Nottingham Forest 1-3 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 28 December 2014

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-3 Birmingham City

Championship · Sunday 28 December 2014, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

Nottingham Forest · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 1-3 Birmingham City: match report

Nottingham Forest lost to Birmingham City 1-3 in the Championship on Sunday 28 December 2014. The half-time score was 0-3.

David Cotterill opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Britt Assombalonga (90+1'). Birmingham City scored through David Cotterill (35'), Clayton Donaldson (38') and Clayton Donaldson (45').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 10th on 31 points from 23 and Birmingham City 16th on 28 points from 23. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 14th with 59 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 63.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 3 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Nicolás FrutosNottingham Forest
  • 35'Goal · David CotterillBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham City · 0-2
  • 45'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham City · 0-3
  • 74'Yellow card · Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham City
  • 90+1'Goal · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest · 1-3

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Nottingham Forest 2, draws 3, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-4-2)

Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, Eric Lichaj, Greg Halford, Danny Fox, Henri Lansbury, Andy Reid, C. Burke, Michael Mancienne, Jamie Mackie, James Freitas

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

Darren Randolph, Paul Caddis, Michael Morrison, Paul Robinson, Jonathan Grounds, Stephen Gleeson, David Davis, David Cotterill, Andrew Shinnie, Demarai Gray, Clayton Donaldson