Nottingham Forest 1-2 Norwich City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Norwich City

Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Nottingham Forest · Norwich City · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Norwich City: match report

Nottingham Forest lost to Norwich City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Apostolos Vellios opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Apostolos Vellios (40'). Norwich City scored through Jonathan Howson (52') and Graham Dorrans (66').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Norwich City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 9th on 11 points from 7 and Norwich City 3rd on 14 points from 7. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Norwich City 8th with 70.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-3-3 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Howson of Norwich City (8.3), ahead of Danny Fox (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 3 for Norwich City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Missed penalty · Wesley HoolahanNorwich City
  • 40'Goal · Apostolos VelliosNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Jonathan HowsonNorwich City · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · Graham DorransNorwich City · 1-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Graham DorransNorwich City
  • 73'Yellow card · Matthew MillsNottingham Forest
  • 86'Yellow card · P. KasamiNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Nottingham Forest 2, draws 1, Norwich City 3.

Team news

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

Vladimir Stojkovic, Eric Lichaj, Matthew Mills, Michael Mancienne, Danny Fox, Hildeberto Pereira, Chris Cohen, Pajtim Kasami, Mustapha Carayol, Apostolos Vellios, Nicolao Dumitru

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

Michael McGovern, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Timm Klose, Martin Olsson, Jonathan Howson, Graham Dorrans, Jacob Murphy, Wesley Hoolahan, Robbie Brady, Cameron Jerome