A tale of good and bad for these two contenders so far this season, sitting in positions near the midsection of the Championship table. Here's the Bristol City - Nottingham Forest latest:
- Bristol City have yet to win a game at home.
- Nottingham Forest have scored at least twice as many goals away as Bristol 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.
Bristol City form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Bristol City have only managed 0 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Ashton Gate Stadium.
Bristol's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus AFC Bournemouth (placed 1st). Jay Dasilva was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Dasilva hit one key pass and won 1 of 1 duels.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Peterborough United.This is expected to be a close game, with Bristol City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bristol City as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Bristol has won five of these, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bristol as they are travelling to their away game against West Bromwich Albion in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Bristol have scored 3 goals here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. Bristol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
Playing away, Nottingham Forest have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. Having won their last three away games Nottingham Forest has no reason to fear anyone.
Nottingham go into this game after a win, the home game against Blackpool that ended 2-1. The attacker Lewis Grabban got a match rating of 8.44 in that game. Grabban scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Birmingham City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 25 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Nottingham, twelve draws and seven defeats.
Nottingham Forest has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Nottingham are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Bristol City, four draws and two wins for Nottingham Forest. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Bristol City missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Bristol City | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 42% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 10.6 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 37% | 17% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 38% |
- Bristol City have yet to win a game at home.
- Nottingham Forest have scored at least twice as many goals away as Bristol 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Fulham | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Reading | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Millwall | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Hull City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Peterborough United | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
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