Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds United: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2012
Result
Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds United
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 12:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds United: match report
Nottingham Forest won against Leeds United 3-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Paul Green opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Billy Sharp (44', penalty), Billy Sharp (54'), an own goal by Rodolph William Austin (57') and Dexter Blackstock (61'). Leeds United scored through Paul Green (12') and Davide Somma (90').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 11th on 33 points from 23 and Leeds United 8th on 35 points from 23. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 8th with 67 points, and Leeds United 12th with 61.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Leeds United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 1 draw and 3 for Leeds United.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Paul Green
- 34'Yellow card · Michael Brown
- 44'Penalty goal · Billy Sharp
- 52'Yellow card · Paul Green
- 54'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 57'Own goal · Rodolph William Austin
- 61'Goal · Dexter Blackstock
- 90'Goal · Davide Somma
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-1-3-2)
Lee Camp, Danny Collins, Greg Halford, Alan Hutton, Elliott Ward, Adlène Guédioura, Chris Cohen, Andy Reid, Radoslaw Majewski, Dexter Blackstock, Patrick McCarthy
Leeds United line-up (4-4-2)
Paddy Kenny, Adam Drury, Tom Lees, Rodolph Austin, Alan Tate, Sam Byram, Paul Green, Jerome Thomas, Michael Brown, Luciano Becchio, El-Hadji Diouf