Norwich City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 9 December 2020

Result

Norwich City 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Wednesday 9 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Norwich City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Norwich City won against Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 9 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jacob Lungi Sörensen opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Jacob Lungi Sörensen (45+3') and E. Buendía (77'). Nottingham Forest scored through Anthony Knockaert (73').

Discipline: Norwich City received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Norwich City were 2nd on 31 points from 16 and Nottingham Forest 22nd on 13 points from 16. Norwich City went on to finish that season 1st with 97 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 52.

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 Emiliano Buendía of Norwich City (8.3), ahead of Jacob Lungi Sørensen (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · S. SowNottingham Forest
  • 45+3'Goal · Jacob Lungi SörensenNorwich City · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · O. SkippNorwich City
  • 59'Yellow card · E. BuendíaNorwich City
  • 73'Goal · Anthony KnockaertNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · M. AaronsNorwich City
  • 77'Goal · E. BuendíaNorwich City · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Todd CantwellNorwich City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Michael McGovern, Max Aarons, Christoph Zimmermann, Grant Hanley, Jacob Lungi Sørensen, Oliver Skipp, Mario Vrančić, Emiliano Buendía, Marco Stiepermann, Josh Martin, Teemu Pukki

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

Brice Samba, Cyrus Christie, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Yuri Ribeiro, Samba Sow, Cafú, Joe Lolley, Harry Arter, Sammy Ameobi, Lyle Taylor