	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^[b]	^[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	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	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	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	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]

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]

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

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

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

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 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]

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

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

EFL 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]

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

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

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^[a]^[b]

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

Goal scorers

As of match played 6 May 2018

Rank	No.	Position	Player	EFL Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	20	Midfielder	Kieran Dowell	9	1	0	10
2	9	Forward	Daryl Murphy	7	0	0	7
3	17	Forward	Ben Brereton	5	1	0	6
4	10	Midfielder	Barrie McKay	5	0	0	5
5	11	Midfielder	Ben Osborn	4	0	0	4
	15	Forward	Lee Tomlin	4	0	0	4
	34	Forward	Tyler Walker	3	0	1	4
	35	Forward	Jason Cummings	1	0	3	4
6	2	Defender	Eric Lichaj	1	2	0	3
6	23	Forward	Joe Lolley	3	0	0	3
7	14	Midfielder	Matty Cash	2	0	0	2
	18	Midfielder	Mustapha Carayol	1	0	1	2
	31	Midfielder	Andreas Bouchalakis	2	0	0	2
	39	Forward	Apostolos Vellios	1	1	0	2
8	7	Midfielder	Liam Bridcutt	1	0	0	1
	18	Midfielder	Jack Colback	1	0	0	1
	27	Defender	Tendayi Darikwa	0	0	1	1
	42	Defender	Joe Worrall	1	0	0	1
TOTAL				51	5	6	62

Disciplinary record