Newcastle United 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Monday 29 March 2010

Result

Newcastle United 2-0 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Monday 29 March 2010, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Newcastle United defeated Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Championship on Monday 29 March 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Shola Ameobi opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Shola Ameobi (71') and José Enrique (90'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 1st on 80 points from 38 and Nottingham Forest 3rd on 70 points from 39. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Nottingham Forest 4th with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 60'Yellow card · Wes MorganNottingham Forest
  • 71'Goal · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Kelvin WilsonNottingham Forest
  • 90'Goal · José EnriqueNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · José EnriqueNewcastle United
  • 90'Yellow card · Garath McClearyNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Newcastle United 0, draws 0, Nottingham Forest 1.

Team news

Newcastle United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Damien Duff, Steve Harper, Sebastien Bassong, Steven Taylor, Obafemi Martins, Mark Viduka, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Nicky Butt, Fabricio Coloccini, Habib Beye, Kevin Nolan