Nottingham Forest vs Blackburn Rovers

Championship

Nottm Forest

12-7-6

3-2

Final

Blackburn

10-6-10

The City Ground

Match pulse

NFOAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'BLK

34%Possession66%

10Shots11

5On target3

6Corners5

2Saves2

17Fouls9

45'+1'Samba SowNFO90'+2'Amari'i BellBLK

Team	1H	2H	T
NFO	2	1	3
BLK	1	1	2

Who won: Nottm Forest 3-2

Nottingham Forest beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at The City Ground. Goals for Nottm Forest: Joe Lolley (22') and Lewis Grabban (25' pen, 55'). Goals for Blackburn: Stewart Downing (39') and Joe Worrall (own goal) (71').

What it means

Blackburn has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-1-4-1)

1Christian WaltonG
2Tosin AdarabioyoCD-L
3Darragh LenihanCD-R
4Lewis TravisDM
5Amari'i BellLB
6Elliott BennettRB
7Stewart DowningCM-L
8Corry EvansCM-R
9Joe RothwellLM
10Adam ArmstrongRM
11Ben Brereton DíazF

Nottm Forest15th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Brice SambaG
2Joe WorrallCD-L
3Tobias FigueiredoCD-R
4ChemaLB
5Matty CashRB
6Tiago SilvaAM
7Ben WatsonLM
8Samba SowRM
9Lewis GrabbanF
10Sammy AmeobiAM-L
11Joe LolleyAM-R

Head to head

BLK leads series 3-0-2

Last meeting: Blackburn 2, Nottm Forest 1 (Oct 18)

Last 5

BLK

L@ HUD1-2
Tvs BIR1-1
Tvs WGA0-0
W@ BRC2-0
T@ SWA1-1

NFO

Wvs WGA1-0
W@ HUL2-0
L@ HUD1-2
Lvs SHW0-4
Tvs MID1-1

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Game info

Venue: The City Ground, Nottingham, England · Attendance 27,073

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