Cardiff City 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2009

Result

Cardiff City 2-0 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Cardiff City won against Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 January 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Paul Parry opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Paul Parry (18') and Jay Bothroyd (87'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 4th on 48 points from 28 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 33 points from 29. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Nottingham Forest 19th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 0 draws and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Paul ParryCardiff City · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Gábor GyepesCardiff City
  • 79'Yellow card · Kelvin WilsonNottingham Forest
  • 80'Yellow card · Ian BreckinNottingham Forest
  • 87'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Jay BothroydCardiff City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 0, Nottingham Forest 0.