Nottingham Forest 0-3 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 30 January 2018

Result

Nottingham Forest 0-3 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 30 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nottingham Forest 0-3 Preston North End: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Preston North End 0-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Billy Bodin opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Nottingham Forest did not score. Preston North End scored through Billy Bodin (35'), Tom Barkhuizen (60') and Daniel Johnson (83', penalty).

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 14th on 35 points from 28 and Preston North End 11th on 42 points from 28. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Barkhuizen of Preston North End (7.9), ahead of Josh Earl (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Billy BodinPreston North End · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Danny FoxNottingham Forest
  • 45'Yellow card · Tendayi DarikwaNottingham Forest
  • 60'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 0-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Billy BodinPreston North End
  • 83'Penalty goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 0-3
  • 86'Yellow card · David VaughanNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 4, draws 4, Preston North End 2.

Team news

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

Jordan Smith, Tendayi Darikwa, Joe Worrall, Michael Mancienne, Danny Fox, David Vaughan, Ben Osborn, Matty Cash, Kieran Dowell, Barrie McKay, Apostolos Vellios

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Josh Earl, Ben Pearson, Paul Gallagher, Billy Bodin, Alan Browne, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson