Middlesbrough 3-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Middlesbrough 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Friday 26 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.

George Friend opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from George Friend (53'), Jelle Vossen (79') and Grant Leadbitter (88', penalty). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 39 points from 22 and Nottingham Forest 10th on 31 points from 22. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Nottingham Forest 14th with 59.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 5 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.

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