Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 September 2018

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 29 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Nottingham Forest 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 29 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Lewis Grabban opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Adam Armstrong (65') and B. Dack (74'). Nottingham Forest scored through Lewis Grabban (52') and Lewis Grabban (80', penalty).

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 13th on 14 points from 9 and Nottingham Forest 10th on 14 points from 9. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Nottingham Forest 9th with 66.

Blackburn Rovers 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 Bradley Dack of Blackburn Rovers (8.9), ahead of Joe Lolley (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Missed penalty · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest
  • 44'Yellow card · Jack ColbackNottingham Forest
  • 52'Goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 65'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 74'Goal · B. DackBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 80'Penalty goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 4, Nottingham Forest 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Paul Michael Downing, Darragh Lenihan, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Elliott Bennett, Danny Graham

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

Costel Pantilimon, Saidy Janko, Michael Hefele, Danny Fox, Jack Robinson, Adlène Guédioura, Jack Colback, Matty Cash, João Carvalho, Joe Lolley, Lewis Grabban