Nottingham Forest 2-0 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 6 April 2022

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Coventry City

Championship · Wednesday 6 April 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Nottingham Forest · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Coventry City: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Coventry City 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 6 April 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

B. Johnson opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from B. Johnson (25') and J. Garner (61'). Coventry City did not score.

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; Coventry City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 8th on 61 points from 37 and Coventry City 11th on 56 points from 39. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Coventry City 12th with 64.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Coventry City in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Garner of Nottingham Forest (8.7), ahead of Brice Samba (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Nottingham Forest wins, 0 draws and 3 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Joe WorrallNottingham Forest
  • 25'Goal · B. JohnsonNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Jake BidwellCoventry City
  • 54'Yellow card · Philip ZinckernagelNottingham Forest
  • 61'Goal · J. GarnerNottingham Forest · 2-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Dominic HyamCoventry City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jack ColbackNottingham Forest
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Callum O'HareCoventry City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 7, draws 0, Coventry City 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Josh PaskCoventry City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Steve CookNottingham Forest · injury (Ankle Injury)
  • Max LoweNottingham Forest · injury (Groin Injury)

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

Brice Samba, Joe Worrall, Tobias Figueiredo, Scott McKenna, Djed Spence, Ryan Yates, James Garner, Jack Colback, Philip Zinckernagel, Brennan Johnson, Keinan Davis

Coventry City line-up (3-5-1-1)

Simon Moore, Dominic Hyam, Michael Rose, Jake Bidwell, Todd Kane, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Jamie Allen, Fankaty Dabo, Callum O'Hare, Viktor Gyökeres