Nottingham Forest 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 4 November 2020

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Wednesday 4 November 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Nottingham Forest · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Nottingham Forest beat Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 4 November 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Scott McKenna opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Scott McKenna (30') and L. Taylor (90+7', penalty). Coventry City scored through Callum O'Hare (57').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 22nd on 6 points from 9 and Coventry City 21st on 8 points from 9. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Coventry City 16th with 55.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum O'Hare of Coventry City (7.8), level with Lyle Taylor (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 2 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · S. SowNottingham Forest
  • 30'Goal · Scott McKennaNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Callum O'HareCoventry City · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · L. ØstigårdCoventry City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanCoventry City
  • 90+7'Penalty goal · L. TaylorNottingham Forest · 2-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Nottingham Forest 5, draws 1, Coventry City 2.

Team news

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

Brice Samba, Cyrus Christie, Tobias Figueiredo, Scott McKenna, Yuri Ribeiro, Samba Sow, Jack Colback, Anthony Knockaert, Luke Freeman, Joe Lolley, Lyle Taylor

Coventry City line-up (5-3-2)

Marko Marosi, Sam McCallum, Michael Rose, Kyle McFadzean, Leo Østigård, Ryan Giles, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Callum O'Hare, Matty Godden, Maxime Biamou