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CARDIFF CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 21, 2018 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 2018 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Cardiff City Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 2017-18
Referee:: Peter Bankes
Sponsor:: 888Sport
Attendance:: 21,310
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Nov 30, 2019

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4741 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 2324 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5426 (of 5679)
Total:: 7164 (of 7451)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)
: 11v11 (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Aitor Karanka
Prior form: DDLLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Liam Bridcutt (50) - Liam Bridcutt only goal

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Neil Warnock
Prior form: WWDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Sean Morrison (35)
Aron Gunnarsson (76)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
33	GK	Stefanos Kapino	Debut
2	D	Eric Lichaj
11	D	Ben Osborn
3	D	Tobias Figueiredo off for Michael Mancienne (60)
13	M	Danny Fox
18	M	Jack Colback
7	D	Liam Bridcutt (50) off for Adlene Guedioura (71)
32	M	Ben Watson (c)
17	F	Ben Brereton
14	M	Matty Cash
23	M	Joe Lolley
Subs
43	GK	Jordan Smith
27	D	Tendayi Darikwa
4	M	Michael Mancienne on for Tobias Figueiredo (60) 73
31	M	Andreas Bouchalakis
20	M	Kieran Dowell
5	M	Adlene Guedioura on for Liam Bridcutt (71)
39	F	Apostolos Vellios

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
25	GK	Neil Etheridge
2	D	Lee Peltier (45)
3	D	Joe Bennett
4	D	Sean Morrison (c)
5	D	Bruno Ecuele Manga
17	M	Aron Gunnarsson
8	M	Joe Ralls
21	M	Craig Bryson
10	M	Kenneth Zohore
19	F	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (71)
33	F	David Junior Hoilett
Subs
28		Brian Murphy
14		Sol Bamba (45)
18		Callum Paterson
24		Marko Grujic
13		Anthony Pilkington
44		Gary Madine
35		Yanic Wildschut (71)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 21, 2018)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-1	Sheffield United
Bolton Wanderers	0-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Bristol City	5-5	Hull City
Cardiff City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	1-2	Middlesbrough
Ipswich Town	0-4	Aston Villa
Leeds United	2-1	Barnsley
Preston North End	0-0	Norwich City
Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Reading
Sunderland	1-2	Burton Albion

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	29	8	6	78	36	16	4	2	47	18	13	4	4	31	18	42	95	WWDWWW
	2	Fulham	44	24	13	7	76	42	12	8	2	38	16	12	5	5	38	26	34	85	WWWWDW
	3	Cardiff City	42	25	8	9	64	35	15	3	3	38	15	10	5	6	26	20	29	83	WWDLLW
	4	Aston Villa	43	23	10	10	67	40	14	6	2	41	18	9	4	8	26	22	27	79	LDWLWW
	5	Middlesbrough	43	20	9	14	61	42	13	3	6	31	17	7	6	8	30	25	19	69	DLDWLW
	6	Millwall	44	18	15	11	55	43	11	7	4	32	21	7	8	7	23	22	12	69	WDWWDL
	7	Derby County	42	18	14	10	61	43	10	5	5	33	18	8	9	5	28	25	18	68	DLWWLL
	8	Preston North End	43	17	15	11	54	45	8	7	6	25	21	9	8	5	29	24	9	66	WLLLWW
	9	Sheffield United	43	19	9	15	58	50	12	5	5	33	19	7	4	10	25	31	8	66	DDDLWD
	10	Brentford	43	17	14	12	59	48	8	10	3	34	22	9	4	9	25	26	11	65	DDWWWD
	11	Bristol City	43	17	14	12	60	50	11	5	5	34	20	6	9	7	26	30	10	65	WDLLWL
	12	Ipswich Town	43	16	8	19	51	54	9	5	7	27	21	7	3	12	24	33	-3	56	LLDLWL
	13	Norwich City	43	14	14	15	46	54	7	8	7	23	24	7	6	8	23	30	-8	56	WLLWDL
	14	Leeds United	43	15	9	19	54	61	8	6	7	28	26	7	3	12	26	35	-7	54	LWLDLL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	43	14	11	18	54	65	11	5	6	35	30	3	6	12	19	35	-11	53	DLWLWL
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	43	12	14	17	51	59	6	7	8	29	30	6	7	9	22	29	-8	50	WWWLLW
	17	Nottingham Forest	42	14	7	21	45	60	9	2	10	22	27	5	5	11	23	33	-15	49	DDLLLW
	18	Hull City	43	11	14	18	64	62	7	8	7	41	30	4	6	11	23	32	2	47	LDDWWL
	19	Reading	43	10	13	20	48	63	5	8	9	25	31	5	5	11	23	32	-15	43	LWLWLD
	20	Bolton Wanderers	43	9	13	21	36	66	8	4	9	22	27	1	9	12	14	39	-30	40	WLLLLD
	21	Birmingham City	43	11	7	25	32	63	8	3	10	16	22	3	4	15	16	41	-31	40	WWWDLL
	22	Barnsley	42	8	14	20	44	63	4	9	9	23	32	4	5	11	21	31	-19	38	DLDWLD
	23	Burton Albion	43	8	11	24	33	78	3	5	14	17	43	5	6	10	16	35	-45	35	LLDDLW
	24	Sunderland	43	6	16	21	47	76	2	7	12	19	37	4	9	9	28	39	-29	34	LWLDDD

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	30	8	6	82	36	16	4	2	47	18	14	4	4	35	18	46	98	WDWWWW	4-0
1	2	Cardiff City	43	26	8	9	66	36	16	3	3	40	16	10	5	6	26	20	30	86	WDLLWW	2-1
1	3	Fulham	44	24	13	7	76	42	12	8	2	38	16	12	5	5	38	26	34	85	WWWWDW
	4	Aston Villa	44	24	10	10	71	40	14	6	2	41	18	10	4	8	30	22	31	82	DWLWWW	4-0
	5	Middlesbrough	44	21	9	14	63	43	13	3	6	31	17	8	6	8	32	26	20	72	LDWLWW	2-1
	6	Millwall	44	18	15	11	55	43	11	7	4	32	21	7	8	7	23	22	12	69	WDWWDL
	7	Derby County	43	18	14	11	62	45	10	5	6	34	20	8	9	5	28	25	17	68	LWWLLL	1-2
2	8	Brentford	44	18	14	12	61	49	9	10	3	36	23	9	4	9	25	26	12	68	DWWWDW	2-1
1	9	Preston North End	44	17	16	11	54	45	8	8	6	25	21	9	8	5	29	24	9	67	LLLWWD	0-0
1	10	Bristol City	44	17	15	12	65	55	11	6	5	39	25	6	9	7	26	30	10	66	DLLWLD	5-5
2	11	Sheffield United	44	19	9	16	59	52	12	5	5	33	19	7	4	11	26	33	7	66	DDLWDL	1-2
2	12	Leeds United	44	16	9	19	56	62	9	6	7	30	27	7	3	12	26	35	-6	57	WLDLLW	2-1
	13	Norwich City	44	14	15	15	46	54	7	8	7	23	24	7	7	8	23	30	-8	57	LLWDLD	0-0
2	14	Ipswich Town	44	16	8	20	51	58	9	5	8	27	25	7	3	12	24	33	-7	56	LDLWLL	0-4
1	15	Sheffield Wednesday	44	13	14	17	54	59	7	7	8	32	30	6	7	9	22	29	-5	53	WWLLWW	3-0
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	44	14	11	19	55	67	11	5	6	35	30	3	6	13	20	37	-12	53	LWLWLL	1-2
	17	Nottingham Forest	43	14	7	22	46	62	9	2	10	22	27	5	5	12	24	35	-16	49	DLLLWL	1-2
	18	Hull City	44	11	15	18	69	67	7	8	7	41	30	4	7	11	28	37	2	48	DDWWLD	5-5
	19	Reading	44	10	13	21	48	66	5	8	9	25	31	5	5	12	23	35	-18	43	WLWLDL	0-3
1	20	Birmingham City	44	12	7	25	34	64	9	3	10	18	23	3	4	15	16	41	-30	43	WWDLLW	2-1
1	21	Bolton Wanderers	44	9	13	22	36	70	8	4	10	22	31	1	9	12	14	39	-34	40	LLLLDL	0-4
	22	Barnsley	43	8	14	21	45	65	4	9	9	23	32	4	5	12	22	33	-20	38	LDWLDL	1-2
	23	Burton Albion	44	9	11	24	35	79	3	5	14	17	43	6	6	10	18	36	-44	38	LDDLWW	2-1
	24	Sunderland	44	6	16	22	48	78	2	7	13	20	39	4	9	9	28	39	-30	34	WLDDDL	1-2