Jan 30th features a match where Nottingham Forest will travel to Cardiff to battle Cardiff City in a meeting of these two Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 20th placed Cardiff City, recorded a 2-3 loss against Bristol City. James Collins struck first for Cardiff City in the 31st minute on a feed from Thomas Doyle, then Chris Martin tied it up for Bristol City in the 33rd minute But luckily in the 63rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Chris Martin. Cardiff City is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Nottingham Forest is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Barnsley. Keinan Davis scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 15th minute, then Ryan Yates added another in the 38th minute on a feed from Brennan Johnson In the end, Barnsley couldn’t muster any offence and Nottingham Forest ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Nottingham Forest should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Sep 12th, Cardiff City won by a score of 2 to 1. Lewis Grabban scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 23rd minute, then Rubin Colwill tied it up for Cardiff City in the 58th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Rubin Colwill to cap off a wild match.
Lewis Grabban has been the most prolific scorer on Nottingham Forest in the last 5 matches with three goals. Cardiff City’s most prolific scorer has been James Collins. The Irish attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.