Evenly matched teams: Birmingham City vs Nottingham Forest match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Season ticket holders at St. Andrew's Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Birmingham City languishing in the 19th position so far. The guesting Nottingham Forest will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birmingham and Nottingham Forest.

Relegation threatens Birmingham who should definitely be looking for some points here. Nottingham are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Birmingham City form and stats

With 6 Championship wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats from their home games, Birmingham City, who have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Championship, are certainly not brimming with confidence. It’s been three wins in a row for Birmingham here at St. Andrew's Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Birmingham are confident in defense, having played 370 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Ahead of that match, Birmingham won a home game hosting Stoke City (2-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Birmingham City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost seven.

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Birmingham here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 21 games). Birmingham have conceded 32 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

The visitors are W6-D6-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Nottingham Forest aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 201 league minutes without a goal. J. Garner was the last player to find the net.

Nottingham Forest might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Huddersfield Town proved too strong as Nottingham slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at The City Ground. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bristol City that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nottingham Forest playing away and similar expectations, we found 23 relevant matches. Results were six Nottingham wins, ten draws and seven defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Nottingham Forest are hosting Stoke City in the Championship only three days away.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 21 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Nottingham as they have only conceded 20 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Nottingham Forest - Birmingham City 0-0, played this season. Birmingham City-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham City three wins, Nottingham Forest three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
7 goals
BirminghamL. Jutkiewicz
L. Jutkiewicz
5 goals
Birmingham CityH. Dean
H. Dean
4 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 6 21 42
12 6 2 Won W 4 6 12
12 3 1 Drew D 1 6 13
18 12 4 Lost L 1 9 17
32 17 5 Scored S 8 15 34
50 32 11 Conceded C 3 20 41
83% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 88%
55% 67% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 62%
36% 48% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 14% 21%
14% 19% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
7% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 48% 29% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 38%
33% 19% 29% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 31%
43% 38% 57% Failed to Score F T 17% 43% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.6 9.5 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10 11.5
2.5 2.4 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 3
31% 34% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) 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 Norwich City 42 27 9 6 66 31 21 13 6 2 35 13 21 14 3 4 31 18 35 90
2 Watford 42 24 10 8 59 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 21 7 8 6 18 16 31 82
3 Swansea City 42 22 10 10 52 33 21 11 6 4 25 14 21 11 4 6 27 19 19 76
4 Brentford 41 20 14 7 71 40 20 10 8 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 74
5 AFC Bournemouth 42 21 11 10 69 41 21 13 3 5 40 21 21 8 8 5 29 20 28 74
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Cardiff City 42 16 12 14 58 46 21 7 5 9 34 24 21 9 7 5 24 22 12 60
9 Millwall 42 14 17 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 21 8 7 6 22 21 1 59
10 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 11 15 50 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 21 6 7 8 22 28 -1 59
11 Middlesbrough 42 16 9 17 49 47 21 10 4 7 27 21 21 6 5 10 22 26 2 57
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 46 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 41 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -15 51
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 13 11 18 54 48 21 7 7 7 27 24 21 6 4 11 27 24 6 50
16 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
17 Preston North End 42 14 7 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -14 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 39 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -17 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 42 11 10 21 31 48 21 6 6 9 16 21 21 5 4 12 15 27 -17 43
22 Rotherham United 40 11 6 23 41 54 21 5 3 13 24 32 19 6 3 10 17 22 -13 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 9 22 35 55 21 7 7 7 21 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -20 36
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 66 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -34 34

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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 Norwich City 42 27 9 6 66 31 21 13 6 2 35 13 21 14 3 4 31 18 35 90
2 Watford 42 24 10 8 59 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 21 7 8 6 18 16 31 82
3 Swansea City 42 22 10 10 52 33 21 11 6 4 25 14 21 11 4 6 27 19 19 76
4 Brentford 41 20 14 7 71 40 20 10 8 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 74
5 AFC Bournemouth 42 21 11 10 69 41 21 13 3 5 40 21 21 8 8 5 29 20 28 74
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Cardiff City 42 16 12 14 58 46 21 7 5 9 34 24 21 9 7 5 24 22 12 60
9 Millwall 42 14 17 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 21 8 7 6 22 21 1 59
10 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 11 15 50 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 21 6 7 8 22 28 -1 59
11 Middlesbrough 42 16 9 17 49 47 21 10 4 7 27 21 21 6 5 10 22 26 2 57
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 46 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 41 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -15 51
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 13 11 18 54 48 21 7 7 7 27 24 21 6 4 11 27 24 6 50
16 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
17 Preston North End 42 14 7 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -14 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 39 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -17 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 42 11 10 21 31 48 21 6 6 9 16 21 21 5 4 12 15 27 -17 43
22 Rotherham United 40 11 6 23 41 54 21 5 3 13 24 32 19 6 3 10 17 22 -13 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 9 22 35 55 21 7 7 7 21 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -20 36
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 66 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -34 34

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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.