Forest would have gone above Cardiff had they won and still had a game in hand. Of course Wednesday's defeat means they still have the game in hand but now stay two points behind City wit the teams meeting this Saturday in the East Midlands.
Table after Scunthorpe v Forest:
| Latest match Wednesday, 16th February 2011 | Pld | Home | Away | Overall | Pts | EP | |||||||||||||||||
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 60 | +31 | ||||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 36 | 55 | +14 | ||||
| 3 | Norwich City | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 39 | 54 | +10 | ||||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 53 | +15 | ||||
| 5 | Swansea City | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 30 | 53 | +11 | ||||
| 6 | Leeds United | 31 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 57 | 47 | 52 | +10 | ||||
| 7 | Leicester City | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 47 | 48 | +1 | ||||
| 8 | Burnley | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 38 | 47 | +9 | ||||
| 9 | Millwall | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 31 | 46 | +9 | ||||
| 10 | Hull City | 31 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 45 | +4 | ||||
| 11 | Watford | 30 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 46 | 44 | +10 | ||||
| 12 | Reading | 31 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 43 | +11 | ||||