Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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 FC 1 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

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The match finishes 1-1 with Wolves furious at being denied a penalty and Nottingham Forest ruing Woods’ ability to stay onside. The first half was incredibly tight with no margin given from either side, Wolves starting the quicker with Ait-Nouri having an early effort cleared off the line. They would regret their failure to capitalise on their good start in the 10th minute as Wood converted a chance from a corner as he directed his header back across goal into the Wolves net to make it 1-0. O’Neil’s side would be level two minutes later as Bellegarde scored a wonderful goal from outside the Forest box. The ball flashed past the keeper into the top corner of the goal to make it 1-1. The match was competitive throughout the first half with four yellow cards brandished but little further goal mouth action. After the interval Forest were by far the better side and were creating chances for Woods, but the striker couldn’t convert, with Johnstone denying him with a fantastic save in the 64th minute. The Forest striker would be at the centre of things as he clearly handled the ball while defending a free-kick, which left Wolves and O’Neil incensed by the referee’s decision not to award a clear penalty. Woods almost dealt a cruel blow to Wolves as he had the ball in the back of the net in the 78th minute, but he was deemed offside and the goal was ruled out. Forest edged the game overall with 51.8 percent of possession, with five shots on target from a total of 16 giving them an xG of 1.16. A better showing than their opponents who only managed an xG of 0.8 from their three shots on target, all of which came in the first half, from their 11. Forest will feel they did enough to edge a win in their performance but Wolves can feel hard done by not to be awarded a penalty that may have awarded them their first win of the Premier League season.

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17:02

FULL-TIME: NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-1 WOLVES

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A poorly timed tackle by Gibbs-White on Lemina earns him a deserved yellow card.

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17:00

A frantic few minute that has seen both sides lose the ball countless times with careless passes through tiredness and lack of quality. Poor as both sides hunt for a winning goal.

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16:58

WHAT A BLOCK! Dawson throws himself in front of Woods shot from the edge of the box. The strike was hit with venom but the defender put his body in the line to the disbelief of Wood. Incredible defending from the experienced player.

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16:56

Doyle with a speculative effort, flashing his shot over the bar. The ball fell to him 25 yards out for a half volley, but he lacked conviction. Never troubling the goalkeeper.

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16:52

A superb performance by Anderson in the midfield today for Forest, but as his side search for a winner Awoniyi has entered the action.

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Substitution Anthony David Junior Elanga João Pedro Ferreira Silva

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A cynical foul by Anderson, denying a counter attack from Wolves cleverly, knowing he was about to be replaced by his manager.

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16:50

Larsen has struggled throughout the match. Losing possession nine times despite only making 23 touches to this point, so he has been replaced by Andre.

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16:48

OFFSIDE! Wood appeared to have won it late on for Forest. A corner from Elanga caused the hosts all sorts of problems and the ball bounced around the penalty area before falling to the edge of the six-yard box. Wood swivelled and place his right footed effort into the far corner of the goal but the linesman had his flag up rightfully as the New Zealander had been in an offside position when the ball was played towards him.

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16:46

Incredibly worrying scenes for Wolves and their fans as their captain Lemina went down awkwardly after clearing the ball for a corner from a cross by Williams from the right hand side. Appearing to get his leg caught in the turf. Painful.

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16:42

Williams blasted over the bar from wide right in the Wolves penalty area after a pin point accurate cross from the left hand side of the box by Sosa, getting involved immediately after being introduced.

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16:42

Wolves and O’Neil are incensed as they have been denied a penalty for handball. Wood was focused on his task of marking Dawson, not looking at the ball and as he did this his arm, in an unnatural position stopped the cross reaching the Wolves player. O’Neil received a yellow card for his protests from the referee. The visitors can feel hard done by with that decision as they have been given.

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16:40

Substitution Callum James Hudson-Odoi Ramón Sosa Acosta

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16:36

Goal scorer Bellegarde is replaced by Guedes, with the Frenchman’s booking playing a pivotal role in that decision.

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16:36

Substitution Nélson Cabral Semedo Matthew James Doherty

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16:32

Wood again asking questions. The striker was unable to met Elanga’s cross sweetly to trouble the Wolves keeper. His volley on target from the penalty spot, but caught by Johnstone, never really troubling him.

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16:30

CUNHA! Almost a spectacular effort. The forward was still positioned wide after taking a corner and as the ball was played wide to him from a packed area on the outside of the Forest penalty area he struck his shot first time. The ball curled towards goal and had everyone’s watching it move towards goal. But to the City Grounds relief it didn’t come inside the post and flashed wide.

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16:28

FANTASTIC SAVE! Johnstone managed to move back across his goal to get a strong right hand to the ball to deny Woods his and Forest’s second goal of the game. The striker rose above the challenging defender to direct his header back towards where it came from after a delightful scoop pass by Gibbs-White. Score remains level.

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16:24

Ait-Nouri finishes his 100th Premier League fixture, struggling to get into the game after a bright start being replace by Doyle.

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16:20

Substitution Rayan Aït-Nouri Hee-Chan Hwang

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Substitution João Victor Gomes da Silva

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16:20

Nottingham Forest have Wolves pinned back at the moment, looking to retake the lead. A perfect chance from another corner for the hosts. Their fourth of the match.

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16:18

Correct decision to remove Sanagre from the field of play with the player on a yellow card as the fouls in the game rising for both teams. Yates comes on to replace the midfielder.

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16:18

A golden chance. A heavy touch from Cunha allowed Sels to ounce on the ball and stop a goal scoring opportunity as the forward clattered into the goalkeeper. Free kick award to Forest. But Cunha will be kicking himself that he did not shoot earlier as he bore down on goal from the left wing into the box, never feeling confident to strike on goal.

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16:14

Wolves captain Lemina is booked for denying Forest to take a quick free kick. A silly decision to earn his booking.

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16:14

Gomes is receiving treatment from an innocuous challenge. The Brazilian tackled Hudson-Odoi and came out worse off, but the player has been receiving treatment for the last three minutes. He looks to be ok, but worrying for O’Neil. The manager will monitor the situation as the game continues.

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16:10

The scrappy nature of the game has continued in the second half as Ait-Nouri fouls Williams, with the Welsh player falling to the ground like a sack of spuds from the lightest of touches.

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16:08

KICK-OFF! Wolves get the second half up and running.

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16:00

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.

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15:58

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.

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15:50

HALF-TIME: NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-1 WOLVES

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15:48

Yellow Card Tote António Gomes

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15:46

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.

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15:42

A cynical foul on Cunha by Sanagre as he deserved Forests’ first yellow card of the game.

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15:42

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.

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15:40

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.

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15:38

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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15:34

Yellow Card João Victor Gomes da Silva

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15:32

Larsen needs to offer something to Wolves when they move forward as he has had the fewest touches on the pitch with seven. Fewer than both goalkeepers to this point

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15:30

Bellegarde is walking a tightrope now after that latest challenge. It was late and needless. The Forest fans are calling for a red and if he makes any other fouls now you can expect that response to continue. He needs to be careful not to have his side reduced to 10-men.

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15:28

Cunha with a long-distance strike from 25-yards out in front of the goal is dragged wide. Sels was scrambling across his goal as the shot looked troubling but it was dragged wide past the post and it remains level.

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15:26

Woods puts his effort over the bar. A difficult chance as the ball is flashed across the box from the left hand side, but the striker threw himself at the pass hoping to get the desired touch to give him his second of the game but it went harmlessly over the bar.

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15:24

Moments after the equaliser Anderson broke through the Wolves defence and lost his balance as he entered the penalty area. The midfielder is appealing for a penalty but the referee waves it away quickly to quieten fans.

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15:22

Superb defending from Wolves, as Williams got in behind the defence to play the ball across the six-yard box towards Hudson-Odoi. But the former Chelsea winger was denied a certain goal by Semedo paying attention to keep the score level.

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15:14

Assist Mario René Junior Lemina

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15:12

Assist Elliot Junior Anderson

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Yellow Card Jean-Ricner Bellegarde

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15:10

Forest can not deal with the pressure of Wolves. Once the visitors have it, they are looking to play direct and quick, sensing weakness in the defensive shape of Forest. Espirito Santo will need to instil a bit of calm for his side to get through this period.

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15:08

Wolves have gone about pressing Forest high and taking the game to them on the front foot and to this point it is working as the hosts look shell-shocked.

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15:06

Ait-Nouri almost made a remarkable start to his 100th Premier League appearance for Wolves. He was slipped through the defence after a pass by Cunha. The pass brought Sels out of his goal but Ait-Nouri nutmegged him but as he was about to shoot towards goal the Forest defence scramble to get back on the line to deny an early goal. Lucky escape for the home side.

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15:02

KICK-OFF! Nottingham Forest get us underway.

Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

15:02

The teams are out on the pitch, ready for kick off. This promises to be an interesting battle.

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14:36

Wolves meanwhile Sasa Kalajdzic, Enso Gonzalez and Leon Chiwone all remain sidelined with injuries, but Nelson Semedo returns to the starting line-up after serving a three-match ban that stretched back to last season. Ait-Nouri will make his 100th Premier League appearance for the visitors in the Premier League.

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Nottingham Forest will be without midfielder Danilo, who is targeting a return in December after breaking his ankle on the opening weekend, while Yates was only deemed fit enough to make the bench after he missed out midweek in the EFL Cup through illness. Former Wolves player, Gibbs-White starts his first Forest game since he was handed his first England international call-up by Lee Carsley.

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WOLVES (3-4-2-1): Sam Johnstone; Toti Gomes, Craig Dawson, Yerson Mosquera; Rayan Ait-Nouri, Mario Lemina, Joao Gomes, Nélson Semedo; Matheus Cunha, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde; Jorgen Strand Larsen

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14:30

WOLVES SUBS: Matt Doherty, Santiago Bueno, Andre, Hwang Hee-Chan, Rodrigo Gomes, Tommy Doyle, Pablo Sarabia, Dan Bentley, Goncalo Guedes

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14:30

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (4-2-3-1): Matz Sels; Ola Aina, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams; Elliot Anderson, Ibrahim Sangare, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga; Chris Wood

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NOTTINGHAM FOREST SUBS: Taiwo Awoniyi, Nicolas Domínguez, Eric da Silva Moreira, Alex Moreno, Jota Silva, Ryan Yates, Ramon Sosa, Willy Boly, Carlos Miguel

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14:30

Wolves come to the City Ground having yet to taste victory in the Premier League this campaign, so Gary O’Neil and his squad will want to address this before the international break. Having lost to Arsenal before defeat to Chelsea they have had a difficult beginning to the season. Their recent record on the road in the division is poor as they have not won in their last seven. A win will be a vital morale boost for the club to address the start to this season and their recent away record.

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Nottingham Forest are looking to continue their unbeaten start to the Premier League season. However, they will be looking to secure their first home win in the league since April 13, when they beat Wolves; to bring to an end a four-game winless run at the City Ground in the division. Nuno Espirito Santo will be determined to start a change in the club’s history today against Wolves, as they have won just one fixture in their last 11 against their opponents today.

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