Nottingham Forest 1-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 8 March 2016

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 8 March 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nottingham Forest 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 March 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Nélson Oliveira of Nottingham Forest in the 37th minute.

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 15th on 42 points from 34 and Preston North End 10th on 49 points from 35. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 16th with 55 points, and Preston North End 11th with 62.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-3-3 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 3 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Preston North End's D-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Ryan MendesNottingham Forest
  • 37'Goal · Nélson OliveiraNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Joe GarnerPreston North End
  • 45'Yellow card · Michael MancienneNottingham Forest
  • 56'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End
  • 66'Yellow card · Robert TescheNottingham Forest
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul HuntingtonPreston North End

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 1, Preston North End 3.

Team news

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Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-3-3)

Karl Darlow, Eric Lichaj, Danny Fox, Matthew Mills, Kelvin Wilson, Henri Lansbury, Michael Mancienne, David Vaughan, Michail Antonio

Preston North End expected line-up (5-3-2)

Iain Turner, Billy Jones, Craig Morgan, Bongani Khumalo, Ian Ashbee, Keith Treacy, Iain Edward Hume, Eddie Johnson, Chris Brown, Barry Nicholson, Darren Carter