Cardiff City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 October 2014

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 18 October 2014, 11:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

Cardiff City · Nottingham Forest · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Cardiff City won against Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 October 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.

Federico Macheda opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Federico Macheda (22') and Peter Whittingham (27'). Nottingham Forest scored through Britt Assombalonga (89').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 16th on 13 points from 11 and Nottingham Forest 2nd on 21 points from 11. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Nottingham Forest 14th with 59.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Federico MachedaCardiff City · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Kelvin WilsonNottingham Forest
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Craig NooneCardiff City
  • 54'Yellow card · Nicolás FrutosNottingham Forest
  • 88'Yellow card · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest
  • 89'Goal · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

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Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Steven Caulker, Fábio, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Peter Whittingham, Jordon Mutch, Mats Møller Dæhli, Gary Medel, Wilfried Zaha, Kenwyne Jones, Fraizer Campbell

Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, Greg Halford, Eric Lichaj, Jack Hobbs, Henri Lansbury, Andy Reid, Djamel Abdoun, Jamie Mackie, Simon Cox, James Freitas