Bristol City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 October 2016

Result

Bristol City 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 1 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Bristol City beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Apostolos Vellios opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Bristol City's goals came from Tammy Abraham (65') and Jamie Paterson (68'). Nottingham Forest scored through Apostolos Vellios (33').

Discipline: Bristol City received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 11th on 15 points from 10 and Nottingham Forest 15th on 12 points from 10. Bristol City went on to finish that season 20th with 52 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tammy Abraham of Bristol City (8.0), ahead of Apostolos Vellios (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Danny FoxNottingham Forest
  • 24'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-ReidBristol City
  • 33'Goal · Apostolos VelliosNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilBristol City
  • 58'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilBristol City
  • 60'Yellow card · Ben OsbornNottingham Forest
  • 65'Goal · Tammy AbrahamBristol City · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Tammy AbrahamBristol City
  • 68'Goal · Jamie PatersonBristol City · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Frank Fielding, Taylor Moore, Aden Flint, Hörður Magnússon, Scott Golbourne, Marlon Pack, Josh Brownhill, Sander Krabbendam, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Callum O'Dowda, Tammy Abraham

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

Vladimir Stojkovic, Eric Lichaj, Matthew Mills, Damien Perquis, Danny Fox, Pajtim Kasami, Chris Cohen, Henri Lansbury, Licá, Apostolos Vellios, Ben Osborn