Nottingham Forest 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 April 2019

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 13 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Nottingham Forest · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 April 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Joe Rothwell opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from an own goal by Elliott Bennett (52'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Joe Rothwell (29') and Danny Graham (49').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 11th on 57 points from 41 and Blackburn Rovers 17th on 50 points from 41. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Rothwell of Blackburn Rovers (8.3), ahead of Danny Graham (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Joe RothwellBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 49'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 52'Own goal · Elliott BennettNottingham Forest · 1-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Ryan YatesNottingham Forest
  • 68'Yellow card · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers
  • 69'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 74'Yellow card · S. ByramNottingham Forest
  • 82'Yellow card · Derrick WilliamsBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Costel Pantilimon, Sam Byram, Molla Wagué, Jack Robinson, Jack Colback, Ryan Yates, Pelé, Matty Cash, Joe Lolley, Arvin Appiah, Lewis Grabban

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Elliott Bennett, Darragh Lenihan, Derrick Williams, Amari'i Bell, Josef Dvornik, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Bradley Dack, Adam Armstrong, Danny Graham