Match

Nottingham Forest vs Blackburn: result 1-0 and analysis

ChampionshipRegular Season - 31Kick-off on February 20, 2021 at 03:00 PM (UTC)The City Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Nottingham Forest
1-0
Blackburn

Full time

What was the result of Nottingham Forest vs Blackburn?

Nottingham Forest won 1-0 on February 20, 2021.

Goalscorers

  • 25′A. MightenNottingham Forest

Official lineup for Nottingham Forest vs Blackburn

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Nottingham Forest

4-2-3-1
  1. 17A. Mighten
  1. 25G. Murray
  2. 37J. Garner
  3. 27F. Krovinović
  1. 18Cafú
  2. 28A. Knockaert
  1. 4J. Worrall
  2. 5Yuri Ribeiro
  3. 3Tobias Figueiredo
  4. 2C. Christie
  1. 30B. Samba

Blackburn

4-2-3-1
  1. 20B. Brereton
  1. 9S. Gallagher
  2. 7A. Armstrong
  3. 16Harvey Elliott
  1. 18J. Davenport
  2. 30J. Branthwaite
  1. 22T. Harwood-Bellis
  2. 2R. Nyambe
  3. 27L. Travis
  4. 17A. Bell
  1. 1T. Kaminski
Ask the AI a questionSign-in required.

What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Nottingham Forest have 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats; Blackburn have 4, 3 and 8.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Nottingham Forest
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Feb 17, 2021Swansea(away)0-1Championship
Feb 13, 2021Bournemouth(home)0-0Championship
Feb 6, 2021Wycombe(away)3-0Championship
Feb 2, 2021Coventry(away)2-1Championship
Jan 30, 2021Barnsley(home)0-0Championship
Blackburn
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Feb 17, 2021Barnsley(away)1-2Championship
Feb 12, 2021Preston(home)1-2Championship
Feb 6, 2021QPR(away)0-1Championship
Jan 30, 2021Luton(home)1-0Championship
Jan 24, 2021Middlesbrough(away)1-0Championship

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 2 draws, 2 Blackburn wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Oct 17, 2020Blackburn 0-1 Nottingham ForestChampionship
Jan 1, 2020Nottingham Forest 3-2 BlackburnChampionship
Oct 1, 2019Blackburn 1-1 Nottingham ForestChampionship
Apr 13, 2019Nottingham Forest 1-2 BlackburnChampionship
Sep 29, 2018Blackburn 2-2 Nottingham ForestChampionship
Apr 14, 2017Nottingham Forest 0-1 BlackburnChampionship

Last archived meeting: Blackburn vs Nottingham Forest on Oct 17, 2020

How many goals should we expect?

Nottingham Forest score 1.1 and concede 1.0 goals per match over their last 15; Blackburn score 0.9 and concede 1.1.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Nottingham Forest1.11.077/156/15
Blackburn0.91.138/156/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

2026-27 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
9Blackburn10433151315

A question about Nottingham Forest vs Blackburn?

Ask Footlab AI: lineups, absences, player form, stats, how the match could unfold.

Sign-in required. No odds displayed, no affiliation: the method is published and the accuracy is measured.

How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

Other matches in the same round

Next match: Nottingham Forest and Blackburn

Ready to know everything about football?