Nottingham Forest 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Championship · Friday 2 December 2016

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Newcastle United

Championship · Friday 2 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Nottingham Forest · Newcastle United · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Newcastle United: match report

Nottingham Forest beat Newcastle United 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 2 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Matt Ritchie opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Nicklas Bendtner (52') and an own goal by Jamaal Lascelles (86'). Newcastle United scored through Matt Ritchie (45').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 17th on 22 points from 18 and Newcastle United 1st on 41 points from 18. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Newcastle United 1st with 95.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Karl Darlow of Newcastle United (8.4), ahead of Henri Lansbury (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 0 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Red card · J. ShelveyNewcastle United
  • 34'Missed penalty · Nicklas BendtnerNottingham Forest
  • 44'Yellow card · Michael MancienneNottingham Forest
  • 45'Goal · Matt RitchieNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 45+2'Red card · P. DummettNewcastle United
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Karl DarlowNewcastle United
  • 45+4'Missed penalty · Nicolás FrutosNottingham Forest
  • 52'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Yoan GouffranNewcastle United
  • 72'Yellow card · Nicolás FrutosNottingham Forest
  • 86'Own goal · Jamaal LascellesNottingham Forest · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · DeAndre YedlinNewcastle United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 0, Newcastle United 1.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-5-1-1)

Vladimir Stojkovic, Matthew Mills, Damien Perquis, Michael Mancienne, Matty Cash, Henri Lansbury, Pajtim Kasami, Thomas Lam, Eric Lichaj, Ben Osborn, Nicklas Bendtner

Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Karl Darlow, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Yoan Gouffran, Dwight Gayle