Middlesbrough 0-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 October 2018

Result

Middlesbrough 0-2 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 6 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Nottingham Forest · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 0-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Nottingham Forest 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 6 October 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Joe Lolley opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Nottingham Forest scored through Joe Lolley (49') and Lewis Grabban (77').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 22 points from 11 and Nottingham Forest 11th on 16 points from 11. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Nottingham Forest 9th with 66.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Lolley of Nottingham Forest (9.1), ahead of Costel Pantilimon (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Joe LolleyNottingham Forest
  • 38'Yellow card · Ryan ShottonMiddlesbrough
  • 42'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough
  • 49'Goal · Joe LolleyNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Jack RobinsonNottingham Forest
  • 77'Goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 0-2
  • 80'Second yellow · Jack RobinsonNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 3, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Ryan Shotton, Yuki Takahashi, Aden Flint, George Friend, Jonathan Howson, George Saville, M. Bešić, Stewart Downing, Jordan Hugill, Martin Braithwaite

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

Costel Pantilimon, Tendayi Darikwa, Michael Dawson, Danny Fox, Jack Robinson, Jack Colback, Ben Watson, Gil Dias, João Carvalho, Joe Lolley, Daryl Murphy