Match Stats

Nottingham Forest vs Preston North End

53'Yellow 53'   Brice Samba63'Yellow 63'   Ryan Ledson
Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest

  • L
  • D
  • L
  • L
  • L

1 - 2

Preston North End

Preston North End

  • L
  • D
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • 1st half score: 1 - 0
  • 2nd half score: 0 - 2
  • Date:8/5/2021
  • Time:11:30
  • Venue:City Ground, Nottingham
  • Referee:Ross Joyce
Nottingham Forest vs Preston North End - Match Preview
Nottingham Forest vs Preston North End - Match Preview
Sammy Ameobi misses Forests finale

Forest forward Sammy Ameobi will not be involved in his side’s final game of the season against Preston.

Ameobi has returned to training after missing the previous four games due to an ankle injury, but will not feature in Chris Hughton’s squad.

Hughton confirmed Tobias Figueiredo, Samba Sow, Harry Arter and Tyler Blackett have also returned to training and will be hoping to be in contention.

On-loan Sheffield United midfielder Luke Freeman (knee) and winger Joe Lolley (hamstring) are still out.

Preston interim boss Frankie McAvoy is expected to choose from an unchanged squad.

McAvoy has no new injury concerns following last week’s home win against Barnsley.

Defender Joe Rafferty misses out after he had been hopeful of appearing again this season following a back injury.

Injured trio Daniel Johnson, Declan Rudd and Patrick Bauer are continuing their rehabilitation.

Place Team GP Won Draw Lost GF GA GD Points
1 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 39 97
2 Watford FC 46 27 10 9 63 30 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 -21 49
21 Derby County 45 11 10 24 33 55 -22 43
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 45 12 10 23 37 58 -21 40
England - Premier League
Qualification for Championship play-offs
England - League 1

Head to Head Comparison

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