Leeds United 3-7 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 20 March 2012

Result

Leeds United 3-7 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Tuesday 20 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Leeds United 3-7 Nottingham Forest: match report

Leeds United lost to Nottingham Forest 3-7 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-2.

Robert Snodgrass opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Leeds United's goals came from Robert Snodgrass (6', penalty), L. Becchio (53') and Michael Brown (55'). Nottingham Forest scored through A. Guédioura (8'), Garath McCleary (45+2'), Dexter Blackstock (52'), Garath McCleary (56'), Garath McCleary (60'), Garath McCleary (71') and Dexter Blackstock (81').

Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leeds United were 10th on 54 points from 37 and Nottingham Forest 21st on 35 points from 36. Leeds United went on to finish that season 14th with 61 points, and Nottingham Forest 20th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leeds United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Penalty goal · Robert SnodgrassLeeds United · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · A. GuédiouraNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonLeeds United
  • 45+2'Goal · Garath McClearyNottingham Forest · 1-2
  • 52'Goal · Dexter BlackstockNottingham Forest · 1-3
  • 53'Goal · L. BecchioLeeds United · 2-3
  • 55'Goal · Michael BrownLeeds United · 3-3
  • 56'Goal · Garath McClearyNottingham Forest · 3-4
  • 60'Goal · Garath McClearyNottingham Forest · 3-5
  • 67'Yellow card · A. ReidNottingham Forest
  • 71'Goal · Garath McClearyNottingham Forest · 3-6
  • 81'Goal · Dexter BlackstockNottingham Forest · 3-7

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Leeds United 2, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

Leeds United line-up

Andy Lonergan, Paul Connolly, Tom Lees, Adam Clayton, Aidan White, Luciano Becchio, Robert Snodgrass, Ross McCormack, Michael Brown, Paul Robinson, Darren O'Dea

Nottingham Forest line-up

G. Cunningham, Luke Chambers, Chris Gunter, Joel Lynch, Andy Reid, Guy Moussi, Adlène Guédioura, Radoslaw Majewski, Garath McCleary, Dexter Blackstock, Lee Camp