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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: City Ground
  • Attendance: 23439
  • Referee: Foster, D

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

The referee has booked James Perch.

87mins

Nottm Forest are replacing Lewis McGugan with James Perch.

84mins

Junior Agogo is being taken off, Emile Sinclair has come on in his place.

83mins

Swindon are replacing Jon-Paul McGovern with Sofiane Zaaboub.

83mins

Luke Chambers is booked for dissent.

74mins

Nathan Tyson is being taken off, Arron Davies has come on in his place.

71mins

Blair Sturrock is replaced by Moses Ashikodi.

60mins

Anthony McNamee is being taken off, Christian Roberts has come on in his place.

50mins

Goal!! Nottm Forest have scored with Nathan Tyson putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

Wes Morgan is booked for unsporting behaviour.

19mins

The referee has booked Jerel Ifil.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, February 16th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Nathan Tyson fired his ninth goal of the season to help Nottingham Forest extend their unbeaten record to 14 matches at the City Ground.

The striker pounced in the 50th minute as Colin Calderwood's side took advantage of the fact that promotion-rivals Doncaster's game against Leeds was called off.

It could have been a bigger win for Forest as they carved out a host of second half-chances with Junior Agogo guilty of a spectacular miss when presented with an open goal.

But Forest rarely looked under threat from shot-shy Swindon as they maintained their push for a return to the automatic promotion places.

Swindon keeper Petr Brezovan almost handed Forest an early advantage as he hesitated in possession after collecting a back pass from Jerel Ifil but, while Tyson was quick to close him down, the ball deflected fortuitously off the striker and straight back into the grateful arms of the keeper.

At the other end, Forest keeper Paul Smith had to keep a careful eye on a long-range effort from Anthony McNamee as it flew wide, before a clever lob from Jon-Paul McGovern dropped the wrong side of the post.

Tyson's pace was causing Swindon problems at the back and when he ran at Ifil, the defender was forced into a lunging challenge right on the edge of the box which earned him a booking.

Forest actually survived almost ten first-half minutes with ten men as Wes Morgan went off the pitch to have stitches inserted in a head wound.

Agogo, who has just returned from the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana, launched himself into an explosive run that was only brought to a halt by an obstruction from Ifil on the edge of the box.

And from the free-kick, Lewis McGugan saw his initial effort bounce back off the wall but forced a spectacular save from Brezovan as he lashed the rebound goalwards with incredible power.

The first half had seen Forest dominate but fail to deliver the killer pass when it counted.

But five minutes after the break they finally found their accuracy as Matt Lockwood fed Tyson down the left-hand channel.

The striker's pace took him beyond the last man and in confident fashion he fired low into the bottom corner.

And it was the first of a flurry of chances for the home side, who saw Tyson flash a second effort narrowly wide, Kris Commons force a fine save from Brezovan with a vicious drive and McGugan fired over after his quick feet created the room for a shot.

Agogo missed a golden opportunity following neat build-up between Commons and Tyson with the Ghana frontman failing to properly connect when presented with an open goal.

A Craig Easton header tested Smith's alertness in the Forest goal, but it was still the home side on top with Chris Cohen and Agogo failing to hit the target with further chances.

Nottingham Forest Team

Swindon Town Team

Nottingham Forest

Swindon Town

Corners

54

Fouls

1112

Goal attempts

85

Shots off target

34

Offsides

72

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