Birmingham City vs Nottingham Forest betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (32500 seats)

The visiting Nottingham Forest side should be favourites in this visit to Birmingham City, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Birmingham City nor Nottingham Forest as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Birmingham City have collected 18 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-3-6.

Birmingham City's last game was hosting Nottingham Forest (placed 3rd) and winning 2-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Coventry City that finished 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Birmingham City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Birmingham City as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Birmingham City has won seven of these, drawn six and lost three.

Birmingham City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. Birmingham City have conceded 21 from these games.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

7 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nottingham Forest playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Nottingham Forest, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Birmingham City (placed 18th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Brentford with the score of 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Nottingham Forest, four draws and six defeats.

Nottingham Forest find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 22 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Birmingham City - Nottingham Forest 2-1 entered in the official records. Birmingham City-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham City three wins, Nottingham Forest four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
16 goals
Birmingham CityL. Jutkiewicz
L. Jutkiewicz
9 goals
Nottingham ForestJ. Lolley
J. Lolley
7 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 16 30
10 6 0 Won W 2 7 14
7 3 1 Drew D 1 6 9
13 6 4 Lost L 2 3 7
37 22 7 Scored S 7 23 41
47 22 11 Conceded C 7 15 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
77% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 70%
47% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 43%
20% 20% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 20%
20% 20% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 7%
60% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 57%
13% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 33%
27% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 13%
 
5.4 6.5 6.2 Corners For (avg) C F 5.4 4.6 5.8
5.5 5 5.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.2 7.6 6.2
2 1.6 2.4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.1 1.7
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
373 207 66 Total Shots T S 64 186 392
116 65 18 Shots on Target S O 17 52 97
32% 34% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 44% 42%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners away then 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 Leeds United 29 16 7 6 46 26 14 8 4 2 22 12 15 8 3 4 24 14 20 55
2 West Bromwich Albion 29 14 11 4 51 33 14 6 6 2 30 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 18 53
3 Nottingham Forest 29 14 9 6 40 28 14 7 3 4 18 15 15 7 6 2 22 13 12 51
4 Fulham 29 14 7 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 14 5 5 4 16 14 12 49
5 Brentford 29 14 5 10 44 22 14 8 3 3 25 10 15 6 2 7 19 12 22 47
6 Bristol City 29 13 8 8 43 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 15 7 4 4 23 22 3 47
7 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
8 Swansea City 29 12 9 8 34 33 15 7 3 5 19 16 14 5 6 3 15 17 1 45
9 Millwall 29 11 11 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 15 3 7 5 15 21 3 44
10 Blackburn Rovers 29 12 7 10 42 36 15 7 6 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 23 23 6 43
11 Cardiff City 30 10 13 7 42 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 15 2 7 6 20 31 -1 43
12 Sheffield Wednesday 29 12 6 11 40 33 14 6 4 4 14 15 15 6 2 7 26 18 7 42
13 Derby County 30 10 10 10 35 39 16 9 5 2 23 11 14 1 5 8 12 28 -4 40
14 Hull City 29 11 6 12 41 38 15 6 2 7 22 19 14 5 4 5 19 19 3 39
15 Reading 30 10 8 12 36 34 14 6 1 7 19 18 16 4 7 5 17 16 2 38
16 Queens Park Rangers 29 11 5 13 47 53 15 6 4 5 29 27 14 5 1 8 18 26 -6 38
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Huddersfield Town 29 8 8 13 33 45 15 4 5 6 16 21 14 4 3 7 17 24 -12 32
20 Stoke City 30 9 4 17 36 46 15 5 3 7 19 20 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 31
21 Charlton Athletic 29 7 9 13 37 41 15 5 5 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 30
22 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 44 14 5 4 5 14 18 15 1 4 10 13 26 -17 26
23 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
24 Luton Town 29 7 3 19 37 63 14 5 3 6 23 24 15 2 0 13 14 39 -26 24

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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 Leeds United 29 16 7 6 46 26 14 8 4 2 22 12 15 8 3 4 24 14 20 55
2 West Bromwich Albion 29 14 11 4 51 33 14 6 6 2 30 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 18 53
3 Nottingham Forest 29 14 9 6 40 28 14 7 3 4 18 15 15 7 6 2 22 13 12 51
4 Fulham 29 14 7 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 14 5 5 4 16 14 12 49
5 Brentford 29 14 5 10 44 22 14 8 3 3 25 10 15 6 2 7 19 12 22 47
6 Bristol City 29 13 8 8 43 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 15 7 4 4 23 22 3 47
7 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
8 Swansea City 29 12 9 8 34 33 15 7 3 5 19 16 14 5 6 3 15 17 1 45
9 Millwall 29 11 11 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 15 3 7 5 15 21 3 44
10 Blackburn Rovers 29 12 7 10 42 36 15 7 6 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 23 23 6 43
11 Cardiff City 30 10 13 7 42 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 15 2 7 6 20 31 -1 43
12 Sheffield Wednesday 29 12 6 11 40 33 14 6 4 4 14 15 15 6 2 7 26 18 7 42
13 Derby County 30 10 10 10 35 39 16 9 5 2 23 11 14 1 5 8 12 28 -4 40
14 Hull City 29 11 6 12 41 38 15 6 2 7 22 19 14 5 4 5 19 19 3 39
15 Reading 30 10 8 12 36 34 14 6 1 7 19 18 16 4 7 5 17 16 2 38
16 Queens Park Rangers 29 11 5 13 47 53 15 6 4 5 29 27 14 5 1 8 18 26 -6 38
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Huddersfield Town 29 8 8 13 33 45 15 4 5 6 16 21 14 4 3 7 17 24 -12 32
20 Stoke City 30 9 4 17 36 46 15 5 3 7 19 20 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 31
21 Charlton Athletic 29 7 9 13 37 41 15 5 5 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 30
22 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 44 14 5 4 5 14 18 15 1 4 10 13 26 -17 26
23 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
24 Luton Town 29 7 3 19 37 63 14 5 3 6 23 24 15 2 0 13 14 39 -26 24

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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.