Championship game prognosis and preview for the Birmingham City vs Nottingham Forest scrap

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Birmingham City have enginereed 1 home wins this season, Nottingham Forest have won 2 away. Who improves their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have scored at least twice as many goals away as Birmingham City have scored home.

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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Birmingham City form and stats

Overall Championship results at home this season for Birmingham City are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 273 minutes without scoring a league goal. T. Deeney was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that Birmingham will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Championship game against Queens Park Rangers (placed 8th). Jérémie Bela (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Bela hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that, Birmingham drew at home versus Preston North End.

Birmingham have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Playing away, Nottingham Forest have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Nottingham, as they have won on their previous two travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Nottingham, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Barnsley (placed 21st) in the Championship last time out. Attacker Philip Zinckernagel got a player rating of 8.25 in the game. "Man of the match" Zinckernagel scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Millwall.

The visiting Nottingham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Nottingham Forest in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these contenders: Birmingham City won three, Nottingham Forest triumphed in three and we saw four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
3 goals
Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
3 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
2 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Birmingham City Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 0 5 10
3 1 1 Won W 0 2 2
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 0 2 6
10 3 2 Scored S 0 7 11
12 6 0 Conceded C 0 5 14
80% 60% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
70% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 90%
30% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 10%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 70%
50% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 10%
50% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
4.6 5.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.4 4.4
4 4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 4.2
2.1 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 11 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 10.3
3.4 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 3.1
29% 20% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have scored at least twice as many goals away as Birmingham City have scored home.
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 10 6 4 0 20 8 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 12 22
2 AFC Bournemouth 10 6 4 0 16 7 5 3 2 0 11 6 5 3 2 0 5 1 9 22
3 Fulham 10 6 2 2 22 9 5 3 1 1 10 4 5 3 1 1 12 5 13 20
4 Coventry City 10 6 1 3 12 11 5 5 0 0 10 2 5 1 1 3 2 9 1 19
5 Stoke City 10 5 3 2 14 11 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 18
6 Blackburn Rovers 10 4 4 2 18 12 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 16
7 Huddersfield Town 10 5 1 4 16 14 5 3 0 2 9 9 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 16
8 Queens Park Rangers 10 4 3 3 19 14 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 1 2 11 9 5 15
9 Luton Town 10 3 4 3 18 16 5 2 2 1 11 8 5 1 2 2 7 8 2 13
10 Bristol City 10 3 4 3 11 11 5 0 4 1 3 4 5 3 0 2 8 7 0 13
11 Reading 10 4 1 5 16 19 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 1 0 4 5 11 -3 13
12 Middlesbrough 10 3 3 4 11 11 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 1 2 2 3 4 0 12
13 Sheffield United 10 3 3 4 13 14 5 2 1 2 10 7 5 1 2 2 3 7 -1 12
14 Millwall 10 2 6 2 10 11 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 0 4 1 4 6 -1 12
15 Birmingham City 10 3 3 4 10 12 5 1 2 2 3 6 5 2 1 2 7 6 -2 12
16 Blackpool 10 3 3 4 9 13 5 2 0 3 2 6 5 1 3 1 7 7 -4 12
17 Preston North End 10 2 5 3 10 12 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 0 3 2 3 5 -2 11
18 Cardiff City 10 3 2 5 12 18 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 2 1 2 7 9 -6 11
19 Swansea City 10 2 4 4 9 14 5 1 3 1 2 3 5 1 1 3 7 11 -5 10
20 Nottingham Forest 10 2 2 6 11 14 5 0 1 4 4 9 5 2 1 2 7 5 -3 8
21 Barnsley 10 1 5 4 7 13 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 0 3 2 4 8 -6 8
22 Peterborough United 10 2 2 6 10 20 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 0 0 5 3 16 -10 8
23 Hull City 10 1 3 6 6 15 5 0 2 3 2 8 5 1 1 3 4 7 -9 6
24 Derby County 10 3 4 3 7 8 5 2 3 0 5 3 5 1 1 3 2 5 -1 1

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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.