Leeds United 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 September 2012
Result
Leeds United 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 22 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Leeds United 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Leeds United beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 September 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
L. Becchio opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Leeds United's goals came from L. Becchio (14') and D. Poleon (25'). Nottingham Forest scored through Dexter Blackstock (60').
Discipline: Leeds United received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leeds United were 14th on 7 points from 6 and Nottingham Forest 8th on 10 points from 6. Leeds United went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Nottingham Forest 8th with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leeds United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Nottingham Forest.
Going into the match Leeds United's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Nottingham Forest's D-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 14'Goal · L. Becchio
- 25'Goal · D. Poleon
- 29'Yellow card · Jason Pearce
- 60'Goal · Dexter Blackstock
- 79'Yellow card · Tom Lees
- 90'Yellow card · Simon Cox
- 90'Yellow card · El-Hadji Diouf
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up
Paddy Kenny, Lee Peltier, Adam Drury, Tom Lees, Jason Pearce, Rodolph Austin, Sam Byram, Luciano Becchio, El-Hadji Diouf, Dominic Poleon, Michael Tonge
Nottingham Forest line-up
Danny Collins, Greg Halford, Yuki Takahashi, Simon Gillett, Guy Moussi, Andy Reid, James Coppinger, Simon Cox, Dexter Blackstock, Lee Camp, Dan Harding