Cardiff City 0-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Friday 2 April 2021

Result

Cardiff City 0-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Friday 2 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 0-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Nottingham Forest 0-1 in the Championship on Friday 2 April 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from J. Garner of Nottingham Forest in the 29th minute.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 8th on 58 points from 38 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 42 points from 38. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 52.

Cardiff City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cyrus Christie of Nottingham Forest (8.2), ahead of James Garner (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Marlon PackCardiff City
  • 26'Yellow card · Cyrus ChristieNottingham Forest
  • 29'Goal · J. GarnerNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Ciaron BrownCardiff City
  • 55'Yellow card · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest
  • 87'Yellow card · CafúNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 8, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 1.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Dillon Phillips, Curtis Nelson, Aden Flint, Ciaron Brown, Tom Sang, Marlon Pack, Will Vaulks, Joe Ralls, Harry Wilson, Leandro Bacuna, Kieffer Moore

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

Brice Samba, Cyrus Christie, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Tyler Blackett, Ryan Yates, James Garner, Sammy Ameobi, Cafú, Alex Mighten, Lewis Grabban