Nottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2015

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Nottingham Forest · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 29 August 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.

K. Jones opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Michail Antonio (86'). Cardiff City scored through K. Jones (23') and Joe Mason (49').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 13th on 5 points from 4 and Cardiff City 8th on 6 points from 4. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 16th with 55 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 23'Goal · K. JonesCardiff City · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · FábioCardiff City
  • 49'Goal · Joe MasonCardiff City · 0-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Sammy AmeobiCardiff City
  • 86'Goal · Michail AntonioNottingham Forest · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Alberto SuárezCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 2, Cardiff City 5.

Team news

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Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-1-2-3)

Karl Darlow, Eric Lichaj, Danny Fox, Jack Hobbs, Kelvin Wilson, Jamaal Lascelles, Henri Lansbury, Michael Mancienne, Michail Antonio, Britt Assombalonga

Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones