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
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.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Danny Fox
- 24'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- 33'Goal · Apostolos Vellios
- 58'Yellow card · Gary O'Neil
- 58'Yellow card · Gary O'Neil
- 60'Yellow card · Ben Osborn
- 65'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 66'Yellow card · Tammy Abraham
- 68'Goal · Jamie Paterson
Head-to-head
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