Nottingham Forest 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 18 August 2021

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 18 August 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Nottingham Forest 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 18 August 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Daniel Ayala opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Philip Zinckernagel (69'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Daniel Ayala (47') and Darragh Lenihan (86').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 23rd on 0 points from 2 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 4 points from 2. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 69.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Travis of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), ahead of Philip Zinckernagel (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

47'Goal · Daniel AyalaBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
54'Yellow card · Jack ColbackNottingham Forest
66'Yellow card · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers
69'Goal · Philip ZinckernagelNottingham Forest · 1-1
71'Yellow card · H. CarterBlackburn Rovers
85'Yellow card · Jordan Lawrence-GabrielNottingham Forest
86'Goal · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
90'Second yellow · Jordan Lawrence-GabrielNottingham Forest
90+2'Yellow card · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers
90+2'Yellow card · Ben Brereton DíazBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Blackburn RoversChampionship · 20 Feb 2021
Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 17 Oct 2020
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Blackburn RoversChampionship · 1 Jan 2020
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 1 Oct 2019
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Blackburn RoversChampionship · 13 Apr 2019
Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 29 Sep 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Joe LolleyNottingham Forest · injury (Ill)
Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Keinan DavisNottingham Forest · injury (Knee Injury)
Jonathan PanzoNottingham Forest · injury (Knee Injury)
Bradley DackBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Loïc Mbe SohNottingham Forest · injury (Groin Injury)
Joe WorrallNottingham Forest · injury (Calf Problems)

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-4-1-1)

Brice Samba, Jordan Gabriel, Tobias Figueiredo, Scott McKenna, J. Osei-Tutu, Philip Zinckernagel, Ryan Yates, Jack Colback, Alex Mighten, Brennan Johnson, Lewis Grabban

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Kaminski, Hayden Carter, Darragh Lenihan, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher, John Buckley, Ben Brereton Díaz, Tyrhys Dolan