Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 2 February 2013
Result
Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 2 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Birmingham City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Birmingham City defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 February 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
C. Burke opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from C. Burke (45+1') and C. Burke (80'). Nottingham Forest scored through Billy Sharp (90+3', penalty).
Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 35 points from 29 and Nottingham Forest 10th on 41 points from 29. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Nottingham Forest 8th with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Nottingham Forest.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read W-D-D-L-L and Nottingham Forest's L-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · C. Burke
- 60'Yellow card · M. Gomis
- 80'Goal · C. Burke
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Billy Sharp
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City expected line-up
Jack Butland, Curtis Davies, Steven Caldwell, Jonathan Spector, Ravel Morrison, Wade Elliott, Nikola Zigic, Robert Hall, Marlon King, Paul Robinson, Hayden Mullins
Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-4-2)
Danny Collins, Elliott Ward, Greg Halford, Alan Hutton, Chris Cohen, Andy Reid, Adlène Guédioura, Patrick McCarthy, Lee Camp