Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 February 2020

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 1 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Birmingham City won against Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 February 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Tiago Silva opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Scott Hogan (42') and Kristian Pedersen (74'). Nottingham Forest scored through Tiago Silva (18').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 34 points from 29 and Nottingham Forest 3rd on 51 points from 29. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 21st with 50 points, and Nottingham Forest 7th with 70.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harlee Dean of Birmingham City (7.8), level with Tiago Silva (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Tiago SilvaNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 41'Missed penalty · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest
  • 42'Goal · Scott HoganBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 74'Goal · Kristian PedersenBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Yuri RibeiroNottingham Forest
  • 88'Yellow card · Ivan SunjicBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 3, Nottingham Forest 4.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Jake Clarke-Salter, Kristian Pedersen, Jérémie Bela, Gary Gardner, Josh McEachran, Jude Bellingham, Scott Hogan, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Brice Samba, Matty Cash, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Yuri Ribeiro, Ben Watson, Ryan Yates, Joe Lolley, Tiago Silva, Sammy Ameobi, Lewis Grabban