Soccer match preview: Nottingham Forest confident before travelling to Hull City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

Hull City have had trouble getting points this season. Can the team get some points when Nottingham Forest stop by KCOM Stadium?

Insights:
  • Hull City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest conceded goals (17) away in Championship

Hull City are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Nottingham Forest are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

The visiting Nottingham Forest played their last game only four days ago, a Championship match. That game, against AFC Bournemouth, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Nottingham Forest.

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Hull City form and stats

Hull City have collected 24 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-3-12. Two home wins in a row for Hull City bring valid hopes of a third.

Hull lost their last game at Bristol City (placed 17th) after a 0-5 scoreline. Hull City were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Lewis-Potter, a striker, was the champion player for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 7.0 (out of 10). Lewis-Potter hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Reading.

Hull City aren't scoring a lot here at KCOM Stadium in the league, with only 21 goals from 22 games. Hull have conceded 27 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

10 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Nottingham Forest, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) away in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Two away games in a row for Nottingham Forest, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus AFC Bournemouth.

Before that, Nottingham Forest secured a home win against Swansea City with the score 5-1.

Nottingham Forest are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 29 away goals from 22 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (17 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Nottingham Forest - Hull 2-1 was the product when this pair of participants previously did battle, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Hull City victories, one draw and five Nottingham Forest wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
15 goals
Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals
Hull CityK. Lewis-Potter
K. Lewis-Potter
11 goals

Hull City missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hull City Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
14 7 2 Won W 4 10 23
8 3 1 Drew D 2 6 10
23 12 4 Lost L 1 6 12
40 21 6 Scored S 12 29 72
53 27 9 Conceded C 6 17 39
91% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 93%
67% 73% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 64% 78%
31% 36% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 32% 47%
13% 14% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 20%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 7%
29% 32% 43% BTTS BTTS 71% 45% 47%
33% 27% 29% Clean Sheets C S 29% 36% 38%
47% 45% 43% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 22%
 
4.8 5 3.9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.9 5 5.6
4.8 4.4 4.9 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.4 4.3
1.7 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.9
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.2 10.5 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.1 11.1 12.3
3.1 3 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.1 4 4.2
29% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 38%
 
13 12.5 14.1 Shots against (avg) S A 12.1 12.3 10.6
4.7 5 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hull City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Championship
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest conceded goals (17) away 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 Fulham 45 27 9 9 106 39 23 14 4 5 56 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 67 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 45 24 13 8 73 39 22 12 7 3 40 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 34 85
3 Nottingham Forest 45 23 10 12 72 39 23 13 4 6 43 22 22 10 6 6 29 17 33 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
6 Luton Town 45 20 12 13 62 55 22 11 7 4 36 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 7 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

Hull City:
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Championship:
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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 Fulham 45 27 9 9 106 39 23 14 4 5 56 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 67 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 45 24 13 8 73 39 22 12 7 3 40 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 34 85
3 Nottingham Forest 45 23 10 12 72 39 23 13 4 6 43 22 22 10 6 6 29 17 33 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
6 Luton Town 45 20 12 13 62 55 22 11 7 4 36 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 7 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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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.