Nottingham Forest 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 3 March 2018
Result
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 3 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Birmingham City: match report
Nottingham Forest beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Joe Lolley opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Joe Lolley (6') and Matty Cash (79'). Birmingham City scored through Michael Morrison (87').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 15th on 40 points from 34 and Birmingham City 22nd on 30 points from 34. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Cash of Nottingham Forest (8.5), ahead of Joe Lolley (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 3 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Joe Lolley
- 28'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
- 67'Yellow card · Tendayi Darikwa
- 79'Goal · Matty Cash
- 83'Yellow card · Maikel Kieftenbeld
- 87'Goal · Michael Morrison
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Costel Pantilimon, Tobias Figueiredo, Ben Osborn, Danny Fox, Tendayi Darikwa, Matty Cash, Lee Tomlin, Jack Colback, Joe Lolley, Ben Watson, Ben Brereton Díaz
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Adam Stockdale, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, C. Jenkinson, Michael Morrison, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Craig Gardner, Ché Adams, Jacques Maghoma, Jason Lowe, Sam Gallagher