Preston North End 3-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 March 2010

Result

Preston North End 3-2 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 13 March 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Preston North End 3-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Preston North End beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 March 2010. The half-time score was 3-0.

Ross Wallace opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Ross Wallace (20'), Callum Davidson (29', penalty) and Matty James (32'). Nottingham Forest scored through Dexter Blackstock (57', penalty) and Robert Earnshaw (76').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 15th on 44 points from 35 and Nottingham Forest 3rd on 64 points from 35. Preston North End went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Nottingham Forest 4th with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 0 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read D-D-W-L-L and Nottingham Forest's W-L-W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Ross WallacePreston North End · 1-0
  • 29'Penalty goal · Callum DavidsonPreston North End · 2-0
  • 32'Goal · Matty JamesPreston North End · 3-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Sean St. LedgerPreston North End
  • 57'Penalty goal · Dexter BlackstockNottingham Forest · 3-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Ross WallacePreston North End
  • 67'Yellow card · Callum DavidsonPreston North End
  • 76'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 3-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Dexter BlackstockNottingham Forest
  • 89'Yellow card · Wes MorganNottingham Forest
  • 90'Yellow card · R. ChaplowPreston North End
  • 90'Yellow card · Kelvin WilsonNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 0, Nottingham Forest 2.