Nottingham Forest 5-1 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 April 2022

Result

Nottingham Forest 5-1 Swansea City

Championship · Saturday 30 April 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Nottingham Forest · Swansea City · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 5-1 Swansea City: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Swansea City 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 April 2022. The half-time score was 1-1.

Nottingham Forest's goals came from an own goal by Cyrus Christie (22'), Sam Surridge (48'), Sam Surridge (52'), Sam Surridge (69') and Alex Mighten (84'). Swansea City scored through Michael Obafemi (28').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Swansea City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 3rd on 76 points from 43 and Swansea City 14th on 61 points from 44. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Swansea City 15th with 61.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Swansea City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Garner of Nottingham Forest (9.7), ahead of Sam Surridge (9.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 3 draws and 4 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

22'Own goal · Cyrus ChristieNottingham Forest · 1-0
24'Yellow card · Cyrus ChristieSwansea City
28'Goal · Michael ObafemiSwansea City · 1-1
38'Yellow card · Joel LatibeaudiereSwansea City
48'Goal · Sam SurridgeNottingham Forest · 2-1
52'Goal · Sam SurridgeNottingham Forest · 3-1
69'Goal · Sam SurridgeNottingham Forest · 4-1
84'Goal · Alex MightenNottingham Forest · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 3, Swansea City 4.

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Nottingham Forest 2-2 Swansea CityChampionship · 15 Jul 2020
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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Swansea CityChampionship · 30 Mar 2019

Team news

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Brandon CooperSwansea City · injury (Knee Injury)
Keinan DavisNottingham Forest · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Ben CabangoSwansea City · injury (Ankle Injury)
Daniel WilliamsSwansea City · injury (Ankle Injury)
Max LoweNottingham Forest · injury (Groin Injury)

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

Brice Samba, Joe Worrall, Steve Cook, Scott McKenna, Djed Spence, Ryan Yates, James Garner, Jack Colback, Philip Zinckernagel, Brennan Johnson, Sam Surridge

Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andy Fisher, Cyrus Christie, Joel Latibeaudiere, Kyle Naughton, Ryan Manning, Matt Grimes, Flynn Downes, Cameron Congreve, Joël Piroe, Hannes Wolf, Michael Obafemi