Nottingham Forest vs Barnsley preview for sports gamblers

The hosts Nottingham Forest saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. This match was also played here at The City Ground. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Barnsley have had more rest.

Nottingham Forest form and stats

4-3-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Nottingham Forest so far this season.

Stress levels are on the rise for Nottingham's attacking players as they have now played 198 minutes without scoring in a league game. Johnson was their last goal scorer.

The Nottingham crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Huddersfield Town here at The City Ground in a Championship match. Midfielder Silva was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.54 (out of ten) in that game. Silva hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Heartbreak before that as Nottingham lost 0-2 at Middlesbrough's place.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Nottingham matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and one defeat (from three games).

The Nottingham Forest fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Championship, after 0-4-8 (12 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Barnsley have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Cardiff City game.

Two away games in a row for Barnsley, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Blackburn Rovers in the Championship. Midfield player Styles was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Styles hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs West Bromwich Albion.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Barnsley when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning one game.

The attacking power of Barnsley when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Barnsley have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Barnsley - Nottingham Forest 1-3 was the output when these sides formerly played each other, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Nottingham wins - draws - Barnsley wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Grabban 10 goals

B. Johnson 5 goals

P. Zinckernagel 4 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Barnsley missing players