Nottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 12 September 2021

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Sunday 12 September 2021, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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 Sunday 12 September 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lewis Grabban opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Lewis Grabban (23'). Cardiff City scored through R. Colwill (58') and R. Colwill (73').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 24th on 1 point from 5 and Cardiff City 10th on 8 points from 5. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Cardiff City 19th with 53.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rubin Colwill of Cardiff City (8.3), ahead of Will Vaulks (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 7 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Will VaulksCardiff City
  • 58'Goal · R. ColwillCardiff City · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · R. ColwillCardiff City · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Marlon PackCardiff City
  • 76'Yellow card · P. NgCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 2, draws 1, Cardiff City 7.

Team news

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

Brice Samba, Djed Spence, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Max Lowe, Philip Zinckernagel, Ryan Yates, James Garner, Brennan Johnson, Lewis Grabban, Lyle Taylor

Cardiff City line-up (4-1-3-2)

Dillon Phillips, Perry Ng, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Marlon Pack, Sam Bowen, Will Vaulks, Joel Bagan, James Collins, Mark Harris