Nottingham Forest followers count on points in home match vs Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

We would expect a significant gulf in form between these sides based on the matches played so far, with Nottingham Forest leading Birmingham City by 19 points.

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship

The hosts Nottingham saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Championship. Thankfully the previous game, versus Coventry City, was also a home game here at The City Ground. The away team is better rested.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Nottingham Forest have managed 10 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 20 games. Ever since the Stoke City game Nottingham Forest has been unbeatable here at The City Ground producing four straight wins.

The Nottingham Forest club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Coventry City and win 2-0. Midfield player Garner got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Garner scored one goal, hit five key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Blackpool with a 4-1 scoreline.

Nottingham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The City Ground with 32 goals in 20 league matches. More than 50 percent of these goals (16 in total) were scored after at least one hour had been played. Nottingham Forest's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. 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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Birmingham City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Birmingham City so far with only 19 points returning home. The records show 4-7-9 (win-draw-lose).

208 minutes! That's how long the Birmingham goalkeeper Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Taylor scored in Birmingham City's previous match, the home game against West Bromwich Albion that ended 1-0. Roberts was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.33. The defender Roberts hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.

A 0-0 draw at Swansea City's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Birmingham playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, zero draws and three home wins.

Birmingham City have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 20 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Birmingham City have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. More than 50 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the result Birmingham City - Nottingham 0-3 registered in the official records. Data for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Nottingham Forest, four draws and three wins for Birmingham City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
14 goals
NottinghamL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 20 7 Played P 7 20 40
18 10 6 Won W 3 4 11
10 4 0 Drew D 1 7 12
10 6 1 Lost L 3 9 17
59 32 16 Scored S 11 21 43
36 21 4 Conceded C 13 33 58
92% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 85% 85%
84% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 75% 75%
50% 60% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 50% 52%
18% 20% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 35% 25%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 10% 8%
53% 50% 43% BTTS BTTS 29% 45% 42%
34% 35% 57% Clean Sheets C S 57% 30% 35%
21% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 29% 40% 38%
 
5.5 5.6 6.1 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 4.2
4.2 3.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.1 5.6 5.1
1.9 2.2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2 1.7
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
11.9 12.6 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 12.1 11.6
3.8 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 3.5
41% 43% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 27% 30%
 
10.7 9.2 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 12.4 10.8
3.7 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.1 4.2 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 38 21 9 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 19 10 4 5 24 15 27 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Nottingham Forest 38 18 10 10 59 36 20 10 4 6 32 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 23 64
6 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
7 Middlesbrough 39 18 8 13 52 41 19 12 2 5 29 17 20 6 6 8 23 24 11 62
8 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 44 37 19 10 7 2 26 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 7 57
12 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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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 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 38 21 9 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 19 10 4 5 24 15 27 72
3 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
4 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
5 Nottingham Forest 38 18 10 10 59 36 20 10 4 6 32 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 23 64
6 Sheffield United 40 18 10 12 53 41 19 11 4 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 64
7 Middlesbrough 39 18 8 13 52 41 19 12 2 5 29 17 20 6 6 8 23 24 11 62
8 Blackburn Rovers 40 17 11 12 51 41 20 12 4 4 35 21 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 62
9 Queens Park Rangers 40 17 8 15 54 51 21 9 6 6 28 22 19 8 2 9 26 29 3 59
10 Millwall 40 15 13 12 41 39 20 10 6 4 23 14 20 5 7 8 18 25 2 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 44 37 19 10 7 2 26 12 21 5 5 11 18 25 7 57
12 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
13 Preston North End 40 13 15 12 41 45 19 7 9 3 25 21 21 6 6 9 16 24 -4 54
14 Swansea City 39 15 9 15 46 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 21 7 4 10 23 32 -6 54
15 Stoke City 40 14 10 16 50 46 20 9 4 7 28 21 20 5 6 9 22 25 4 52
16 Blackpool 39 14 10 15 43 46 21 10 3 8 23 23 18 4 7 7 20 23 -3 52
17 Cardiff City 39 13 7 19 45 60 21 7 3 11 21 27 18 6 4 8 24 33 -15 46
18 Birmingham City 40 11 12 17 43 58 20 7 5 8 22 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -15 45
19 Bristol City 40 12 8 20 51 72 20 7 6 7 26 27 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 44
20 Hull City 40 11 8 21 33 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 20 6 5 9 17 19 -12 41
21 Reading 40 12 7 21 47 75 20 7 4 9 28 37 20 5 3 12 19 38 -28 37
22 Barnsley 39 6 11 22 29 55 20 5 7 8 17 22 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 29
23 Derby County 40 12 13 15 39 45 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -6 28
24 Peterborough United 40 6 9 25 33 81 20 4 7 9 20 31 20 2 2 16 13 50 -48 27

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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.