Byram earns Leeds late point at Forest

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27 Dec 2015

Sam Byram hit a late low strike to end Nottingham Forest's winning home run and give Leeds a point.

Byram - who could leave the club next month - drove in from 25 yards to score with Leeds' first shot on target.

Earlier Nelson Oliveira took advantage of a mix-up in the Leeds defence to give Forest the lead.

Leeds dominated possession throughout but were poor in front of goal until Byram's strike, while Forest sub Oliver Burke hit the post in the 90th minute.

A Forest winner would have been hard on Leeds, who became the first team to take a point from the City Ground since late October.

The visitors looked slick on the ball early on but were undone by Matt Mills' long ball over the top. Centre-back Giuseppe Bellusci and goalkeeper Marco Silvestri both failed to clear, allowing Oliveira to go on and tap into an empty net.

Mills then had a header cleared off the line by Luke Murphy, and Forest substitute Jamie Ward had a shot turned over by Silvestri before Leeds mounted a late challenge.

Byram, whose contract expires at the end of the season and is expected to be sold in January, picked the ball up in space in a central area and shot low into the corner.

Leeds substitute Mirco Antenucci then sliced badly wide as Steve Evans' side came to life, with Chris Wood fluffing a close-range effort straight at Dorus de Vries.

It was Forest who came closer to winning a sixth home Championship game in a row though when Burke's miscued volley beat Silvestri and hit the base of the post.

The draw extends both sides' unbeaten records and leaves Leeds in 12th and Forest 13th in the Championship table - seven and eight points behind the play-off places respectively.

Lineup, Bookings (5) & Substitutions (6)

Nottingham Forest

01 de Vries
02 Lichaj
05 Mills
25 Hobbs
04 Mancienne
15 Mendes da Graça Booked (Ward - 62' )
10 Lansbury Booked
24 Vaughan (Burke - 83' )
38 Osborn Booked
17 Castro Oliveira
29 O'Grady (Tesche - 68' )

Substitutes

18 Trotter
19 Ward
23 Blackstock
26 Evtimov
27 Burke
32 Tesche
35 Burke

Leeds United

01 Silvestri
04 Wootton
05 Bellusci Booked
06 Cooper
21 Taylor
26 Bridcutt
02 Byram Booked (Coyle - 93' )
23 Cook (Doukara - 62' )
08 Murphy
15 Dallas (Antenucci - 77' )
09 Wood

Substitutes

03 Bamba
07 Antenucci
11 Doukara
24 Adeyemi
29 Sloth
31 Coyle
45 Peacock-Farrell

Ref: James Linington

Att: 27,551

Match Stats

Possession 39 61

Shots

16 15

On target

3 2

Corners

5 6

Fouls

16 8

Live Text Commentary

Full time

Full Time Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Leeds United 1.

90:00 +4:00 Full time

Full Time Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Leeds United 1.

90:00 +3:45

Attempt missed. Liam Cooper (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luke Murphy following a set piece situation.

90:00 +3:00

Charlie Taylor (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

90:00 +3:00

Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).

90:00 +2:21 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Leeds United. Lewie Coyle replaces Sam Byram.

90:00 +2:00

Attempt missed. Luke Murphy (Leeds United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.

90:00 +1:08

Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Eric Lichaj.

90:00 +0:05

Liam Bridcutt (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

90:00 +0:05

Foul by Robert Tesche (Nottingham Forest).