Preston North End 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 16 September 2008
Result
Preston North End 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Tuesday 16 September 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Preston North End 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Preston North End beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 16 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Youl Mawene opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Youl Mawene (50') and Neil Mellor (59'). Nottingham Forest scored through an own goal by Youl Mawene (67').
Discipline: Preston North End received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Preston North End were 3rd on 11 points from 5 and Nottingham Forest 21st on 4 points from 5. Preston North End went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Nottingham Forest 19th with 53.
Going into the match Preston North End's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Nottingham Forest's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 50'Goal · Youl Mawene
- 59'Goal · Neil Mellor
- 64'Yellow card · Wes Morgan
- 67'Own goal · Youl Mawene