Nottingham Forest 2-0 Luton Town Player Ratings: Yates and Sosa net apiece to send the Tricky Trees into fourth round

Nottingham Forest beat Luton Town 2-0 in the third round of the FA Cup. Ryan Yates and Ramon Sosa netted apiece to send the Tricky Trees into the next stage of the competition. The Hatters mustered six shots in the game, but couldn’t find a way past Forest goalkeeper Carlos Miguel, who came up big for the home side. With seven wins in a row in all competitions, Nuno Santo’s side are on fire right now. Here are the player ratings:

Nottingham Forest Player Ratings vs Luton Town

Goalkeeper

Carlos Miguel – 7.5

Forest’s MVP tonight with six incredible saves to keep out a stingy Hatters side.

Defenders

Willy Boly – 7.5

Demonstrated excellent vision; made four clearances and three tackles.

Morato – 7

Great passing accuracy; helped build from the back.

Harry Toffolo – 7

Wasn’t really tested but held firm and didn’t out a foot wrong when called into action.

Midfielders

Eric da Silva Moreira – 5

Sloppy on the ball and misplaced a few passes too.

Ryan Yates – 8

Fired the Tricky Trees in front with a clinical effort.

James Ward-Prowse – 8.5

Completed 100% of his passes and laid eight crosses in the game.

Alex Moreno – 7

Made some good recoveries.

Jota Silva – 8

A creative inspiration for the side with two big chances created.

Taiwo Awoniyi – 6

Competed for the ball by locking him in numerous duels but came a cropper most of the time.

Ramon Sosa – 6.5

Sloppy on the ball but created two chances in the game.

Substitutes

Callum Hudson-Odoi – 6

Didn’t see much of the ball.

Nicolas Dominguez – 5.5

On the fringes for most of the game.

Anthony Elanga – 5

Struggled to deliver his best tonight.

Chris Wood – 5

Couldn’t get involved much.

Danilo – N/A

It was almost done and dusted by then.

Manager

Nuno Espirito Santo – 7

Sixth consecutive victory; it’s all going fine for the former Wolves manager.

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Luton Town Player Ratings vs Nottingham Forest

Goalkeeper

Thomas Kaminski – 6

Was soundly beaten on two occasions in the game.

Defenders

Reuell Walters – 7

Made some excellent recoveries in the match.

Mark McGuinness – 7.5

Seven clearances, three interceptions and two blocked shots in a solid display.

Thomas Holmes – 7

Strong in the air – won four duels – and showed excellent vision, making four clearances.

Amari’i Bell – 6.5

Completed 93% of possession and held his position well.

Midfielders

Liam Walsh – 7

Created two chances in the game and laid five crosses.

Marvelous Nakamba – 7

Distributed the ball around superbly.

Forwards

Isaiah Jones – 5.5

Sloppy in possession and came a cropper in his duels.

Lamine Dabo – 6.5

Made some good recoveries.

Zack Nelson – 7

Clinically won back possession.

Carlton Morris – 7

Tested the Nottingham defense a few times but couldn’t find a way past them.

Substitutes

Jordan Clark – 7

Injected a lot of firepower into Luton’s offense.

Jacob Brown – 6

Made a handful of meek attempts at goal.

Elijah Adebayo – 5.5

Made one good chance.

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