Middlesbrough 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-0 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Middlesbrough beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Daniel Ayala opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Daniel Ayala (7') and Stewart Downing (31'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 6th on 63 points from 40 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 46 points from 39. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Lolley of Nottingham Forest (8.1), ahead of Ben Osborn (7.8).

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

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read D-L-D-W-W and Nottingham Forest's L-D-D-D-W.