Nottingham Forest 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 October 2014

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 25 October 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Nottingham Forest · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 1-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Nottingham Forest lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 25 October 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.

Matt Fryatt opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Matt Fryatt (37'). Blackburn Rovers scored through A. Baptiste (66'), Rudy Gestede (75') and Jordan Rhodes (77').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 6th on 22 points from 13 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 19 points from 13. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 14th with 59 points, and Blackburn Rovers 9th with 67.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 37'Goal · Matt FryattNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · A. BaptisteBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · Rudy GestedeBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 77'Goal · Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers · 1-3
  • 90'Yellow card · L. WilliamsonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Nottingham Forest 2, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, Greg Halford, Eric Lichaj, Jack Hobbs, Henri Lansbury, Andy Reid, Djamel Abdoun, Jamie Mackie, Simon Cox, James Freitas

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best