Nottingham Forest 2-4 Watford: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 18 August 2009

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-4 Watford

Championship · Tuesday 18 August 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nottingham Forest 2-4 Watford: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Watford 2-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 August 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Danny Graham opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Dexter Blackstock (44') and Bamberdele Adebola (87'). Watford scored through Danny Graham (31'), M. Williamson (76'), Mark Smith (80') and Tom Cleverley (90').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 20th on 1 point from 2 and Watford 22nd on 1 point from 2. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Watford 17th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 0 draws and 1 for Watford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Danny GrahamWatford · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Dexter BlackstockNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Tom CleverleyWatford
  • 76'Goal · M. WilliamsonWatford · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Bamberdele AdebolaNottingham Forest
  • 80'Goal · Mark SmithWatford · 1-3
  • 87'Goal · Bamberdele AdebolaNottingham Forest · 2-3
  • 90'Goal · Tom CleverleyWatford · 2-4

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 0, Watford 1.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King