Nottingham Forest 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2020
Result
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Nottingham Forest 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Nottingham Forest defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 January 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.
Joe Lolley opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Joe Lolley (22'), Lewis Grabban (25', penalty) and Lewis Grabban (55'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Stewart Downing (39') and an own goal by Joe Worrall (71').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 5th on 40 points from 24 and Blackburn Rovers 13th on 36 points from 25. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Blackburn Rovers 11th with 63.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stewart Downing of Blackburn Rovers (8.5), ahead of Lewis Grabban (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 5 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Joe Lolley
- 25'Penalty goal · Lewis Grabban
- 39'Goal · Stewart Downing
- 45+1'Yellow card · S. Sow
- 55'Goal · Lewis Grabban
- 71'Own goal · Joe Worrall
- 90+2'Yellow card · Amari'i Bell
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brice Samba, Matty Cash, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Chema Rodríguez, Samba Sow, Ben Watson, Joe Lolley, Tiago Silva, Sammy Ameobi, Lewis Grabban
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-1-4-1)
Christian Walton, Elliott Bennett, Darragh Lenihan, Tosin Adarabioyo, Amari'i Bell, Lewis Travis, Adam Armstrong, Josef Dvornik, Stewart Downing, Joe Rothwell, Ben Brereton Díaz