Cardiff City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Cardiff City 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

S. Morrison opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from S. Morrison (35') and A. Gunnarsson (74'). Nottingham Forest scored through Liam Bridcutt (50').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 83 points from 42 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 49 points from 42. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aron Gunnarsson of Cardiff City (8.8), ahead of Sean Morrison (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Nottingham Forest.