Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Dexter Blackstock joined Nottingham Forest from QPR in 2009

Dexter Blackstock's late goal earned Nottingham Forest a point at Wolves, who have gone more than two months without a win at Molineux.

Ethan Ebanks-Landell powerfully nodded home Jordan Graham's superb free-kick to give Wolves an early lead.

Forest's Chris O'Grady had a goal ruled out for offside in the first half.

Clear-cut chances remained few and far between after the break before substitute Blackstock volleyed home Henri Lansbury's corner.

Kevin McDonald almost snatched victory for the hosts five minutes from time with a stinging volley from the edge of the box which was bravely headed clear by Daniel Pinillos.

It was an often tense and edgy atmosphere in front of a home crowd who have not seen Wolves win since 3 October.

However, local boy Ebanks-Landell gave Kenny Jackett's men the ideal start when he rose highest to head in the impressive Graham's pinpoint cross after 15 minutes.

Ethan Ebanks-Landell heads in to put Wolves in front

Forest, who struggled to show a sustained attacking threat, created their first chance when a jinking run from Nelson Oliveira set up O'Grady to tap home, but the striker was a couple of yards offside.

Wolves dominated the opening stages of the second half as Ebanks-Landell headed another fine Graham corner wide, but they were made to pay for not extending their advantage.

Blackstock, who had only come onto the pitch moments earlier, stole in at the far post to clinically finish past Carl Ikeme.

Wolves remain 14th in the Championship having drawn four of their past five games, while Forest stay in 15th.

Wolves manager Kenny Jackett:

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Jackett on Wolves v Nottingham Forest

"The performance was good and if you are looking at the last five games we haven't lost any - but we have only won one and drawn four.

"The effort of the players was very good and at times there was some quality football as well.

"But ultimately we are frustrated because we want wins and the gap between one point and three is costing us at the moment.

"We don't feel we are far away. We are not a poor side but we need to find that edge to put sides away and capitalise on when we do have the lead."

Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman:

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Dougie Freedman on Wolves v Forest

"I was very proud of this performance tonight because it is something we have been developing, coming back from setbacks.

"We showed resilience when we had to because I thought Wolves gave it a right good go in the middle part of the game.

"The reason that we got a well-deserved point was because we started with a lot of confidence in the first 15 or 20 minutes, when I think they scored against the run of play.

"Then in the last 15 minutes we really showed that energy and aggressiveness which got us a fair result. So I come away from here very pleased with how we played."

It was Ebanks-Landell's first goal of the season

Kenny Jackett has not seen Wolves win at Molineux since a 3-0 victory against Huddersfield

Forest ended a run of four straight away defeats

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Line-ups

Wolves

• 1Ikeme
• 18Iorfa
• 6Batth
• 23Ebanks-Landell
• 3Golbourne
• 19PriceBooked at 17mins
• 11McDonaldBooked at 31mins
• 7Henry
• 4Edwards
• 24Graham
• 29Le FondreSubstituted forAfobeat 84'minutes

Substitutes

• 2Doherty
• 10Afobe
• 12Wallace
• 13McCarey
• 16Coady
• 25Byrne
• 27Holt

Nottm Forest

• 1de Vries
• 2Lichaj
• 5Mills
• 4MancienneBooked at 41mins
• 31Pinillos
• 15Mendes da GraçaSubstituted forBlackstockat 78'minutesBooked at 90mins
• 10LansburyBooked at 55mins
• 24Vaughan
• 38OsbornSubstituted forWilliamsat 77'minutes
• 17OliveiraBooked at 88mins
• 29O'GradySubstituted forWardat 67'minutes

Substitutes

• 18Trotter
• 19Ward
• 20Williams
• 23Blackstock
• 25Hobbs
• 26Evtimov
• 32Tesche

Referee:

Keith Stroud

Attendance:

20,000

Match Stats

Home TeamWolvesAway TeamNottm Forest

Possession

Home53%

Away47%

Shots

Home14

Away10

Shots on Target

Home5

Away3

Corners

Home7

Away5

Fouls

Home8

Away16

Live Text

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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Nottingham Forest 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Nottingham Forest 1.

Booking

Posted at 90'+5'

Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 90'+5'

Hand ball by Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Daniel Pinillos.

Booking

Posted at 88'

Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 88'

Kevin McDonald (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 86'

Foul by Benik Afobe (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 86'

Michael Mancienne (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 85'

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Daniel Pinillos.

Posted at 85'

Attempt blocked. Kevin McDonald (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 85'

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Michael Mancienne.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Benik Afobe replaces Adam Le Fondre.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Scott Golbourne.

Posted at 81'

Jordan Graham (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).

Goal!

Posted at 80'

Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Henri Lansbury with a cross following a corner.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ethan Ebanks-Landell.

Posted at 80'

Attempt blocked. Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nélson Oliveira.

Posted at 79'

Jordan Graham (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 78'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ethan Ebanks-Landell.

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dexter Blackstock replaces Ryan Mendes.

Substitution

Posted at 77'

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jonathan Williams replaces Ben Osborn.

Posted at 77'

Attempt saved. Jordan Graham (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin McDonald.

Posted at 76'

Adam Le Fondre (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 75'

Attempt missed. Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross following a corner.

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Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Michael Mancienne.

Posted at 72'

Foul by James Henry (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 72'

Daniel Pinillos (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 71'

Attempt blocked. James Henry (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin McDonald.

Posted at 68'

Attempt blocked. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Ward.

Posted at 67'

Dave Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest).

Substitution

Posted at 67'

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jamie Ward replaces Chris O'Grady.

Posted at 66'

Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 61'

Jordan Graham (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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