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BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 02, 2019 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 02, 2019 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 2018-19
Referee:: David Webb
Sponsor:: BetBright
Attendance:: 24,235
Pos Before/After:: 9 12
Opp Before/After:: 12 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brentford (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Aug 17, 2019

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4774 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 2357 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5464 (of 5676)
Total:: 7208 (of 7448)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Dead link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Review:
Another poor showing. We never got started against Birmingham�they took a 13th minute lead and although we put some good touches together we couldn't get near to an equaliser. Benalouane handled on the line in injury time to get a red card and they scored the second from the penalty.

FOREST
Manager: Martin O'Neill
Prior form: DLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Garry Monk
Prior form: WDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Jota (13)
Che Adams (93)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Costel Pantilimon
21	D	Saidy Janko
18	D	Jack Robinson
29	D	Yohan Benalouane (54) (91)
17	D	Alex Milosevic off for Leo Bonatini (60)	Debut
8	M	Ben Watson (c)
14	M	Matty Cash
5	M	Adlene Guedioura off for Joao Carvalho (72)
11	D	Ben Osborn
23	M	Joe Lolley (22)
9	F	Daryl Murphy off for Lewis Grabban (60)
Subs
15	GK	Luke Steele
10	M	Joao Carvalho on for Adlene Guedioura (72)
19	F	Diogo Goncalves
28	M	Pele
24	M	Claudio Yacob
33	F	Leo Bonatini on for Alex Milosevic (60)	Debut
7	F	Lewis Grabban on for Daryl Murphy (60)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Lee Camp
5	D	Maxime Colin
45	D	Wes Harding
28	D	Michael Morrison (c)
12	D	Harlee Dean
20	M	Gary Gardner
19	M	Jacques Maghoma (81)
6	M	Maikel Kieftenbeld
23	M	Jota (85)
10	F	Lukas Jutkiewicz (78)
9	F	Che Adams
Subs
27		Connal Trueman
25		Josh Dacres-Cogley
8		Craig Gardner (85)
30		Beryly Lubala
7		Connor Mahoney
18		Kerim Mrabti (81)
11		Isaac Vassell (78)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 02, 2019)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Brentford	5-2	Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City	2-0	Swansea City
Hull City	2-0	Stoke City
Ipswich Town	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds United	1-3	Norwich City
Millwall	0-0	Rotherham United
Reading	0-0	Aston Villa
Sheffield United	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	2-3	Middlesbrough
Wigan Athletic	2-1	Queens Park Rangers

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
1	Leeds United	29	17	6	6	49	31	9	3	2	23	10	8	3	4	26	21	18	57	WLLWLW
2	Norwich City	29	15	9	5	54	38	9	2	4	31	25	6	7	1	23	13	16	54	DLDDWD
3	Sheffield United	29	15	6	8	48	31	8	3	3	24	13	7	3	5	24	18	17	51	WWWWLD
4	West Bromwich Albion	28	14	8	6	57	35	7	5	2	33	18	7	3	4	24	17	22	50	WWDLDW
5	Middlesbrough	28	12	11	5	31	20	6	5	3	14	9	6	6	2	17	11	11	47	WLWDWD
6	Derby County	29	13	8	8	40	35	7	5	2	20	15	6	3	6	20	20	5	47	LWDLWD
7	Bristol City	28	12	8	8	35	29	5	5	4	16	14	7	3	4	19	15	6	44	DDWWWW
8	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	10	8	40	41	7	6	2	23	15	4	4	6	17	26	-1	43	LLWWWW
9	Nottingham Forest	29	10	12	7	42	33	7	4	4	20	14	3	8	3	22	19	9	42	DLWLLW
10	Aston Villa	29	10	12	7	53	46	6	7	2	34	27	4	5	5	19	19	7	42	WDDLDW
11	Swansea City	29	11	8	10	40	35	6	4	5	23	20	5	4	5	17	15	5	41	LDWDWD
12	Birmingham City	29	9	13	7	43	36	5	7	2	22	14	4	6	5	21	22	7	40	WDDLLD
13	Hull City	29	11	7	11	41	38	6	3	5	21	13	5	4	6	20	25	3	40	WWWWDL
14	Queens Park Rangers	28	11	6	11	34	39	7	2	5	20	17	4	4	6	14	22	-5	39	WWDDLL
15	Stoke City	29	9	11	9	33	37	7	3	5	17	16	2	8	4	16	21	-4	38	LDLLWL
16	Preston North End	30	9	10	11	45	45	5	7	3	29	22	4	3	8	16	23	0	37	DLDWWD
17	Sheffield Wednesday	28	9	8	11	33	45	5	6	3	18	19	4	2	8	15	26	-12	35	WWDDLW
18	Brentford	28	8	10	10	43	39	7	3	4	26	16	1	7	6	17	23	4	34	WDDDWW
19	Millwall	28	7	8	13	34	44	6	4	4	20	18	1	4	9	14	26	-10	29	LWWWLD
20	Wigan Athletic	29	8	5	16	29	44	7	3	4	17	15	1	2	12	12	29	-15	29	LDLWLL
21	Rotherham United	29	5	10	14	28	48	5	6	4	20	23	0	4	10	8	25	-20	25	LLWLLL
22	Reading	29	5	9	15	32	44	4	2	8	19	22	1	7	7	13	22	-12	24	LDLWLD
23	Bolton Wanderers	29	5	8	16	19	43	3	4	8	9	19	2	4	8	10	24	-24	23	WDLLLD
24	Ipswich Town	29	3	9	17	23	50	2	7	5	14	19	1	2	12	9	31	-27	18	LLLWLL

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	Result(s)
1	1	Norwich City	30	16	9	5	57	39	9	2	4	31	25	7	7	1	26	14	18	57	LDDWDW	3-1
1	2	Leeds United	30	17	6	7	50	34	9	3	3	24	13	8	3	4	26	21	16	57	LLWLWL	1-3
	3	Sheffield United	30	16	6	8	50	31	9	3	3	26	13	7	3	5	24	18	19	54	WWWLDW	2-0
	4	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	8	7	59	38	7	5	3	35	21	7	3	4	24	17	21	50	WDLDWL	2-3
	5	Middlesbrough	29	13	11	5	34	22	6	5	3	14	9	7	6	2	20	13	12	50	LWDWDW	3-2
1	6	Bristol City	29	13	8	8	37	29	6	5	4	18	14	7	3	4	19	15	8	47	DWWWWW	2-0
1	7	Derby County	29	13	8	8	40	35	7	5	2	20	15	6	3	6	20	20	5	47	LWDLWD
4	8	Birmingham City	30	10	13	7	45	36	6	7	2	24	14	4	6	5	21	22	9	43	DDLLDW	2-0
1	9	Aston Villa	30	10	13	7	53	46	6	7	2	34	27	4	6	5	19	19	7	43	DDLDWD	0-0
3	10	Hull City	30	12	7	11	43	38	7	3	5	23	13	5	4	6	20	25	5	43	WWWDLW	2-0
3	11	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	10	9	42	46	7	6	2	23	15	4	4	7	19	31	-4	43	LWWWWL	2-5
3	12	Nottingham Forest	30	10	12	8	42	35	7	4	4	20	14	3	8	4	22	21	7	42	LWLLWL	0-2
2	13	Swansea City	30	11	8	11	40	37	6	4	5	23	20	5	4	6	17	17	3	41	DWDWDL	0-2
	14	Queens Park Rangers	29	11	6	12	35	41	7	2	5	20	17	4	4	7	15	24	-6	39	WDDLLL	1-2
	15	Stoke City	30	9	11	10	33	39	7	3	5	17	16	2	8	5	16	23	-6	38	DLLWLL	0-2
1	16	Sheffield Wednesday	29	10	8	11	34	45	5	6	3	18	19	5	2	8	16	26	-11	38	WDDLWW	1-0
1	17	Brentford	29	9	10	10	48	41	8	3	4	31	18	1	7	6	17	23	7	37	DDDWWW	5-2
2	18	Preston North End	30	9	10	11	45	45	5	7	3	29	22	4	3	8	16	23	0	37	DLDWWD
1	19	Wigan Athletic	30	9	5	16	31	45	8	3	4	19	16	1	2	12	12	29	-14	32	DLWLLW	2-1
1	20	Millwall	29	7	9	13	34	44	6	5	4	20	18	1	4	9	14	26	-10	30	WWWLDD	0-0
	21	Rotherham United	30	5	11	14	28	48	5	6	4	20	23	0	5	10	8	25	-20	26	LWLLLD	0-0
	22	Reading	30	5	10	15	32	44	4	3	8	19	22	1	7	7	13	22	-12	25	DLWLDD	0-0
	23	Bolton Wanderers	30	5	8	17	19	45	3	4	8	9	19	2	4	9	10	26	-26	23	DLLLDL	0-2
	24	Ipswich Town	30	3	9	18	23	51	2	7	6	14	20	1	2	12	9	31	-28	18	LLWLLL	0-1