Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 November 2014

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 29 November 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Birmingham City defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 November 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.

David Cotterill opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from David Cotterill (10') and Paul Caddis (89', penalty). Nottingham Forest scored through Britt Assombalonga (84').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 20th on 19 points from 18 and Nottingham Forest 9th on 28 points from 18. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Nottingham Forest 14th with 59.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-D-W-D-L and Nottingham Forest's W-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · David CotterillBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Demarai GrayBirmingham City
  • 61'Yellow card · Tom InceNottingham Forest
  • 80'Yellow card · Michail AntonioNottingham Forest
  • 84'Goal · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 88'Red card · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest
  • 89'Penalty goal · Paul CaddisBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Nicolás FrutosNottingham Forest
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Jamaal LascellesNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 3, Nottingham Forest 2.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Paul Robinson, Dan Burn, Kyle Bartley, Paul Caddis, Jesse Lingard, Tom Adeyemi, Andrew Shinnie, Nikola Zigic, C. Burke, Oliver Lee

Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-4-2)

Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, Eric Lichaj, Greg Halford, Danny Fox, Henri Lansbury, Andy Reid, C. Burke, Michael Mancienne, Jamie Mackie, James Freitas