Nottingham Forest F.C.

2020–21 season
Owner	Evangelos Marinakis Sokratis Kominakis
Chairman	Nicholas Randall QC
Manager	Sabri Lamouchi (until 6 October)[1] Chris Hughton (from 6 October)[1]
Stadium	The City Ground
Championship	17th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League:Lewis Grabban (6) All: Lewis Grabban (6)
Home colours Away colours
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The2020–21Nottingham Forest Football Club season was the club's 155th year since their formation and the club's 13th consecutive season in theEFL Championship, the second tier ofEnglish football. In addition to theEFL Championship, they played in two domestic cup competitions; they were eliminated in the fourth round of theFA Cup and the first round of theEFL Cup.

As of 1 February 2021^[2]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Joined first team	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
12	Jordan Smith		(1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (age 30)	Forest Academy	2016	2022
30	Brice Samba		(1994-04-25)25 April 1994 (age 31)	Caen	2019	2023
39	Abdoulaye Diallo		(1992-03-30)30 March 1992 (age 33)	Gençlerbirliği	2020	2021
Defenders
2	Cyrus Christie		(1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (age 33)	Fulham	2020	2021
3	Tobias Figueiredo		(1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (age 31)	Sporting	2018	2022
4	Joe Worrall		(1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (age 28)	Forest Academy	2016	2024
5	Yuri Ribeiro		(1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (age 28)	Benfica	2019	2021
6	Loïc Mbe Soh		(2001-06-13)13 June 2001 (age 24)	Paris Saint-Germain	2020	2024
13	Gaëtan Bong		(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (age 37)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2020	2022
16	Carl Jenkinson		(1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (age 33)	Arsenal	2019	2022
20	Michael Dawson		(1983-11-18)18 November 1983 (age 42)	Hull City	2018	2021
24	Tyler Blackett		(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (age 31)	Reading	2020	2022
26	Scott McKenna		(1996-11-12)12 November 1996 (age 29)	Aberdeen	2020	2024
Midfielders
8	Jack Colback		(1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (age 36)	Newcastle United	2020	2023
11	Sammy Ameobi		(1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (age 33)	Bolton Wanderers	2019	2021
14	Fouad Bachirou		(1990-04-15)15 April 1990 (age 35)	Malmö FF	2020	2022
15	Luke Freeman		(1992-03-22)22 March 1992 (age 33)	Sheffield United	2020	2021
18	Cafú		(1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (age 32)	Olympiacos	2020	2023
21	Samba Sow		(1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (age 36)	Dynamo Moscow	2019	2021
22	Ryan Yates		(1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (age 28)	Forest Academy	2016	2023
27	Filip Krovinović		(1995-08-29)29 August 1995 (age 30)	Benfica	2021	2021
28	Anthony Knockaert		(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (age 34)	Fulham	2020	2021
31	Harry Arter		(1989-12-28)28 December 1989 (age 35)	Bournemouth	2020	2023
37	James Garner		(2001-03-13)13 March 2001 (age 24)	Manchester United	2021	2021
Forwards
7	Lewis Grabban		(1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (age 37)	Bournemouth	2018	2022
17	Alex Mighten		(2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (age 23)	Forest Academy	2020	2025
23	Joe Lolley		(1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (age 33)	Huddersfield Town	2018	2023
25	Glenn Murray		(1983-09-25)25 September 1983 (age 42)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2021	2021
33	Lyle Taylor		(1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (age 35)	Charlton Athletic	2020	2023

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Old contract end	New contract end	Ref.
24 August 2020	FW		Alex Mighten	2022	2025	[3]
2 September 2020	GK		Jordan Smith	2020	2022	[4]
1 October 2020	DF		Jordan Gabriel	2022	2024	[5]
8 December 2020	FW		Will Swan		2024	[6]
15 December 2020	FW		Dale Taylor			[7]
27 February 2021	FW		Alex Gibson-Hammond			[8]
28 February 2021	MF		Jamie McDonnell			[9]
12 March 2021	GK		George Shelvey			[10]
30 March 2021	MF		Oli Hammond			[11]
24 May 2021	DF		James Clarridge			[12]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
22 July 2020	MF		Jamie McDonnell	Glentoran	Undisclosed	Under-18s	[13]
3 August 2020	FW		Dale Taylor	Linfield	Undisclosed	Under-18s	[14]
11 August 2020	MF		Jack Colback	Newcastle United	Free	First team	[15]
14 August 2020	MF		Alexandros Sarantis	AEK Athens	Undisclosed	Under-18s	[16]
15 August 2020	DF		Tyler Blackett	Reading	Free	First team	[17]
15 August 2020	FW		Lyle Taylor	Charlton Athletic	Free	First team	[18]
26 August 2020	MF		Fouad Bachirou	Malmö FF	Undisclosed	First team	[19]
4 September 2020	FW		Miguel Ángel Guerrero	Olympiacos	Undisclosed	First team	[20]
11 September 2020	DF		Loïc Mbe Soh	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	First team	[21]
14 September 2020	GK		Abdoulaye Diallo	Gençlerbirliği	Free	First team	[22]
15 September 2020	MF		Ateef Konaté	Le Havre	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[23]
22 September 2020	MF		Harry Arter	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	First team	[24]
23 September 2020	DF		Scott McKenna	Aberdeen	Undisclosed	First team	[25]
25 September 2020	DF		Nicholas Ioannou	APOEL	Undisclosed	First team	[26]
1 November 2020	DF		Baba Fernandes	Vitória de Setúbal	Free	Under-23s	[27]
7 January 2021	MF		Marcelo Saraiva	Internacional	Free	Under-23s	[28]
1 February 2021	FW		Glenn Murray	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	First team	[29]
2 February 2021	MF		Cafú	Olympiacos	Undisclosed	First team	[30]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
20 June 2020	DF		Max Ram	Stratford Town	Released	Under-18s	[31]
23 June 2020	MF		Liam Bridcutt	Lincoln City	Released	First team	[32][33]
23 June 2020	MF		Toby Edser	Aldershot Town	Released	Under-23s	[32][34]
23 June 2020	DF		Owen Gallacher	Burton Albion	Released	Under-23s	[32][35]
23 June 2020	FW		Kieran Hayes	Truro City	Released	Under-23s	[32][36]
23 June 2020	FW		Victor Sodeinde	Hereford	Released	Under-23s	[32][37]
23 June 2020	GK		Luke Steele	Stamford	Released	First team	[32][38]
23 June 2020	DF		Ethan Stewart	Nuneaton Borough	Released	Under-23s	[32][39]
23 June 2020	MF		Louis Walsh	Southend United	Released	Under-23s	[40]
23 June 2020	MF		Ben Watson	Charlton Athletic	Released	First team	[32][41]
28 August 2020	FW		Tyler Walker	Coventry City	Undisclosed	First team	[42]
3 September 2020	DF		Matty Cash	Aston Villa	£14,000,000[A]	First team	[43][44]
4 September 2020	GK		Costel Pantilimon	Denizlispor	Mutual consent	First team	[45][46]
2 October 2020	MF		Albert Adomah	Queens Park Rangers	Mutual consent	First team	[47][48]
3 October 2020	MF		Tiago Silva	Olympiacos	Undisclosed	First team	[49]
5 October 2020	DF		Yohan Benalouane	Aris	Mutual consent	First team	[50][51]
11 January 2021	MF		Jake Taylor	Port Vale	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[52]
11 January 2021	DF		Tendayi Darikwa	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	First team	[53]
22 January 2021	FW		Zach Clough	Wigan Athletic	Free	First team	[54]
1 February 2021	FW		Miguel Ángel Guerrero	Rayo Vallecano	Undisclosed	First team	[55]
6 May 2021	MF		Marcus McGuane	Oxford United	Undisclosed	Under-23s	[56]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Loan ends	Team	Ref.
28 August 2020	MF		Luke Freeman	Sheffield United	End of season	First team	[57]
18 September 2020	DF		Cyrus Christie	Fulham	End of season	First team	[58]
5 October 2020	MF		Cafú	Olympiacos	2 February 2021	First team	[59][30]
16 October 2020	MF		Anthony Knockaert	Fulham	End of season	First team	[60][61]
22 January 2021	MF		Filip Krovinović	Benfica	End of season	First team	[62]
30 January 2021	MF		James Garner	Manchester United	End of season	First team	[63]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Loan ends	Team	Ref.
15 August 2020	MF		Marcus McGuane	Oxford United	6 May 2021	Under-23s	[64]
3 September 2020	DF		Danny Preston	Grimsby Town	2 February 2021	Under-23s	[65][66]
23 September 2020	DF		Jayden Richardson	Forest Green Rovers	End of season	Under-23s	[67]
25 September 2020	MF		Brennan Johnson	Lincoln City	End of season	First team	[68]
29 September 2020	MF		João Carvalho	Almería	End of season	First team	[69]
1 October 2020	DF		Jordan Gabriel	Blackpool	End of season	First team	[5]
1 October 2020	MF		Jake Taylor	Scunthorpe United	5 January 2021	Under-23s	[70][71]
2 October 2020	MF		Tyrese Fornah	Plymouth Argyle	End of season	Under-23s	[72]
5 October 2020	FW		Nuno da Costa	Royal Excel Mouscron	End of season	First team	[73]
16 October 2020	FW		Virgil Gomis	Grimsby Town	5 January 2021	Under-23s	[74]
8 January 2021	DF		Nicholas Ioannou	Aris	End of season	First team	[75]
16 January 2021	GK		Jordan Wright	Alloa Athletic	End of season	Under-23s	[76]
1 February 2021	FW		Will Swan	Port Vale	End of season	First team	[77]
19 March 2021	DF		Riley Harbottle	Wealdstone	April 2021	Under-23s	[78]
10 April 2021	GK		George Shelvey	Wealdstone	End of season	Under-23s	[79]

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[81]

Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest

12 September 20201	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Nottingham Forest	London
15:00BST	Dykes 54' (pen.) 77' Chair 90+4'	Report	Figueiredo 53' Lawrence-Gabriel 62'	Stadium:Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Robinson

Nottingham Forest vCardiff City

19 September 20202	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
12:30BST		Report	Moore 3',40'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington

Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest

25 September 20203	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Huddersfield
19:45BST	Hogg 11' Campbell 54' Stearman 72'	Report	Sow 19' Colback 29' Ameobi 60' McKenna 81'	Stadium:John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:Oliver Langford

Nottingham Forest vBristol City

3 October 20204	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Bristol City	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Freeman 35'	Report	Weimann 12' Wells 22' Hunt 39' Mawson 43'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee:Keith Stroud

Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest

17 October 20205	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
15:00BST	Johnson 58'Gallagher 72'	Report	Lolley 90'	Stadium:Ewood Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarred Gillet

Nottingham Forest vRotherham United

20 October 20206	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Rotherham United	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Ameobi 79'	Report	Barlaser 51' (pen.) Lindsay 54' Harding 90+1'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin

Nottingham Forest vDerby County

23 October 20207	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Derby County	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Christie 18' Taylor 64' Arter 90+3'	Report	Waghorn 30'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington

Luton Town v Nottingham Forest

28 October 20208	Luton Town	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Luton
19:45GMT	Rea 22' 73' Ruddock 55' Cranie 71'	Report	Ioannou 44' Rea 64' (o.g.)	Stadium:Kenilworth Road Attendance: 0 Referee:Tim Robinson

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest

31 October 20209	Middlesbrough	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00GMT	Morsy 17' Johnson 81'	Report	Figueiredo 54' Bong 87'	Stadium:Riverside Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:Lee Mason

Nottingham Forest vCoventry City

4 November 202010	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Coventry City	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Sow 18' McKenna 30' Taylor 90+7' (pen.)	Report	O'Hare 57' Østigård 85' McFadzean 90+6'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Nottingham Forest vWycombe Wanderers

7 November 202011	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Wycombe Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Guerrero 12' Taylor 28',74'	Report	Thompson 67' Grimmer 90+3'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Matt Donohue

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

21 November 202012	Barnsley	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
15:00GMT	Styles 86' Woodrow 88'	Report	Samba 86'	Stadium:Oakwell Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest

24 November 202013	Bournemouth	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Bournemouth
20:00GMT	Stanislas 3',51' (pen.) Gosling 80' Cook 86'	Report		Stadium:Vitality Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:Simon Hooper

Nottingham Forest vSwansea City

29 November 202014	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Swansea City	West Bridgford
12:00GMT	Arter 51' Figueiredo 74' McKenna 78' Taylor 90+2'	Report	Roberts 43' Woodman 87' Bidwell 89'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington

Nottingham Forest vWatford

2 December 202015	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Watford	West Bridgford
19:45GMT	Lolley 23' Knockaert 54' Arter 84'	Report	Chalobah 69' Quina 71'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb

Reading v Nottingham Forest

5 December 202016	Reading	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Reading
12:30GMT (UTC)	João 16' (pen.) Morrison 53' Richards 83'	Report	Yates 14' Cafú 90+1'	Stadium:Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gavin Ward

Norwich City v Nottingham Forest

9 December 202017	Norwich City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
19:45GMT	Sørensen 45+3' Skipp 53' Buendía 59' 77' Aarons 74' Cantwell 87'	Report	Sow 27' Knockaert 73'	Stadium:Carrow Road Referee: Darren Bond

Nottingham Forest vBrentford

12 December 202018	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Brentford	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Figueiredo 61' Samba 64' Knockaert 79'  90+5' Worrall 90+2'	Report	Dalsgaard 15' Toney 64' 88' Raya 81' Dasilva 83' Janelt 90+2'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Nottingham Forest vSheffield Wednesday

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15)19	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
19:45BST	Ribeiro 4' Grabban 87'	Report		Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

19 December 202020	Millwall	1–1	Nottingham Forest	London
15:00GMT	Leonard 14' Romeo 16' Bradshaw 47'	Report	Cafú 14' Ribeiro 20' Sow 28' Mighten 49' Ameobi 59'	Stadium:The Den Attendance: 0 Referee:Oliver Langford

Nottingham Forest vBirmingham City

26 December 202021	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Ribeiro 36' Grabban 64' Yates 90+2'	Report	Clayton 42' Colin 89'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Stoke Cty v Nottingham Forest

29 December 202022	Stoke Cty	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00GMT	Thompson 18' Brown 81'	Report	Chester 65' (o.g.)	Stadium:Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Preston North End v Nottingham Forest

2 January 202123	Preston North End	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00GMT	Ledson 24'	Report	Sow 21' Figueiredo 52' Grabban 70' (pen.) Taylor 90+6'	Stadium:Deepdale Attendance: 0 Referee:Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest vMillwall

16 January 202124	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Millwall	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Ameobi 34, 70' Yates 83' Samba 90+3'	Report	Thompson 89'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee:Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest vMiddlesbrough

20 January 202125	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
19:00GMT	Sow 33' Taylor 67' Mbe Soh 90+3' Knockaert 90+5' Ribeiro 90+7'	Report	Morsy 13' Assombalonga 14' Saville 50' Howson 84'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Nottingham Forest vBarnsley

30 January 202126	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Barnsley	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Bong 35'	Report	Kane 56' Helik 60'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Coventry City v Nottingham Forest

2 February 202127	Coventry City	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
19:00GMT	Biamou 17' O'Hare 53'	Report	Grabban 22' Rose 53' (o.g.) Knockaert 54' Krovinović 74' Colback 90+2' Bong 90+13'	Stadium:St Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington

Wycombe Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

6 February 202128	Wycombe Wanderers	0–3	Nottingham Forest	High Wycombe
15:00GMT		Report	Murray 7',54' (pen.) Knockaert 72'	Stadium:Adams Park Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington

Nottingham Forest vBournemouth

13 February 202129	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Bournemouth	West Bridgford
12:30GMT	Cafú 11' Freeman 46'	Report	Smith 45'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee:Chris Kavanagh

Swansea City v Nottingham Forest

17 February 202130	Swansea City	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Swansea
19:00GMT	Bennett 35' Roberts 87'	Report		Stadium:The Liberty Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Nottingham Forest vBlackburn Rovers

20 February 202131	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Mighten 25' Murray 41' Garner 68'	Report	Harwood-Bellis 2' Armstrong73'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee:Keith Stroud

Rotherham United v Nottingham Forest

23 February 202132	Rotherham United	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Rotherham
19:45GMT	Ihiekwe 26' Smith 42' MacDonald 79'	Report	Yates 67' Figueiredo 79'	Stadium:New York Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Matt Donohue

Derby County v Nottingham Forest

26 February 202133	Derby County	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Derby
19:45GMT	Wisdom 82' Kazim-Richards 84'	Report	Garner 33'	Stadium:Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:Oliver Langford

Nottingham Forest vLuton Town

2 March 202134	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Luton Town	West Bridgford
19:45GMT		Report	Naismith 61' Tunnicliffe 64'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Watford v Nottingham Forest

6 March 202135	Watford	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Watford
12:30GMT	Masina 17' Pedro 45+1' Zinckernagel 50'	Report	Knockaert 10'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 0 Referee:Jonathan Moss

Nottingham Forest vReading

13 March 202136	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Reading	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Holmes 49' (o.g.) Figueiredo 90+1'	Report	Méïté 81'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin

Nottingham Forest vNorwich City

17 March 202137	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Norwich City	West Bridgford
19:00GMT		Report	Pukki 9' Dowell 13' Skipp 48'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

20 March 202138	Brentford	1–1	Nottingham Forest	London
12:30GMT	Toney 12' (pen.) Janelt 26' Dalsgaard 35' Marcondes 90'	Report	Mighten 25' Krovinović 63' Cafú 67' Ameobi 78' Figueiredo 90'	Stadium:Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:Graham Scott

Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest

2 April 2021 (2021-04-02)39	Cardiff City	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
15:00BST	Pack 14' Brown 37'	Report	Christie 26' Garner 29' Grabban 55' Cafú 87'	Stadium:Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Gavin Ward

Nottingham Forest vQueens Park Rangers

5 April 202140	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Yates 32' Mighten 44' Grabban 63' Krovinović 66' Garner 69' Christie 89'	Report	Johansen 73' Dykes 90+3'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee:Keith Stroud

Bristol City v Nottingham Forest

10 April 202141	Bristol City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00BST		Report	McKenna 85'	Stadium:Ashton Gate Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin

Nottingham Forest vHuddersfield Town

17 April 202142	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Huddersfield Town	West Bridgford
12:30BST		Report	Rowe 45+1' O'Brien 53' Pipa 57' Bacuna 61'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest

21 April 202143	Birmingham City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
19:45BST	Roberts 49'	Report	Grabban 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium:St Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Nottingham Forest vStoke City

24 April 202144	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Stoke City	West Bridgford
15:00BST	Grabban 50' Ribeiro 80'	Report	Matondo 27' Smith 33'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Davies

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

1 May 202145	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
12:30BST	Palmer 41' Paterson 61'	Report	Grabban45+1' Yates 47' Knockaert 69'	Stadium:Hillsborough Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest vPreston North End

8 May 202146	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Preston North End	West Bridgford
12:30BST	Garner 17' Samba 53'	Report	Bayliss 53' Ledson 63' Lindsay 67'	Stadium:City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Bond

The third round draw was made on 30 November, withPremier League andEFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.^[82] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted byPeter Crouch.^[83]

Nottingham Forest vCardiff City

9 January 2021Third round	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
12:00GMT	Taylor 3'	Report		Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb

Swansea City v Nottingham Forest

23 January 2021Fourth round	Swansea City	5–1	Nottingham Forest	Swansea
15:00GMT	Cullen 7',67' Grimes 29',61' (pen.) O. Cooper 84'	Report	Knockaert 56'	Stadium:Liberty Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:Kevin Friend

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live onSky Sports, byPaul Merson.^[84]

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

5 September 2020First round	Barnsley	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
15:00BST	Williams 31' Woodrow 49' Simões 66'	Report		Stadium:Oakwell Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

As of match played 8 May 2021^[a][b]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		EFL Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	IRL	Cyrus Christie	44	0	44	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	POR	Tobias Figueiredo	34	0	31+1	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Joe Worrall	33	1	31	1	2	0	0	0
5	DF	POR	Yuri Ribeiro	26	1	24+1	1	0	0	1	0
6	DF	FRA	Loïc Mbe Soh	8	1	5+2	1	1	0	0	0
7	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	29	6	24+4	6	0	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	17	0	13+4	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	CPV	Nuno da Costa	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF	POR	João Carvalho	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Sammy Ameobi	34	3	27+5	3	1	0	1	0
12	GK	ENG	Jordan Smith	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
13	DF	CMR	Gaetan Bong	12	0	9+1	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	COM	Fouad Bachirou	3	0	0+1	0	1	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Luke Freeman	25	1	16+7	1	1	0	0+1	0
16	DF	ENG	Carl Jenkinson	5	0	1+2	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Alex Mighten	27	3	13+11	3	0+2	0	0+1	0
18	MF	POR	Cafú	33	0	26+5	0	1+1	0	0	0
19	FW	ESP	Miguel Ángel Guerrero	11	0	3+6	0	1+1	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	MLI	Samba Sow	16	0	12+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Ryan Yates	36	2	31+3	2	0+1	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Joe Lolley	30	1	16+12	1	2	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Tyler Blackett	16	0	9+5	0	0+1	0	1	0
25	FW	ENG	Glenn Murray	16	2	8+8	2	0	0	0	0
26	DF	SCO	Scott McKenna	25	1	24	1	1	0	0	0
27	DF	ZIM	Tendayi Darikwa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	CRO	Filip Krovinović	19	1	19	1	0	0	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Anthony Knockaert	35	3	24+10	2	1	1	0	0
30	GK	CGO	Brice Samba	46	0	45	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	EIR	Harry Arter	14	0	8+5	0	1	0	0	0
33	FW	MSR	Lyle Taylor	42	5	15+24	4	2	1	0+1	0
37	MF	ENG	James Garner	20	4	19+1	4	0	0	0	0
39	GK	SEN	Abdoulaye Diallo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	WAL	Brennan Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	CYP	Nicholas Ioannou	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	ENG	Jordan Gabriel	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
48	FW	ENG	Will Swan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0

This season is notable for all games being played without spectators, due to the Covid-19 pandemic