Preston North End 0-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 January 2021

Result

Preston North End 0-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 2 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 0-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Nottingham Forest 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 January 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Lewis Grabban of Nottingham Forest in the 70th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 32 points from 22 and Nottingham Forest 22nd on 19 points from 22. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 52.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Johnson of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Brice Samba (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 6 draws and 1 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · S. SowNottingham Forest
  • 24'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 52'Yellow card · Tobias FigueiredoNottingham Forest
  • 70'Penalty goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Lyle TaylorNottingham Forest
  • 90+6'Yellow card · L. TaylorNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 6, Nottingham Forest 1.

Team news

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  • Patrick BauerPreston North End · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Tom Bayliss, Ryan Ledson, Brad Potts, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Sean Maguire

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

Brice Samba, Cyrus Christie, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryan Yates, Samba Sow, Anthony Knockaert, Cafú, Sammy Ameobi, Lewis Grabban