Rotherham United 0-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 23 February 2021

Result

Rotherham United 0-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Tuesday 23 February 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rotherham United 0-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Rotherham United were beaten by Nottingham Forest 0-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 23 February 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ryan Yates of Nottingham Forest in the 67th minute.

Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 23rd on 29 points from 29 and Nottingham Forest 18th on 36 points from 31. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 42 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 52.

Rotherham United lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cyrus Christie of Nottingham Forest (8.3), ahead of Ryan Yates (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 4 draws and 4 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Nottingham Forest's W-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Michael IhiekweRotherham United
  • 42'Yellow card · Michael SmithRotherham United
  • 67'Goal · Ryan YatesNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Tobias FigueiredoNottingham Forest
  • 79'Yellow card · Angus MacDonaldRotherham United

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Rotherham United 1, draws 4, Nottingham Forest 4.

Team news

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Rotherham United line-up (3-5-1-1)

Viktor Johansson, Michael Ihiekwe, A. MacDonald, Clark Robertson, Matthew Olosunde, Ben Wiles, Dan Barlaser, Lewis Wing, Wes Harding, Matt Crooks, Michael Smith

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

Brice Samba, Cyrus Christie, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Gaëtan Bong, Ryan Yates, Cafú, Anthony Knockaert, Filip Krovinovic, Luke Freeman, Glenn Murray