Nottingham Forest will face Sheffield United in the Championship play-off semi-finals after a much-changed Reds were held to a dramatic draw by Hull City to finish fourth in the table.
Brennan Johnson appeared to have sealed a third-place finish for Forest with an injury-time penalty, after Sam Surridge was fouled by Tom Huddleston.
But Lewie Coyle remarkably snatched a draw for the Tigers with a cross that somehow beat Reds goalkeeper Brice Samba.
Forest ‘s failure to beat 19th-placed Hull, and Huddersfield’s 2-0 win against Bristol City, saw the Reds drop from third on the final day of the regular season.
However, they head into their first play-off campaign for 11 years looking to end their 23-year absence from the Premier League.
To get to the final at Wembley on 29 May – a game often dubbed the richest game in football – Steve Cooper’s Reds need to get past a Blades side looking to make an immediate top-flight return.
More to follow.
- Line-ups
- Match Stats
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Line-ups
Hull
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 13Baxter
- 5Jones
- 17McLoughlin
- 4Greaves
- 16LongmanSubstituted forCoyleat 45′minutes
- 6SmallwoodSubstituted forHuddlestoneat 77′minutes
- 27Slater
- 3Elder
- 10Honeyman
- 11Lewis-Potter
- 20SayyadmaneshSubstituted forEavesat 77′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Coyle
- 8Docherty
- 9Eaves
- 21Fleming
- 23Huddlestone
- 32Cartwright
- 44Forss
Nottm Forest
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 30Samba
- 4Worrall
- 3FigueiredoBooked at 63mins
- 24PanzoSubstituted forJohnsonat 65′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 14LaryeaSubstituted forSpenceat 77′minutes
- 18Ribeiro Dias
- 37Garner
- 23Lolley
- 11Zinckernagel
- 17Mighten
- 19Costa SilvaSubstituted forSurridgeat 65′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Horvath
- 2Spence
- 6Mbe Soh
- 16Surridge
- 20Johnson
- 21Ojeda
- 26McKenna
- Referee:
- Simon Hooper
- Attendance:
- 18,399
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home39%
- Away61%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away14
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away4
- Corners
- Home6
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home14
- Away9
Live Text
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Match ends, Hull City 1, Nottingham Forest 1.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Hull City 1, Nottingham Forest 1.
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Goal!
Goal! Hull City 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Keane Lewis-Potter (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lewie Coyle with a cross.
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Booking
Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
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Goal! Hull City 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
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Penalty Nottingham Forest. Sam Surridge draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Tom Eaves (Hull City).
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Attempt saved. Alex Mighten (Nottingham Forest) with an attempt from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Attempt missed. Keane Lewis-Potter (Hull City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Tom Huddlestone with a through ball.
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Offside, Hull City. Nathan Baxter tries a through ball, but Tom Eaves is caught offside.
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Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Joe Worrall.
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Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Brennan Johnson.
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Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Lewie Coyle.
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Foul by Alex Mighten (Nottingham Forest).
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George Honeyman (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Tom Eaves (Hull City) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Cafú (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Philip Zinckernagel.
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Tobias Figueiredo (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.