Nottingham Forest 3-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 November 2021

Result

Nottingham Forest 3-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 6 November 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Nottingham Forest · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 3-0 Preston North End: match report

Nottingham Forest won against Preston North End 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 6 November 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lewis Grabban opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Lewis Grabban (32', penalty), Jack Colback (41') and Lewis Grabban (70'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 17th on 19 points from 16 and Preston North End 15th on 21 points from 16. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Preston North End 13th with 64.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Grabban of Nottingham Forest (8.3), ahead of Jack Colback (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 6 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

26'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
31'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
32'Penalty goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 1-0
41'Goal · Jack ColbackNottingham Forest · 2-0
43'Yellow card · Ali McCannPreston North End
50'Yellow card · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest
52'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
70'Goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 3-0
90+3'Yellow card · Lyle TaylorNottingham Forest
90+3'Yellow card · L. TaylorNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 6, Preston North End 3.

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Preston North EndChampionship · 8 May 2021
Preston North End 0-1 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 2 Jan 2021
Preston North End 1-1 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 11 Jul 2020
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Preston North EndChampionship · 31 Aug 2019
Preston North End 0-0 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 16 Feb 2019
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Preston North EndChampionship · 8 Dec 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Connor WickhamPreston North End · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Peter EteboNottingham Forest · injury (Knee Injury)
Loïc Mbe SohNottingham Forest · injury (Thigh Problems)
Matthew OlosundePreston North End · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
J. Osei-TutuNottingham Forest · injury (Hamstring Injury)

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

Brice Samba, Djed Spence, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Max Lowe, Ryan Yates, Jack Colback, Brennan Johnson, Philip Zinckernagel, Alex Mighten, Lewis Grabban

Preston North End line-up (3-4-1-2)

Daniel Iversen, Sepp van den Berg, Patrick Bauer, Andrew Hughes, Tom Barkhuizen, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Josh Earl, Brad Potts, Emil Riis, Daniel Johnson