2018–19 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2018–19 season
Owner	Evangelos Marinakis; Sokratis Kominakis
Chairman	Nicholas Randall QC
Manager	Aitor Karanka; (until 11 January); Martin O'Neill; (from 15 January to 28 June); Sabri Lamouchi; (from 28 June)
Stadium	The City Ground; (Capacity: 30,445)
Championship	9th
FA Cup	Third round; (vs. Chelsea)
EFL Cup	Fourth round; (vs. Burton Albion)
Top goalscorer	Lewis Grabban (17)
Highest home attendance	29,530 ; (vs. Leeds United, EFL Championship, 1 January)
Lowest home attendance	8,172 ; (vs. Bury, EFL Cup, 14 August)
Average home league attendance	28,143
Biggest win	3–0 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, EFL Championship, 24 October)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday, EFL Championship, 9 April)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season is Nottingham Forest's 153rd season in existence and 11th consecutive season in the EFL Championship. In addition to the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019.

First team[edit]

As of 7 February 2019^[6]

Squad no.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Year signed	Signed to
Goalkeepers
1	Costel Pantilimon	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37)	Watford	2018	2021
15	Luke Steele	(1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 (age 39)	Bristol City	2018	2020
41	Stephen Henderson	(1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 36)	Charlton Athletic	2016	2019
Defenders
3	Tobias Figueiredo	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)	Sporting	2018	2022
13	Molla Wagué	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)	Udinese	2019	2019
17	Alexander Milošević	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)	AIK	2019	2020
18	Jack Robinson	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 30)	Queens Park Rangers	2018	2020
20	Michael Dawson	(1983-11-18) 18 November 1983 (age 40)	Hull City	2018	2020
21	Saidy Janko	(1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 (age 28)	Porto	2018	2019
25	Sam Byram	(1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 (age 30)	West Ham United	2018	2019
27	Tendayi Darikwa	(1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 32)	Burnley	2017	2021
29	Yohan Benalouane	(1987-03-28) 28 March 1987 (age 37)	Leicester City	2019	2020
44	Michael Hefele	(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2021
Midfielders
5	Adlène Guedioura	(1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 38)	Middlesbrough	2018	2020
6	Jack Colback	(1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 34)	Newcastle United	2018	2019
8	Ben Watson	(1985-07-09) 9 July 1985 (age 39)	Watford	2018	2020
10	João Carvalho	(1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 27)	Benfica	2018	2023
11	Ben Osborn	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 29)	Promoted from academy	2012	2020
14	Matty Cash	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 26)	Promoted from academy	2016	2021
19	Diogo Gonçalves	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27)	Benfica	2018	2019
22	Ryan Yates	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 26)	Promoted from academy	2016	2021
23	Joe Lolley	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 31)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2023
24	Claudio Yacob	(1987-07-18) 18 July 1987 (age 36)	West Bromwich Albion	2018	2020
26	Liam Bridcutt	(1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 35)	Leeds United	2017	2020
28	Pelé	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 32)	Monaco	2019	2019
35	Jamie Ward	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 38)	Derby County	2015	2019
Forwards
2	Hillal Soudani	(1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 (age 36)	Dinamo Zagreb	2018	2021
7	Lewis Grabban	(1988-01-12) 12 January 1988 (age 36)	Bournemouth	2018	2022
9	Daryl Murphy	(1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41)	Newcastle United	2017	2020
33	Léo Bonatini	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2019	2019
37	Karim Ansarifard	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34)	Olympiacos	2018	2020
43	Arvin Appiah	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)	Promoted from academy	2018	2023

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) Friendly	Nottingham Forest	5–0	Lincoln Red Imps	Marbella, Spain
18:00 CEST	Cash 24' Gabriel 34' Gomis 60' Lolley 64' Yates 65'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Real Betis	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Algeciras, Spain
20:00 CEST	Boudebouz 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador

16 July 2018 (2018-07-16) Friendly	Málaga	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Marbella, Spain
11:00 CEST		Report	34' Dias 63' Osborn 65' Soudani	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

21 July 2018 Friendly	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Oldham
15:00 BST	Trialist 49' Edmundson 58'	Report	3' Cash 87' Grabban	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,768

25 July 2018 Friendly	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Scunthorpe
19:30 BST		Report	24' Yates	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,509

28 July 2018 Friendly	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Bournemouth	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Darikwa 36' Dias 48'	Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,108

Competitions[edit]

Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Derby County	46	20	14	12	69	54	+15	74	Qualification for Championship play-offs^[a]
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	13	13	49	41	+8	73
8	Bristol City	46	19	13	14	59	53	+6	70
9	Nottingham Forest	46	17	15	14	61	54	+7	66
10	Swansea City	46	18	11	17	65	62	+3	65
11	Brentford	46	17	13	16	73	59	+14	64^[b]
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	16	14	60	62	−2	64

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[8]
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
^ Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.^[7]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	15	14	61	54	+7	66	13	4	6	34	21	+13	4	11	8	27	33	−6

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday[edit]

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W
Position	16	10	5	7	13	14	15	11	9	11	11	5	9	7	7	6	7	7	6	5	7	7	7	10	10	7	9	11	9	12	9	9	8	8	9	8	10	11	9	9	10	11	13	11	10	9

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

^[9]^[10]

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Bristol City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00 BST	Weimann 5'	Report	46' Murphy 50' Guedioura 60' Dias 81' Carvalho 90' Watson	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,395 (2,692 away) Referee: Darren Bond

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 2	Nottingham Forest	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Colback 54' Guedioura 59'	Report	38' Bartley 87' Phillips	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,850 (1,957 away) Referee: Darren England

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 3	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Reading	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Soudani 68'	Report	81' Barrow	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,948 (826 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 4	Wigan Athletic	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Wigan
15:00 BST	Powell 2' Grigg 30' (pen.) Vaughan 87' Morsy 88'	Report	10' Cash 29' Osborn 69' Colback 87' Fox 88' Watson 90' Soudani	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,543 (2,513 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
17:30 BST	Figueiredo 32' Fox 41' Murphy 45' 87' Lolley 75' Colback 84'	Report	21' Jutkiewicz 72' Adams	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 26,799 (1,965 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Brentford	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Brentford, London
15:00 BST	Konsa 18' Macleod 35' 45' Barbet 35' Watkins 84' Sawyers 90' Benrahma 90'	Report	31' Lolley 35' Hefele 54' Osborn 55' Fox 62' Cash 74' Watson 90' Robinson 90' Grabban	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,186 (1,654 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7	Swansea City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Swansea
15:00 BST		Report	41' Cash 44' Janko 52' Lolley	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: Scott Duncan Referee: 19,522 (1,716 away)

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 8	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Grabban 41' 45' Carvalho 63' Robinson 78'	Report	88' Fletcher	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 26,252 (1,995 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Rotherham United	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Guedioura 32' Grabban 86' (pen.)	Report	33' Jones 86' Towell 90' Vaulks	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,479 (1,291 away) Referee: Robert Jones

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Armstrong 65' Dack 74'	Report	44' Colback 52' 80' (pen.) Grabban	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,440 (2,022 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 11	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Millwall	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Lolley 27' Robinson 65' Carvalho 70'	Report	51' Ferguson 69' Leonard 75' Williams 90' Gregory	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 25,753 (387 away) Referee: Jonathan Moss

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Middlesbrough	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Shotton 38' Ayala 43'		25' 50' Lolley 54' 80' Robinson 78' Grabban	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,299 (1,409 away) Referee: John Brooks

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Norwich City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Grabban 5' Carvalho 45' Pantilimon 50' Watson 71'	Report	45' Zimmermann 60' 84' Klose 90' Rhodes 90' Cantwell	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,427 (1,993 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 14	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Horwich
20:00 BST	Lowe 16'	Report	12' Lolley 38' Figueiredo 64' 83' (pen.) Grabban 66' Carvalho	Stadium: The University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 13,195 (1,001 away) Referee: Andy Davies

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15	Leeds United	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
17:30 BST	Phillips 63' Roofe 82'	Report	11' Robinson 61' Grabban 68' Colback 88' Carvalho 89' Dias	Stadium: Elland Road Stadium Attendance: 34,308 (1,766 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Sheffield United	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Cash 34' Grabban 69' Figueiredo 71' Robinson 90'	Report	88' Egan	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,757 (1,976 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 17	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Stoke City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Dawson 68'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,556 (2,000 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18	Hull City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Irvine 37' Campbell 90'	Report	61' Grabban 64' Lolley	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 13,364 (2,424 away) Referee: Graham Scott

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 19	Aston Villa	5–5	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Abraham 11' 14' 36' (pen.) 71' Bolasie 19' Hutton 71' El Ghazi 75' 87'	Report	3' 82' Grabban 6' Carvalho 22' Cash 51' Lolley 65' Yacob 68' Figueiredo 71' Darikwa 78' Colback	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,368 (2,484 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 20	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Ipswich Town	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Grabban 10' 38' Hefele 54' Pantilimon 82'	Report	45' Skuse	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,873 (1,493 away) Referee: James Linington

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Preston North End	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Yacob 86'	Report	56' Moult 74' Davies	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,777 (1,247 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

17 December 2018 (2018-12-17) 22	Derby County	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Derby
19:45 GMT	Bryson 25' Bogle 45' Huddlestone 68'	Report	33' Hefele 55' Osborn 87' Colback	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 31,160 (3,109 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Carvalho 43' Ansarifard 58' Robinson 78'	Report	45' Leistner 65' Luongo	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,177 (1,414 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Norwich City	3–3	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Stiepermann 27' Godfrey 37' Pukki 55' Vrančić 77' 80' Hernández 90' 90'	Report	45' 74' Cash 49' Fox 52' 65' Robinson	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,933 (1,586 away) Referee: John Brooks

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Millwall	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Bermondsey, London
15:00 GMT	Tunnicliffe 9' Leonard 14' Karacan 90'	Report	31' Yacob 82' Robinson	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 15,273 (2,220 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Nottingham Forest	4–2	Leeds United	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Colback 5' 69' Robinson 14' Murphy 72' Osborn 77' Darikwa 81'	Report	42' Phillips 53' Clarke 64' Alioski	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,530 (2,000 away) Referee: Darren England

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Reading	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 GMT	Swift 23' Richards 32' Moore 62' Yiadom 62' Robinson 87' (o.g.)	Report	8' 63' Fox 38' Colback 61' Murphy 62' Robinson 83' Darikwa	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,034 (2,093 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Bristol City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Benalouane 45' Janko 88'	Report	70' Diédhiou	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,922 (1,570 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 29	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Wigan Athletic	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Lolley 19' Watson 27' Cash 30' 48' Benalouane 41' Guedioura 80' Colback 90'	Report	33' Windass 58' Morsy 70' Byrne	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,848 (1,436 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 30	Birmingham City	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Jota 13' Kieftenbeld 79' Adams 90' (pen.) Morrison 90'	Report	22' Lolley 54' 90' Benalouane	Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium Attendance: 24,235 (3,074 away) Referee: David Webb

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Brentford	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Grabban 16' Yates 62' Wagué 79'	Report	58' Odubajo 89' Canós	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,829 (1,182 away) Referee: Robert Jones

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12) 32	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Nottingham Forest	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Livermore 40' Murphy 54' Rodriguez 89' (pen.)	Report	6' (o.g.) Johansen 16' Watson 65' Yates 73' Milošević	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,691 (2,205 away) Referee: Lee Mason

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 33	Preston North End	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00 GMT	Stockley 83'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,904 (1,913 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) 34	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Derby County	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Benalouane 2' Yates 29' Colback 82'	Report	26' Wilson 29' Holmes 90' Tomori	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,421 (1,990 away) Referee: Robert Jones

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 35	Stoke City	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Etebo 15' Afobe 74' McClean 87' Adam 90'	Report	61' Robinson 85' Benalouane	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 26,736 (2,900 away) Referee: Roger East

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Yates 45' Ansarifard 67' 76' Carvalho 72' Lolley 82' (pen.)	Report	58' Irvine	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,397 (1,963 away) Referee: James Linington

13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) 37	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Colback 3' 86' Ansarifard 29' Milošević 61'	Report	7' 15' McGinn 27' 61' Hause 65' Taylor 90' Kodjia	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 29,224 (2,002 away) Referee: Mike Dean

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38	Ipswich Town	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Quaner 5'	Report	31' Wagué 83' Colback	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,709 (1,691 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 39	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Swansea City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Lolley 24' Colback 59' Darikwa 69' Murphy 80' Wagué 87' Benalouane 89'	Report	40' McBurnie 76' Roberts	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,469 (1,021 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40	Rotherham United	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Smith 10' Ihiekwe 60'	Report	28' Grabban 42' Janko	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 11,012 (1,291 away) Referee: Steve Martin

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 41	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Hector 18' Matias 47' 57' 67' Boyd 58'	Report	44' Byram 64' Benalouane	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,931 (1,964 away) Referee: Lee Mason

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Bennett 52' (o.g.) Yates 56' Byram 74'	Report	29' Rothwell 49' Graham 68' Bennett 68' Evans 82' Williams	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,786 (1,100 away) Referee: Darren Bond

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Sheffield United	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
12:30 BST	Cranie 45' Duffy 51' Baldock 77' Stevens 85' Norwood 86'	Report	18' Colback 43' Byram 47' Benalouane	Stadium: Brammall Lane Attendance: 28,403 (2,217 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Lolley 39' (pen.) 85' Cash 45' Milošević 65'	Report	38' Shotton	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,653 (1,449 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Manning 90'	Report	39' Yates 55' Ansarifard 90' Robinson	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 15,212 (2,367 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 46	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	West Bridgford
12:30 BST	Lolley 28'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,578 (578 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

FA Cup[edit]

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Chelsea	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Fulham, London
15:00 GMT	Barkley 41' Morata 49' 59'	Report	67' Colback	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,554 Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Cup[edit]

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Nottingham Forest	1–1 (10–9 p)	Bury	West Bridgford
19:30 BST	Smith 32' Cash 53' 90' Byram 63'	Report	2' 39' O'Connell 31' Telford 82' Murphy 84' Moore	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Scott Duncan

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Second round	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Newcastle United	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Murphy 2' Dias 68' 90' Hefele 76' Robinson 83' Cash 90'	Report	76' Joselu 80' Longstaff 90' Rondón 90' Pérez	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 13,942 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

26 September 2018 Third round	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Stoke City	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Osborn 19' Murphy 40' Lolley 50' 63' Gonçalves 77' Fox 90'	Report	53' Crouch 60' Afobe 65' Adam 83' Berahino	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 12,915 Referee: Darren England

30 October 2018 Fourth round	Burton Albion	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Fraser 52' 64' Hesketh 82'	Report	47' Dawson 70' Grabban 90' Appiah	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,284 Referee: John Brooks

Goals and appearances[edit]

As of match played 5 May 2019^[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	44	0	44	0	0	0	0	0
2	FW	ALG	Hillal Soudani	8	2	1+5	2	0	0	2	0
3	DF	POR	Tobias Figueiredo	14	0	11+2	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Danny Fox	21	0	18	0	1	0	1+1	0
5	MF	ALG	Adlène Guedioura	28	2	18+9	2	1	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	39	3	38	3	1	0	0	0
7	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	41	17	29+10	16	0	0	0+2	1
8	MF	ENG	Ben Watson	21	0	14+3	0	0	0	4	0
9	FW	EIR	Daryl Murphy	32	6	17+11	4	1	0	3	2
10	MF	POR	João Carvalho	40	4	28+10	4	1	0	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Ben Osborn	44	2	29+10	1	1	0	2+2	1
12	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	MLI	Molla Wagué	11	3	9+2	3	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Matty Cash	41	8	27+9	6	1	0	2+2	2
15	GK	ENG	Luke Steele	7	0	2	0	1	0	3+1	0
17	DF	SWE	Alexander Milošević	12	1	11+1	1	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	40	2	36+2	2	0	0	2	0
19	MF	POR	Diogo Gonçalves	10	0	1+6	0	0	0	3	0
20	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	13	0	8+2	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF	SUI	Saidy Janko	17	0	13+2	0	1	0	1	0
22	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	17	1	15+1	1	0	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Joe Lolley	51	12	42+4	11	0+1	0	2+2	1
24	MF	ARG	Claudio Yacob	17	0	11+5	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Sam Byram	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
26	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
27	DF	ZIM	Tendayi Darikwa	31	0	28	0	1	0	1+1	0
28	MF	GNB	Pelé	9	0	6+3	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	TUN	Yohan Benalouane	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
31	FW	POR	Gil Dias	24	1	10+11	0	0	0	3	1
33	FW	BRA	Léo Bonatini	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	IRN	Karim Ansarifard	12	2	3+9	2	0	0	0	0
38	MF	USA	Gboly Ariyibi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	GRE	Apostolos Vellios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	EIR	Stephen Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah	7	1	2+4	0	0	0	0+1	1
44	DF	GER	Michael Hefele	18	0	13+2	0	0	0	3	0
—	FW	SCO	Jason Cummings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	ENG	Jorge Grant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	ENG	Tyler Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

^ Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs this season.
^ Players whose names appear emboldened left Nottingham Forest on a permanent basis after making a competitive appearance for the club this season.

Transfers[edit]

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Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	MF	João Carvalho	Benfica	£13,200,000^[12]	^[13]
1 July 2018	DF	Michael Dawson	Hull City	Free	^[14]
1 July 2018	DF	Tobias Figueiredo	Sporting	Undisclosed	^[15]
1 July 2018	DF	Jack Robinson	Queens Park Rangers	Free	^[16]
1 July 2018	FW	Hillal Soudani	Dinamo Zagreb	Undisclosed	^[17]
3 July 2018	GK	Costel Pantilimon	Watford	Undisclosed	^[18]
6 July 2018	FW	Lewis Grabban	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	^[19]
1 August 2018	GK	Luke Steele	Bristol City	Free	^[20]
9 August 2018	DF	Michael Hefele	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	^[21]
5 September 2018	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	Olympiacos	Free	^[22]
6 September 2018	MF	Claudio Yacob	West Bromwich Albion	Free	^[23]
3 November 2018	FW	Karim Ansarifard	Olympiacos	Free	^[24]
18 January 2019	DF	Yohan Benalouane	Leicester City	Undisclosed	^[25]
1 February 2019	DF	Alexander Milošević	AIK	Free	^[26]

Transfers out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
22 June 2018	DF	Eric Lichaj	Hull City	Undisclosed	^[27]
1 July 2018	DF	Choz Charlesworth	Grantham Town	Released	^[28]^[29]
1 July 2018	MF	Chris Cohen	Retired	—	^[28]^[30]
1 July 2018	MF	Ashkan Dejagah	Tractor Sazi	Released	^[28]^[31]
1 July 2018	DF	Jack Hobbs	Bolton Wanderers	Released	^[28]^[32]
1 July 2018	FW	Luke McCormick	Grantham Town	Released	^[28]^[33]
1 July 2018	MF	Elvis Otim	Barnsley	Released	^[28]^[34]
1 July 2018	MF	Aaron Smith	Hamilton Academical	Released	^[28]^[35]
1 July 2018	MF	Connor Smith	Free Agent	Released	^[28]
1 July 2018	MF	David Vaughan	Notts County	Released	^[28]^[36]
1 July 2018	FW	Lewis Walters	Guiseley	Released	^[28]^[37]
1 July 2018	DF	Jake Willetts	Eckerd Tritons	Released	^[28]
4 July 2018	MF	Andreas Bouchalakis	Olympiacos	Undisclosed	^[38]^[39]
11 July 2018	DF	Matthew Bondswell	RB Leipzig	Undisclosed	^[40]^[41]
20 July 2018	DF	Armand Traoré	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	^[42]
31 July 2018	MF	Barrie McKay	Swansea City	Undisclosed	^[43]
1 August 2018	GK	Stefanos Kapino	Werder Bremen	Undisclosed	^[44]
3 August 2018	DF	Michael Mancienne	New England Revolution	Free	^[45]
29 August 2018	DF	Thomas Lam	PEC Zwolle	Undisclosed	^[46]
31 August 2018	GK	Dimitar Evtimov	Burton Albion	Contract Terminated	^[47]^[48]
4 January 2019	FW	Ben Brereton	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	^[49]
24 January 2019	GK	Tim Erlandsson	IK Frej	Undisclosed	^[50]
28 January 2019	DF	Anel Ahmedhodžić	Malmö FF	Undisclosed	^[51]
29 January 2019	DF	Danny Fox	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	^[52]

Loans in[edit]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ends	Ref.
23 June 2018	MF		Gil Dias	Monaco	24 January 2019	^[53]^[54]
1 July 2018	MF		Diogo Gonçalves	Benfica	30 June 2019	^[13]
20 July 2018	MF		Jack Colback	Newcastle United	30 June 2019	^[55]
10 August 2018	DF		Sam Byram	West Ham United	30 June 2019	^[56]
31 August 2018	DF		Saidy Janko	Porto	30 June 2019	^[57]
4 September 2018	DF		Josef Hefele	Bradford City	4 December 2018	^[58]
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[table_hth_BOL0.95117705313078-9] Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.^[7]

[13] Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs this season.

[14] Players whose names appear emboldened left Nottingham Forest on a permanent basis after making a competitive appearance for the club this season.

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