Norwich City 3-3 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018

Result

Norwich City 3-3 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Norwich City 3-3 Nottingham Forest: match report

Norwich City drew with Nottingham Forest 3-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Matty Cash opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Mario Vrancic (77'), Onel Hernández (90+4') and Onel Hernández (90+8'). Nottingham Forest scored through Matty Cash (45+1'), Jack Robinson (65') and Matty Cash (74').

Discipline: Norwich City received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 2nd on 47 points from 23 and Nottingham Forest 7th on 35 points from 23. Norwich City went on to finish that season 1st with 94 points, and Nottingham Forest 9th with 66.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Cash of Nottingham Forest (8.6), ahead of Onel Hernández (8.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · M. StiepermannNorwich City
  • 37'Yellow card · B. GodfreyNorwich City
  • 45+1'Goal · Matty CashNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Danny FoxNottingham Forest
  • 51'Yellow card · Jack RobinsonNottingham Forest
  • 55'Yellow card · Teemu PukkiNorwich City
  • 65'Goal · Jack RobinsonNottingham Forest · 0-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Jack ColbackNottingham Forest
  • 74'Goal · Matty CashNottingham Forest · 0-3
  • 77'Goal · Mario VrancicNorwich City · 1-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Mario VrancicNorwich City
  • 90+4'Goal · Onel HernándezNorwich City · 2-3
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Costel PantilimonNottingham Forest
  • 90+8'Goal · Onel HernándezNorwich City · 3-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 5, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Ben Godfrey, Timm Klose, Jamal Lewis, Alexander Tettey, Mario Vrančić, Emiliano Buendía, Marco Stiepermann, Todd Cantwell, Teemu Pukki

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

Costel Pantilimon, Tendayi Darikwa, Michael Hefele, Danny Fox, Jack Robinson, Jack Colback, Claudio Yacob, Joe Lolley, João Carvalho, Matty Cash, Lewis Grabban