Cardiff City 1-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Monday 17 April 2017
Result
Cardiff City 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Monday 17 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cardiff City 1-0 Nottingham Forest: match report
Cardiff City beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the Championship on Monday 17 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from A. Gunnarsson of Cardiff City in the 70th minute.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 13th on 57 points from 42 and Nottingham Forest 21st on 45 points from 42. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mustapha Carayol of Nottingham Forest (8.4), ahead of Aron Gunnarsson (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Nottingham Forest.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Nottingham Forest's L-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 70'Goal · A. Gunnarsson
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-4-2)
Allan McGregor, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Joe Bennett, Junior Hoilett, Aron Gunnarsson, Peter Whittingham, Kadeem Harris, Anthony Pilkington, Kenneth Zohore
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-4-2)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Joe Worrall, Danny Fox, Dani Pinillos, Ben Brereton Díaz, Chris Cohen, David Vaughan, Mustapha Carayol, Jamie Ward, Ben Osborn