Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s stunning strike earned Wolverhampton Wanderers their first point of the Premier League season with a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest.
In a frantic start to the game, New Zealand striker Chris Wood headed the hosts into a 10th-minute lead from a corner, having been left completely unmarked in the penalty area.
Bellegarde issued an immediate response, however, lashing home a sensational hit two minutes later.
Both sides failed to really create clearcut chances to snatch all three points as Forest remained unbeaten this season.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
An extremly even affair to this point. Both managers will perhaps look to thier bench for more quality in the final third as it has lacked from both sides to this point.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
A game that has been end to end with it deservedly being 1-1 between Nottingham Forest and Wolves at the interval. Wolves started the brighter and almost took the lead in the opening minutes as Ait-Nouri had his effort cleared off the line. Despite quality pressing and vast pressure from the visitors Forest took the lead through a Wood header. A corner from the right by Anderson was floated to the back post where the New Zealander was stood unmarked to redirect the ball back across goal into the corner of the net for the host to take the lead in the 10th minute. Two minutes later however Wolves were level from a thunderous strike by Bellegarde into the top corner of the goal. It was a strike from nothing but what Wolves have deserved for their first half performance. O’Neil’s team have created six shots with half of them on target, giving them an xG of 0.77 compared to Forest’s xG of 0.28 from their two efforts on target from their six shots. An extremely even game, the passion split 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent in favour of Wolves. Yet the game has seen 19 fouls in this half, with four cards (Wolves 3, Forest 1). Both sides will need to be careful with this moving forward.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
HALF-TIME: NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-1 WOLVES
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cunha perhaps too greedy as he fired over the bar. The attacker had options left and right of him as he progressed into the Forest penalty area. A reverse pass left towards Lemina would have played the midfielder in one on one with the goalkeeper with the Wolves player favourite to finish. But Cunha went for glory and cost his side a golden chance to take the lead just before half-time.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
A cynical foul on Cunha by Sanagre as he deserved Forests’ first yellow card of the game.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
A glorious but difficult ball over the top for Wood to control from Gibbs-White. The English midfielder was just inside the Wolves half on the right hand side as he floated the ball forward towards Wood between the central defenders of Wolves, but the New Zealander couldn’t control. A potential golden chance, but only the elite would control that pass.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Both sides are working hard in defence and the middle third of the pitch, but lacking that quality pass to create a goalscoring opportunity. Calm needs to be injected into the players if they wish to take the lead.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
SO NEARLY A GOAL! The freekick had Johnstone in the Wolves goal scrambling across to his right-hand side as Gibbs-White seemingly had judged his effort to the top corner perfectly, but the English keeper turned the ball around the post for a Forest corner.
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