Birmingham City 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 21 April 2021

Result

Birmingham City 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Wednesday 21 April 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Birmingham City drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 21 April 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Marc Roberts opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Marc Roberts (49'). Nottingham Forest scored through Lewis Grabban (90+8', penalty).

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 19th on 48 points from 42 and Nottingham Forest 18th on 49 points from 42. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 52.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Iván Sánchez of Birmingham City (8.2), ahead of M. Roberts (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Goal · Marc RobertsBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 90+8'Penalty goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 1-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neil Etheridge, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Gary Gardner, Ivan Šunjić, Scott Hogan, Iván Sánchez, Jérémie Bela, Lukas Jutkiewicz

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

Brice Samba, Cyrus Christie, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Tyler Blackett, Ryan Yates, James Garner, Luke Freeman, Filip Krovinovic, Alex Mighten, Lyle Taylor