Delightful dogfight as daring Nottingham Forest duel with determined Barnsley

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 Nottingham Forest and Barnsley.

Nottingham Forest form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Nottingham Forest have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Nottingham after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Nottingham Forest regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Derby County and win 2-1. A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Nottingham Forest, who played 2-1 against Derby County. That match was also played at this venue (The City Ground). The Nottingham Forest crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-1 to Derby County here at The City Ground. Midfield player Garner got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Garner hit two key passes.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Millwall with a 1-0 scoreline. Before that, Nottingham Forest played out a draw 1-0 when visiting Millwall. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Millwall (1-0).

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).

Nottingham Forest are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Nottingham Forest have conceded 18 goals.

Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Championship, after 0-4-9 (13 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Barnsley have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 15 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Rochdale game.

It's the second away game in a row for Barnsley, but there's smiles all around after the 1-2 victory versus Birmingham City (placed 18th) last time out. Barnsley are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-2 draw at Birmingham City (placed 18th). It might be tough going out on the road again for Barnsley, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Birmingham City (placed 18th). Midfielder Adeboyejo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.33. Adeboyejo scored one goal and hit two key passes.

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.

A quick return to home after this game, as Barnsley are hosting AFC Bournemouth in the Championship only four days away.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Barnsley rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches. Barnsley has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other already this season, with the final score Barnsley - Nottingham Forest 1-3 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nottingham Forest four wins, one draw and Barnsley five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Grabban 12 goals

B. Johnson 6 goals

P. Zinckernagel 4 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Barnsley missing players