Nottingham Forest 1-0 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 16 February 2010

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Sheffield United

Championship · Tuesday 16 February 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nottingham Forest 1-0 Sheffield United: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Sheffield United 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 16 February 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Robert Earnshaw of Nottingham Forest in the 4th minute.

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 3rd on 55 points from 31 and Sheffield United 7th on 45 points from 31. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Sheffield United 8th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nottingham Forest wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · R. MajewskiNottingham Forest
  • 46'Red card · Darius HendersonSheffield United
  • 51'Yellow card · James PerchNottingham Forest
  • 52'Yellow card · L. WilliamsonSheffield United
  • 55'Yellow card · Mark YeatesSheffield United
  • 81'Yellow card · Toni KallioSheffield United
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Richard CresswellSheffield United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Nottingham Forest 0, draws 2, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge