Nottingham Forest 5-1 Scunthorpe United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 April 2011

Result

Nottingham Forest 5-1 Scunthorpe United

Championship · Saturday 30 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Nottingham Forest · Scunthorpe United · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 5-1 Scunthorpe United: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Scunthorpe United 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 April 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Kris Boyd opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Kris Boyd (9'), Luke Chambers (25'), Paul Anderson (48'), Luke Chambers (82') and Kris Boyd (90'). Scunthorpe United scored through M. O'Connor (36', penalty).

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 6th on 69 points from 44 and Scunthorpe United 23rd on 41 points from 44. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 6th with 76 points, and Scunthorpe United 24th with 42.

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

Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Scunthorpe United's L-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Kris BoydNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Luke ChambersNottingham Forest · 2-0
  • 36'Penalty goal · M. O'ConnorScunthorpe United · 2-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest
  • 48'Goal · Paul AndersonNottingham Forest · 3-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Lee MillerScunthorpe United
  • 53'Yellow card · Wes MorganNottingham Forest
  • 82'Goal · Luke ChambersNottingham Forest · 4-1
  • 89'Second yellow · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest
  • 90'Goal · Kris BoydNottingham Forest · 5-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 1, Scunthorpe United 1.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up

Paul Konchesky, Luke Chambers, Wes Morgan, Chris Gunter, Lewis McGugan, Chris Cohen, Paul McKenna, Robert Earnshaw, David McGoldrick, Kris Boyd, Lee Camp

Scunthorpe United line-up

Joe Murphy, Andrew Wright, David Mirfin, Marcus Williams, Sam Togwell, Ramón Núñez Reyes, Michael O'Connor, Chris Dagnall, Bobby Grant, Michael Nelson, Mark Duffy