The game got underway and Nottingham Forest were first on the attack but Laura O’Neil’s floated cross went straight into the arms of Bec Thomas in the Wolves goal. But Wolves showed that they were up for the tie as Alisha Miller hit an effort that made Aja Aguirre pull off a save in the first 10 minutes of the game. Tammi George was on a different level and was all over the pitch as was winning the ball back, winning free kicks and driving forward. Tammi George also had two efforts making Aja Aguirre save both of them as Wolves started to gain the upper hand in the first 15 minutes.

Wolves were now seemingly in control of the tie as Anna Morphet was getting more into the game and she is always a danger on free kicks as she showed on the 22nd minute but Aja Aguirre was there to pull off another save. Nottingham Forest seemed to struggle to get going and slow down Tammi George in the middle of the pitch.

The 33rd minute brought a big talking point in the game when Jade Cross was clean through on goal when Liv Cook brought her down it was judged to be on the edge of the area. But no Red Card shown to Forest relief as it stopped a goal scoring opportunity, but Daniel McNamara found himself with a telling off from the referee after his disbelief in it only being a yellow card. Wolves were in control of the game as again Jade Cross got in behind the defence but managed to drag her effort wide of the goal. Nottingham Forest would of been glad of the half time whistle as Wolves looked the more likely to score, but the score remained 0-0 at half time.