The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 21, 2018 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 2018 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Cardiff City Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)
: 11v11 (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Season:: 2017-18
Referee:: Peter Bankes
Sponsor:: 888Sport
Attendance:: 21,310
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Nov 30, 2019

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4741 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 2324 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5427 (of 5736)
Total:: 7167 (of 7523)
Played:: 6 years, 7 months, 1 day ago

FOREST
Manager: Aitor Karanka
Prior form: DDLLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Liam Bridcutt (50') - Liam Bridcutt only goal

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Neil Warnock
Prior form: WWDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Sean Morrison (35')
Aron Gunnarsson (76')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
33	GK	24	Stefanos Kapino	Debut
2	D	29	Eric Lichaj
11	D	23	Ben Osborn
3	D	24	Tobias Figueiredo off for Michael Mancienne (60')
13	M	31	Danny Fox
18	M	28	Jack Colback
7	D	28	Liam Bridcutt (50') off for Adlene Guedioura (71')
32	M	32	Ben Watson (c)
17	F	19	Ben Brereton
14	M	20	Matty Cash
23	M	25	Joe Lolley
Subs
43	GK	23	Jordan Smith
27	D	26	Tendayi Darikwa
4	M	30	Michael Mancienne on for Tobias Figueiredo (60') 73
31	M	25	Andreas Bouchalakis
20	M	20	Kieran Dowell
5	M	32	Adlene Guedioura on for Liam Bridcutt (71')
39	F	26	Apostolos Vellios

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
25	GK	Neil Etheridge
2	D	Lee Peltier (45')
3	D	Joe Bennett
4	D	Sean Morrison (c)
5	D	Bruno Ecuele Manga
17	M	Aron Gunnarsson
8	M	Joe Ralls
21	M	Craig Bryson
10	M	Kenneth Zohore
19	F	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (71')
33	F	David Junior Hoilett
Subs
28		Brian Murphy
14		Sol Bamba (45')
18		Callum Paterson
24		Marko Grujic
13		Anthony Pilkington
44		Gary Madine
35		Yanic Wildschut (71')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 2018)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-1	Sheffield United
Bolton Wanderers	0-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Bristol City	5-5	Hull City
Cardiff City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	1-2	Middlesbrough
Ipswich Town	0-4	Aston Villa
Leeds United	2-1	Barnsley
Preston North End	0-0	Norwich City
Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Reading
Sunderland	1-2	Burton Albion

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	29	8	6	78	36	16	4	2	47	18	13	4	4	31	18	42	95	WWDWWW	Promoted
	2	Fulham	44	24	13	7	76	42	12	8	2	38	16	12	5	5	38	26	34	85	WWWWDW	Safe
	3	Cardiff City	42	25	8	9	64	35	15	3	3	38	15	10	5	6	26	20	29	83	WWDLLW	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	43	23	10	10	67	40	14	6	2	41	18	9	4	8	26	22	27	79	LDWLWW	Safe
	5	Middlesbrough	43	20	9	14	61	42	13	3	6	31	17	7	6	8	30	25	19	69	DLDWLW	Safe
	6	Millwall	44	18	15	11	55	43	11	7	4	32	21	7	8	7	23	22	12	69	WDWWDL	Safe
	7	Derby County	42	18	14	10	61	43	10	5	5	33	18	8	9	5	28	25	18	68	DLWWLL	Safe
	8	Preston North End	43	17	15	11	54	45	8	7	6	25	21	9	8	5	29	24	9	66	WLLLWW	Safe
	9	Sheffield United	43	19	9	15	58	50	12	5	5	33	19	7	4	10	25	31	8	66	DDDLWD	Safe
	10	Brentford	43	17	14	12	59	48	8	10	3	34	22	9	4	9	25	26	11	65	DDWWWD	Safe
	11	Bristol City	43	17	14	12	60	50	11	5	5	34	20	6	9	7	26	30	10	65	WDLLWL	Safe
	12	Ipswich Town	43	16	8	19	51	54	9	5	7	27	21	7	3	12	24	33	-3	56	LLDLWL	Safe
	13	Norwich City	43	14	14	15	46	54	7	8	7	23	24	7	6	8	23	30	-8	56	WLLWDL	Safe
	14	Leeds United	43	15	9	19	54	61	8	6	7	28	26	7	3	12	26	35	-7	54	LWLDLL	Safe
	15	Queens Park Rangers	43	14	11	18	54	65	11	5	6	35	30	3	6	12	19	35	-11	53	DLWLWL	Safe
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	43	12	14	17	51	59	6	7	8	29	30	6	7	9	22	29	-8	50	WWWLLW	Safe
	17	Nottingham Forest	42	14	7	21	45	60	9	2	10	22	27	5	5	11	23	33	-15	49	DDLLLW
	18	Hull City	43	11	14	18	64	62	7	8	7	41	30	4	6	11	23	32	2	47	LDDWWL
	19	Reading	43	10	13	20	48	63	5	8	9	25	31	5	5	11	23	32	-15	43	LWLWLD
	20	Bolton Wanderers	43	9	13	21	36	66	8	4	9	22	27	1	9	12	14	39	-30	40	WLLLLD
	21	Birmingham City	43	11	7	25	32	63	8	3	10	16	22	3	4	15	16	41	-31	40	WWWDLL
	22	Barnsley	42	8	14	20	44	63	4	9	9	23	32	4	5	11	21	31	-19	38	DLDWLD
	23	Burton Albion	43	8	11	24	33	78	3	5	14	17	43	5	6	10	16	35	-45	35	LLDDLW
	24	Sunderland	43	6	16	21	47	76	2	7	12	19	37	4	9	9	28	39	-29	34	LWLDDD

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	30	8	6	82	36	16	4	2	47	18	14	4	4	35	18	46	98	WDWWWW	Champions	4-0
1	2	Cardiff City	43	26	8	9	66	36	16	3	3	40	16	10	5	6	26	20	30	86	WDLLWW	Safe	2-1
1	3	Fulham	44	24	13	7	76	42	12	8	2	38	16	12	5	5	38	26	34	85	WWWWDW	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	44	24	10	10	71	40	14	6	2	41	18	10	4	8	30	22	31	82	DWLWWW	Safe	4-0
	5	Middlesbrough	44	21	9	14	63	43	13	3	6	31	17	8	6	8	32	26	20	72	LDWLWW	Safe	2-1
	6	Millwall	44	18	15	11	55	43	11	7	4	32	21	7	8	7	23	22	12	69	WDWWDL	Safe
	7	Derby County	43	18	14	11	62	45	10	5	6	34	20	8	9	5	28	25	17	68	LWWLLL	Safe	1-2
2	8	Brentford	44	18	14	12	61	49	9	10	3	36	23	9	4	9	25	26	12	68	DWWWDW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Preston North End	44	17	16	11	54	45	8	8	6	25	21	9	8	5	29	24	9	67	LLLWWD	Safe	0-0
1	10	Bristol City	44	17	15	12	65	55	11	6	5	39	25	6	9	7	26	30	10	66	DLLWLD	Safe	5-5
2	11	Sheffield United	44	19	9	16	59	52	12	5	5	33	19	7	4	11	26	33	7	66	DDLWDL	Safe	1-2
2	12	Leeds United	44	16	9	19	56	62	9	6	7	30	27	7	3	12	26	35	-6	57	WLDLLW	Safe	2-1
	13	Norwich City	44	14	15	15	46	54	7	8	7	23	24	7	7	8	23	30	-8	57	LLWDLD	Safe	0-0
2	14	Ipswich Town	44	16	8	20	51	58	9	5	8	27	25	7	3	12	24	33	-7	56	LDLWLL	Safe	0-4
1	15	Sheffield Wednesday	44	13	14	17	54	59	7	7	8	32	30	6	7	9	22	29	-5	53	WWLLWW	Safe	3-0
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	44	14	11	19	55	67	11	5	6	35	30	3	6	13	20	37	-12	53	LWLWLL	Safe	1-2
	17	Nottingham Forest	43	14	7	22	46	62	9	2	10	22	27	5	5	12	24	35	-16	49	DLLLWL	Safe	1-2
	18	Hull City	44	11	15	18	69	67	7	8	7	41	30	4	7	11	28	37	2	48	DDWWLD	Safe	5-5
	19	Reading	44	10	13	21	48	66	5	8	9	25	31	5	5	12	23	35	-18	43	WLWLDL		0-3
1	20	Birmingham City	44	12	7	25	34	64	9	3	10	18	23	3	4	15	16	41	-30	43	WWDLLW		2-1
1	21	Bolton Wanderers	44	9	13	22	36	70	8	4	10	22	31	1	9	12	14	39	-34	40	LLLLDL		0-4
	22	Barnsley	43	8	14	21	45	65	4	9	9	23	32	4	5	12	22	33	-20	38	LDWLDL		1-2
	23	Burton Albion	44	9	11	24	35	79	3	5	14	17	43	6	6	10	18	36	-44	38	LDDLWW		2-1
	24	Sunderland	44	6	16	22	48	78	2	7	13	20	39	4	9	9	28	39	-30	34	WLDDDL		1-2