With a triumph at Craven Cottage that helps the Reds' expectations of acquiring programmed advancement to the Premier League.
Woods' victory, combined with Bournemouth's draw at Swansea, implies Steve Cooper's side could complete in the main two and end a 23-year first class nonappearance in the event that they dominate their three leftover matches - which incorporates an excursion to the second-put Cherries next Tuesday.
A skilled first-half objective, decidedly jabbed home by Philip Zinckernagel after a cautious mistake between Tim Ream and goalkeeper Marek Rodak, guaranteed the East Midlands club left west London with the conclusive three places.
Brice Samba significantly denied Fabio Carvalho a balancer minutes after the guests grabbed the lead.
The Reds goalkeeper made a fine plunging recovery to again thwart the Portuguese forward in the last part after Championship player of the time Aleksandar Mitrovic headed over from short proximity and Sam Surridge was kept out by Rodak at the opposite end.
Fulham, who controlled 75% belonging and had 20 shots against the in-structure Forest, need just two focuses from their last two matches to secure the title.
Remember Forest's success against Fulham
The gathering at Craven Cottage between a side whose first class status is guaranteed and one whose programmed advancement desires stay alive, had the vibe of Premier League dress practice.
Whenever the club's most exceedingly awful beginning to a season for north of a century left Forest with only one point from seven games and 15 focuses afloat of Fulham in mid-September, any thought the East Midland's side could proceed to include in the advancement race close by the Whites would have appeared to be implausible.
The success in west London moved Forest to third and acquired them a play-off spot in any event.
With Forest three focuses loose of the Cherries, and equivalent on objective contrast, both are fit for going straight up.
A gathering of the division's two best going after groups guaranteed a lot, and conveyed in a profoundly engaging round of going after football notwithstanding the absence of objectives.
Jack Colback tried Rodak with a turning exertion and Brennan Johnson - Forest's kid forward who was named as the Championship's young player of the year two days sooner - streaked a work across objective before Zinckernagel put the Reds ahead.
Ream's choice to let a pass from Surridge roll past him demonstrated expensive, with Rodak then thrashing in his work to guarantee ownership as Zinckernagel jumped at the ball to redirect it into the net.
Mitrovic, who is only two objectives shy of breaking Guy Whittingham's post-war second-level record of 42 objectives in a season, two times took askew before the break.
After the span, he again neglected to track down the rear of the net with a gestured exertion, with an essential touch from Samba on the cross from Neco Williams enough to put the Serbia global off.
A line of fine saves at either end guaranteed it finished 1-0, with Forest ruining Fulham's title party with an outcome that escalates the race for advancement.
'Woods showed substance' - response
Nottingham Forest supervisor Steve Cooper:
"It's a splendid dominate in the hardest match of the time - I'm certain Fulham will be champions.
"We went after the game from the beginning and constrained them into a slip-up.
"Fulham had a greater amount of the ball, which isn't what I regularly like yet I will acknowledge it as we made however many possibilities as they did.
"It was an instance of doing all that right as far as shielding. We showed essence with squares to keep the ball out of our net."
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