Nottingham Forest vs Blackburn Rovers

Championship

Nottm Forest

0-0-3

1-2

Final

Blackburn

2-1-0

The City Ground

Match pulse

NFOAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'BLK

60%Possession40%

7Shots9

4On target7

3Corners1

5Saves3

13Fouls15

54'Jack ColbackNFO66'Sam GallagherBLK71'Hayden CarterBLK85'Jordan Lawrence-GabrielNFO90'Jordan Lawrence-GabrielNFO90'+2'Ben Brereton DíazBLK

Team	1H	2H	T
NFO	0	1	1
BLK	0	2	2

Who won: Blackburn 2-1

Blackburn Rovers beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at The City Ground. Goals for Nottm Forest: Philip Zinckernagel (69'). Goals for Blackburn: Daniel Ayala (47') and Darragh Lenihan (86').

What it means

Nottm Forest has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Thomas KaminskiG
2Daniel AyalaCD-L
3Darragh LenihanCD-R
4Harry PickeringLB
5Hayden CarterRB
6John BuckleyAM
7Joe RothwellLM
8Lewis TravisRM
9Tyrhys DolanF
10Ben Brereton DíazAM-L
11Sam GallagherAM-R

Nottm Forest15th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-4-1-1)

1Brice SambaG
2Scott McKennaCD-L
3Tobias FigueiredoCD-R
4Jordi Osei-TutuLB
5Jordan Lawrence-GabrielRB
6Jack ColbackCM-L
7Ryan YatesCM-R
8Alex MightenLM
9Philip ZinckernagelRM
10Lewis GrabbanF
11Brennan JohnsonRCF

Head to head

NFO leads series 3-1-1

Last meeting: Blackburn 2, Nottm Forest 1 (Apr 13)

Last 5

BLK

T@ MIL1-1
Lvs MOR1-2
Wvs SWA2-1
Wvs BIR5-2
T@ ROT1-1

NFO

Lvs BOU1-2
Wvs BRD2-1
L@ COV1-2
Lvs PNE1-2
T@ SHW0-0

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Game info

Venue: The City Ground, Nottingham, England · Attendance 23,964

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