Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2016
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 October 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Sam Gallagher (11') and Sam Gallagher (44'). Nottingham Forest scored through Damien Perquis (90+3').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 23rd on 9 points from 12 and Nottingham Forest 15th on 15 points from 12. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.
Blackburn Rovers 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 Sam Gallagher of Blackburn Rovers (8.0), ahead of Damien Perquis (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Hildeberto
- 11'Goal · Sam Gallagher
- 44'Goal · Sam Gallagher
- 75'Yellow card · Darragh Lenihan
- 90+3'Goal · Damien Perquis
- 90+4'Yellow card · Liam Feeney
- 90+5'Second yellow · Hildeberto
- 90+6'Yellow card · Sam Gallagher
- 90+6'Yellow card · Matthew Mills
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Darragh Lenihan, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Ben Marshall, Danny Guthrie, Josef Dvornik, Craig Conway, Sam Gallagher, Marvin Emnes
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vladimir Stojkovic, Hildeberto Pereira, Matthew Mills, Damien Perquis, Eric Lichaj, David Vaughan, Chris Cohen, Mustapha Carayol, Henri Lansbury, Ben Osborn, Apostolos Vellios