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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: City Ground
  • Attendance: 21903
  • Referee: Wright, K

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Paul Evans is being taken off, Eugen Bopp has come on in his place.

80mins

The referee has booked Jon Harley.

71mins

Goal!! Sheff Utd have scored with Alan Quinn putting it in the back of the net.

64mins

Rob Kozluk is being taken off, Derek Geary has come on in his place.

62mins

Sheff Utd are replacing Simon Francis with Andy Liddell.

58mins

Paul Evans goes into the referees book for dissent.

57mins

The referee has booked Chris Morgan.

47mins

Goal!! Kris Commons scores for Nottm Forest.

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.

36mins

John Thompson is being taken off, Scott Dobie has come on in his place.

33mins

Nottm Forest are replacing Alan Rogers with Ross Gardner.

0mins

It's red. He's off. has been sent off.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Nottingham Forest look odds-on to be relegated after Gary Megson's side could only take a point from their home game against play-off chasing Sheffield United at the City Ground.

Forest at least improved on their inept recent performances against Coventry City and Plymouth Argyle but they could not clinch a potentially vital three points despite taking the lead at the start of the second half.

Danny Webber missed an early chance for the Blades when Forest failed to deal with a long throw, but the striker headed over the bar under pressure from Paul Gerrard.

Webber then fired wide after being sent clean through down the left-hand channel and Gerrard then had to be alert to keep out Jon Harley's 25-yard strike.

Forest failed to trouble Paddy Kenny in the United goal and the visitors again went close to taking the lead on the half-hour when Alan Quinn's far-post cross was fired across the face of goal by Leigh Bromby.

Gerrard then kept out Quinn's effort as Forest struggled to create a clear-cut opening.

Forest surprisingly opened the scoring at the start of the second half when Kris Commons headed powerfully home from Matthieu Louis-Jean's excellent right-wing cross - it was their first real attempt on goal.

But United equalised when the unmarked Quinn scored midway through the second half after great work by Derek Geary and Andy Liddell.

The result leaves Forest five points away from safety while the Blades are seventh, one point below the play-offs.

Nottingham Forest

Sheffield United

Corners

511

Fouls

1916

Goal attempts

518

Shots off target

17

Offsides

09

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