Match Report
Nottingham Forest, 4th with 80 points, sat 27 points above Cardiff City (18th, 53). In league terms the two rates read 1.09/1.48 for Cardiff City and 1.59/0.87 for Nottingham Forest (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.25.
Momentum sat with Nottingham Forest, winners of their last four. From the last five rounds, Cardiff City held 4 points of 15 and Nottingham Forest 12.
The sides have met 22 times in the GioScore results database: 13 wins for Cardiff City, 3 draws and 6 for Nottingham Forest, at 2.05 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 36% of the wins in this matchup.
Principality Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 73,931. Cardiff City led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Cardiff City: I. Davies (65'), Jordan Hugill (6') · Nottingham Forest: Keinan Davis (90')
Key stats
Possession: Cardiff City 32% · Nottingham Forest 68% · Total shots: 10-6 · On target: 4-1 · Corners: 3-2




