Birmingham City 1-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 November 2017

Result

Birmingham City 1-0 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 18 November 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 1-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Birmingham City defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 18 November 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ché Adams of Birmingham City in the 5th minute.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 23rd on 12 points from 16 and Nottingham Forest 9th on 24 points from 16. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 46 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tomasz Kuszczak of Birmingham City (7.7), level with Jonathan Grounds (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Nottingham Forest's W-L-W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Ché AdamsBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Joe WorrallNottingham Forest
  • 47'Yellow card · Maikel KieftenbeldBirmingham City
  • 55'Yellow card · Harlee DeanBirmingham City
  • 56'Yellow card · Kieran DowellNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 4, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-3-3)

Tomasz Kuszczak, Emilio Nsue, Jonathan Grounds, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Maikel Kieftenbeld, David Davis, Stephen Gleeson, Ché Adams, Sam Gallagher, Jota Peleteiro

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Michael Mancienne, Tendayi Darikwa, Joe Worrall, Liam Bridcutt, Barrie McKay, Ben Osborn, Kieran Dowell, Tyler Walker, Ben Brereton Díaz