Nottingham Forest are welcoming Birmingham City for another important game after their 1-1 result against 16th-placed Millwall.
- Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Championship
Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Nottingham Forest have to build on here at The City Ground in the Championship.
An away draw last time out for Nottingham, facing Millwall in a game that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Nottingham won a home game hosting Sheffield Wednesday (2-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Nottingham Forest perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nottingham Forest as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Nottingham Forest has won five of these, drawn two and lost eight.
Nottingham are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Stoke City awaits in three days.
Nottingham Forest are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Nottingham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Birmingham City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Three has not been a lucky number for Birmingham City as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Reading match.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Middlesbrough with 1-4 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cardiff City wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Birmingham in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Birmingham City, four draws and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Birmingham are hosting Derby County in the Championship only three days away.
The attacking power of Birmingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Nottingham victories, three draws and three Birmingham City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Taylor 4 goals |   M. Roberts 2 goals |  H. Dean 2 goals |
Nottingham Forest missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Nottingham Forest | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | 10 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 25 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 23 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 70% | 80% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 20% | 30% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 40% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 40% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 20% | 30% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 13.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.8 |
| 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 22% | 24% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 34% |
- Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Championship
- Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Reading | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
- Nottingham Forest
- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)
- Birmingham City
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)