Stoke City 2-3 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Friday 27 September 2019

Result

Stoke City 2-3 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Friday 27 September 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Stoke City 2-3 Nottingham Forest: match report

Stoke City were beaten by Nottingham Forest 2-3 in the Championship on Friday 27 September 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Lee Gregory opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Lee Gregory (10') and James McClean (84'). Nottingham Forest scored through Joe Lolley (36'), Sammy Ameobi (47') and Lewis Grabban (61').

Discipline: Stoke City received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 23rd on 2 points from 8 and Nottingham Forest 7th on 15 points from 8. Stoke City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Nottingham Forest 7th with 70.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Etebo of Stoke City (8.0), ahead of L. Gregory (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Lee GregoryStoke City · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Joe LolleyNottingham Forest
  • 23'Yellow card · Michael DawsonNottingham Forest
  • 36'Goal · Joe LolleyNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · S. SowNottingham Forest
  • 47'Goal · Sammy AmeobiNottingham Forest · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 1-3
  • 70'Yellow card · Ben WatsonNottingham Forest
  • 84'Goal · James McCleanStoke City · 2-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Stoke City 1, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

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

Jack Butland, Tom Edwards, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Bruno Martins Indi, James McClean, Tom Ince, Peter Etebo, Badou Ndiaye, Sam Clucas, Nick Powell, L. Gregory

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

Brice Samba, Matty Cash, Michael Dawson, Joe Worrall, Jack Robinson, Samba Sow, Ben Watson, Joe Lolley, João Carvalho, Sammy Ameobi, Lewis Grabban