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Matt Davies

New signing on target as Nottingham Forest beat Premier League new boys

Lyle Taylor got the only goal as Nottingham Forest beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in a behind closed doors friendly on Saturday.

Forest have not released a full line-up for the game, but new signing Fouad Bachirou featured, as did Brice Samba, Tobias Figueiredo, Yuri Ribeiro, Sammy Ameobi and Joao Carvalho.

Ryan Yates captained the team, while it is not clear if Matty Cash featured amid strong interest in his signature from Aston Villa.

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Premier League new boys West Brom also named a strong line-up at St George's Park with Sam Johnstone, Jake Livermore, Matt Phillips, Charlie Austin, Matheus Pereira and Hal Robson-Kanu among those who played.

Taylor got the only goal in blustery conditions with a close range finish in the first half. Before that, Carvalho came the closest early on to opening the scoring when he rattled the woodwork from a free-kick.

Albion's website credited Samba for an impressive second half showing as he denied Austin, Pereira and Jamie Soule to preserve a clean sheet for Sabri Lamouchi's side.

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