Blackpool vs Nottingham Forest match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (12555 seats)

Blackpool are up for a new task after their 0-0 against Sheffield United last time out. Nottingham Forest are coming to play!

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Championship

Blackpool and Nottingham Forest should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Blackpool form and stats

Blackpool have collected 33 points from their Championship home games so far after 10-3-7.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Blackpool, as their goalkeeper Daniel Grimshaw has completely shut out the opponents for 343 minutes in the Championship.

The spoils were shared in Blackpool's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sheffield United (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Thorniley, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Thorniley won 9 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match, Blackpool won a home game hosting Swansea City (1-0).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Blackpool as they are travelling to their away game against Preston North End in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

Blackpool has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 20 matches. Blackpool have only conceded 19 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Nottingham Forest have produced an overall stat of 7-6-4 so far. Nottingham Forest has drawn their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Liverpool with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Defender Worrall was the best team player with a rating of 8.0. Worrall won 6 of 8 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Queens Park Rangers.

A new game in only four days for Nottingham Forest, the Championship home match versus Coventry City. Busy days.

The visiting Nottingham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 17 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Nottingham Forest - Blackpool 2-1 was the outcome when these two sides formerly played each other, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Blackpool wins - draws - Nottingham Forest wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
11 goals
BlackpoolG. Madine
G. Madine
8 goals

Blackpool missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackpool Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 20 6 Played P 6 17 36
14 10 3 Won W 2 7 16
10 3 1 Drew D 2 6 10
13 7 2 Lost L 2 4 10
42 22 4 Scored S 6 23 53
41 19 2 Conceded C 4 14 35
95% 90% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 92%
65% 55% 17% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 76% 83%
41% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 35% 50%
16% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 17%
8% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 3%
54% 35% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 53%
27% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 35% 33%
24% 35% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 24% 22%
 
3.9 4.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.4 5.5
4.8 4.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 4.2
1.6 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.6 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10 11 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.9 11.7
3.3 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.8
34% 30% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 39%
 
12.2 12.2 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 11.9 10.4
3.8 3.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

Nottingham Forest:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.