Championship prediction and preview: Nottingham Forest modest favorites to beat Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30576 seats)

After two games we know a little more about the qualities of Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City in this fresh Championship season. Read our match preview!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first game of the season here at The City Ground. Last season these fans witnessed 13 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from Nottingham Forest's 23 home games.

Nottingham Forest manager S. Lamouchi and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Leeds United in the Championship. Preceding that match was the home game against West Bromwich Albion that was lost 1-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nottingham Forest have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

At The City Ground, Nottingham Forest has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Only one away game so far for Birmingham City and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 8 draws and 8 losses from 23 travels.

There were no winners in Birmingham City's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Bristol City. A 0-3 defeat away at Portsmouth before that.

We have checked recent matches where Birmingham City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were W2-D4-L11.

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

It's early days yet, but Birmingham City has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Nottingham Forest won 3, Birmingham City won 4 and 3 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Cash
1 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Nottingham Forest Birmingham City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored 0 1 2
3 2 0 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
6 9 0 Corners For (avg) 0 2 3.5
7.5 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 7
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Nottingham Forest Last season Birmingham City
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
17 13   Won   7 14
15 4   Drew   8 19
14 6   Lost   8 13
61 34   Scored   33 64
54 21   Conceded   34 58
91% 96%   Over 0.5   91% 89%
70% 61%   Over 1.5   74% 72%
46% 52%   Over 2.5   52% 48%
22% 22%   Over 3.5   39% 35%
7% 4%   Over 4.5   17% 11%
46% 48%   BTTS   61% 57%
35% 39%   Clean Sheets   22% 26%
28% 17%   Failed To Score   26% 28%
 
4.5 4.4   Corners For (avg)   5.2 5.6
5.6 5   Corners Against (avg)   5.4 4.7
2.3 2.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.3 1.8
6 0   Red Cards   3 3
Key stats last season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Nottingham Forest
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
19-07-19 CF Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Crystal Palace
23-07-19 CF Mansfield Town 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest
26-07-19 CF Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Real Sociedad
03-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
10-08-19 CH Leeds United 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
13-08-19 CC Nottingham Forest 18:45 Fleetwood Town
17-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 14:00 Birmingham City
21-08-19 CH Charlton Athletic 18:45 Nottingham Forest
24-08-19 CH Fulham 14:00 Nottingham Forest
31-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 14:00 Preston North End
Birmingham City
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Birmingham City
27-07-19 CF Birmingham City 0 - 4 Brighton & Hove Albion
03-08-19 CH Brentford 0 - 1 Birmingham City
06-08-19 CC Portsmouth 3 - 0 Birmingham City
10-08-19 CH Birmingham City 1 - 1 Bristol City
17-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 14:00 Birmingham City
20-08-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Barnsley
25-08-19 CH Swansea City 11:00 Birmingham City
31-08-19 CH Birmingham City 14:00 Stoke City
14-09-19 CH Charlton Athletic 14:00 Birmingham City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Charlton Athletic 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Leeds United 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
4 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Derby County 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
6 Millwall 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Swansea City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
10 Preston North End 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
11 Fulham 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
12 Brentford 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
13 Cardiff City 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
14 Hull City 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
15 Barnsley 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
16 Wigan Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
17 Huddersfield Town 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Luton Town 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Middlesbrough 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
20 Nottingham Forest 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
21 Bristol City 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Blackburn Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
23 Reading 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Stoke City 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0

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