Nottingham Forest 2-1 Blackpool: result and report

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nottingham Forest beat Blackpool 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 16 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

B. Johnson opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from B. Johnson (22') and Lewis Grabban (61'). Blackpool scored through Jerry Yates (53').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Blackpool received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 18th on 11 points from 11 and Blackpool 12th on 15 points from 11. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Blackpool 16th with 60.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Grabban of Nottingham Forest (8.6), ahead of Ryan Yates (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 5 draws and 3 for Blackpool.

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