Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City match preview: Even contest expected at The City Ground

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Nottingham Forest have some points to catch up on from their 15th spot, and the job starts versus Leicester City. Read more!

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

3-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Nottingham Forest so far this season.

The home regulars witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Blackpool in the FA Cup.

The Nottingham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Nottingham Forest have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Leicester City form and stats

Leicester City have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-0-6 (9 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Leicester as they have been defeated three times in a row since the West Ham United match.

Two away matches in a row for Leicester City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup.

Ahead of that, the FA Cup victory away at Gillingham.

Highlight this: 9 of the last 11 league matches involving this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The travelling fans enjoy Leicester's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. The Leicester City manager Rodgers has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other previously this season, with the final score Leicester City - Nottingham Forest 4-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Nottingham wins - draws - Leicester City wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
7 goals
Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
6 goals
Nottingham ForestT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
4 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Leicester City missing players

Nottingham Forest Leicester City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 5 Played P 4 9 18
4 3 1 Won W 3 3 5
5 3 3 Drew D 0 0 2
9 3 1 Lost L 1 6 11
13 11 7 Scored S 9 17 26
34 12 7 Conceded C 2 21 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
39% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 78% 61%
33% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 33%
22% 22% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
33% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 25% 67% 44%
28% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 75% 33% 33%
44% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 28%
 
3.2 2.9 1.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.2 3.8
6.6 5.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.7 6.1
2.3 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 11.6 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.4 11.2
3 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 4.2
24% 30% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 40% 35%
 
14.6 12.2 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15.9 13.3
5.3 4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6 4.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Leicester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Leicester City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Leicester City have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nottingham Forest have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 17 14 2 1 40 14 8 7 1 0 22 8 9 7 1 1 18 6 26 44
2 Manchester City 17 12 3 2 45 16 9 7 1 1 31 10 8 5 2 1 14 6 29 39
3 Newcastle United 18 9 8 1 32 11 9 5 4 0 17 5 9 4 4 1 15 6 21 35
4 Manchester United 17 11 2 4 27 20 8 6 1 1 15 4 9 5 1 3 12 16 7 35
5 Tottenham Hotspur 18 10 3 5 37 25 9 6 0 3 21 13 9 4 3 2 16 12 12 33
6 Liverpool 17 8 4 5 34 22 9 6 2 1 23 9 8 2 2 4 11 13 12 28
7 Fulham 18 8 4 6 30 27 9 4 3 2 16 14 9 4 1 4 14 13 3 28
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 8 3 6 32 25 8 3 2 3 13 10 9 5 1 3 19 15 7 27
9 Brentford 18 6 8 4 30 28 9 4 4 1 18 10 9 2 4 3 12 18 2 26
10 Chelsea 17 7 4 6 20 19 8 4 2 2 12 7 9 3 2 4 8 12 1 25
11 Aston Villa 18 6 4 8 20 26 9 4 2 3 13 10 9 2 2 5 7 16 -6 22
12 Crystal Palace 17 6 4 7 17 25 9 4 1 4 10 15 8 2 3 3 7 10 -8 22
13 Leicester City 18 5 2 11 26 31 9 2 2 5 9 10 9 3 0 6 17 21 -5 17
14 Leeds United 17 4 5 8 25 31 9 3 3 3 15 14 8 1 2 5 10 17 -6 17
15 Nottingham Forest 18 4 5 9 13 34 9 3 3 3 11 12 9 1 2 6 2 22 -21 17
16 AFC Bournemouth 18 4 4 10 18 39 9 3 2 4 9 10 9 1 2 6 9 29 -21 16
17 West Ham United 18 4 3 11 15 24 9 3 1 5 9 12 9 1 2 6 6 12 -9 15
18 Everton 18 3 6 9 14 24 9 2 2 5 8 12 9 1 4 4 6 12 -10 15
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 3 5 10 11 27 9 2 2 5 5 14 9 1 3 5 6 13 -16 14
20 Southampton 18 3 3 12 15 33 9 1 3 5 9 16 9 2 0 7 6 17 -18 12

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