Nottingham Forest 1-4 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 22 July 2020

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-4 Stoke City

Championship · Wednesday 22 July 2020, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nottingham Forest 1-4 Stoke City: match report

Nottingham Forest lost to Stoke City 1-4 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 July 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

D. Batth opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Tobias Figueiredo (61'). Stoke City scored through D. Batth (19'), James McClean (73'), Lee Gregory (78') and an own goal by Nuno Da Costa (90+6').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 5th on 70 points from 45 and Stoke City 17th on 53 points from 45. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Stoke City 16th with 56.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Stoke City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James McClean of Stoke City (8.2), ahead of Danny Batth (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 1 draw and 1 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · D. BatthStoke City · 0-1
  • 61'Goal · Tobias FigueiredoNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · James McCleanStoke City · 1-2
  • 78'Goal · Lee GregoryStoke City · 1-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jordan CousinsStoke City
  • 90+6'Own goal · Nuno Da CostaStoke City · 1-4

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 1, Stoke City 1.

Team news

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

Jordan Smith, Matty Cash, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Yuri Ribeiro, Ben Watson, Sammy Ameobi, Samba Sow, Ryan Yates, Joe Lolley, Lewis Grabban

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

Adam Davies, James Chester, Danny Batth, Bruno Martins Indi, Tommy Smith, Jordan Cousins, Jordan Thompson, James McClean, Tashan Oakley-Boothe, Sam Vokes, L. Gregory