Nottingham Forest 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 October 2014
Result
Nottingham Forest 1-3 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 25 October 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Nottingham Forest 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Nottingham Forest lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 25 October 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.
Matt Fryatt opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Matt Fryatt (37'). Blackburn Rovers scored through A. Baptiste (66'), Rudy Gestede (75') and Jordan Rhodes (77').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 6th on 22 points from 13 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 19 points from 13. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 14th with 59 points, and Blackburn Rovers 9th with 67.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read D-L-D-D-D and Blackburn Rovers's W-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 37'Goal · Matt Fryatt
- 66'Goal · A. Baptiste
- 75'Goal · Rudy Gestede
- 77'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 90'Yellow card · L. Williamson
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, Greg Halford, Eric Lichaj, Jack Hobbs, Henri Lansbury, Andy Reid, Djamel Abdoun, Jamie Mackie, Simon Cox, James Freitas
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best