Sheffield United 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 8 March 2011

Result

Sheffield United 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Tuesday 8 March 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sheffield United 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Sheffield United defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 March 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

Bamberdele Adebola opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Sam Vokes (74') and Matthew Lowton (80'). Nottingham Forest scored through Bamberdele Adebola (42').

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

Going into the game Sheffield United were 23rd on 29 points from 35 and Nottingham Forest 5th on 59 points from 35. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Nottingham Forest 6th with 76.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield United win, 3 draws and 1 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Marcus TudgayNottingham Forest
  • 42'Goal · Bamberdele AdebolaNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Wes MorganNottingham Forest
  • 59'Yellow card · Joe MattockSheffield United
  • 74'Goal · Sam VokesSheffield United · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · Matthew LowtonSheffield United · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sheffield United 1, draws 3, Nottingham Forest 1.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Johannes Ertl, Nyron Nosworthy, S. Quinn, Bjørn Helge Semundseth Riise, Lee Williamson, Richard Cresswell, Ched Evans, N. Collins, Michael Doyle

Nottingham Forest line-up

Paul Konchesky, Luke Chambers, Wes Morgan, Chris Gunter, Paul Anderson, Chris Cohen, Paul McKenna, Bamberdele Adebola, David McGoldrick, Marcus Tudgay, Lee Camp