Nottm Forest v Coventry

The game ended with controversy and plenty of drama as Coventry earn themselves a first and monumental win of the season, beating Forest 1-0 at the City Ground. The first half was devoid of any real goalmouth action as both sides struggled to find any kind of attacking rhythm. The onus was on the home side to do something about that in the second period, but it was Coventry who went in front through the unlikeliest of sources. Dasilva chose the perfect moment to produce a terrific first goal for the club after he sneaked around the back of Munoz to steam in towards the goal and fire a left-footed shot beyond Sels and into the corner of the net on 55 minutes. Goalkeeper Rushworth was the man to pick him out and pick up an assist. Forest threw all of their strikers on but never really looked any more likely but thought they had pinched a late point when Jesus picked the pocket of Yirenkyi and prodded home from close range on 86 minutes. A VAR check called for closer inspection from on-field referee Gillett who ruled it out for a trip on the Coventry midfielder. Forest will be a little disappointed with their paltry xG of 1.15 in a game where they would have expected to create more. Coventry's xG was lower at 0.67, but they defended resolutely and got the win. The three points moves Coventry off the bottom of the table to leapfrog Fulham and Tottenham. Forest sit in 12th following the loss. Thank you for joining us this evening and goodbye!

FULL-TIME: FOREST 0-1 COVENTRY

90'+4'

Yellow Card

A tactical foul results in another caution for Forest from Gillett this evening.

Gibbs-White loses his composure and slings his opponent to the floor. Forest are losing patience and losing time to affect this game.

90'+1'

Substitution

Yirenkyi - after all that drama - comes off with Latibeaudiere coming on for the final moments.

There will be another six minutes for Coventry to hang on here.