Leeds United 4-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 April 2011

Result

Leeds United 4-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 2 April 2011, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Leeds United 4-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Leeds United beat Nottingham Forest 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 April 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jonathan Howson opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Leeds United's goals came from Jonathan Howson (51'), L. Becchio (58'), M. Gradel (73') and M. Gradel (87'). Nottingham Forest scored through Garath McCleary (65').

Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Leeds United were 5th on 61 points from 38 and Nottingham Forest 6th on 60 points from 38. Leeds United went on to finish that season 7th with 72 points, and Nottingham Forest 6th with 76.

Leeds United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leeds United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Red card · Chris CohenNottingham Forest
  • 45'Yellow card · Kris BoydNottingham Forest
  • 45'Yellow card · Kasper SchmeichelLeeds United
  • 45'Yellow card · Marcus TudgayNottingham Forest
  • 51'Goal · Jonathan HowsonLeeds United · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · L. BecchioLeeds United · 2-0
  • 65'Goal · Garath McClearyNottingham Forest · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Nathan TysonNottingham Forest
  • 73'Goal · M. GradelLeeds United · 3-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Wes MorganNottingham Forest
  • 77'Yellow card · Garath McClearyNottingham Forest
  • 87'Goal · M. GradelLeeds United · 4-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Leeds United 0, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

Leeds United line-up (4-3-3)

Kasper Schmeichel, Eric Lichaj, Leigh Bromby, George McCartney, Andrew O'Brien, Jonathan Howson, Bradley Johnson, Barry Bannan, Max Gradel, Luciano Becchio, Robert Snodgrass

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

Luke Chambers, Wes Morgan, Chris Gunter, Joel Lynch, Paul Anderson, Lewis McGugan, Chris Cohen, Radoslaw Majewski, Marcus Tudgay, Kris Boyd, Lee Camp