Nottingham Forest fights Blackburn Rovers in Championship battle

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30576 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Nottingham Forest in 10th and Blackburn Rovers in 16th place.

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 Blackburn Rovers.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest have collected 37 points from their home games so far after 11-4-5.

In their previous game, the manager M. O'Neill led his Nottingham Forest to a defeat in the Championship match away at Sheffield Wednesday. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The City Ground. Heartbreak before that as Nottingham Forest lost 1-2 at Rotherham United's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nottingham Forest handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D3-L2.

Nottingham Forest has scored 29 goals at home this season, in 20 matches. From these home matches, Nottingham Forest have conceded only 19 goals.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Blackburn Rovers, who have the most conceded goals (44) away in Championship, so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-11 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on T. Mowbray, the Blackburn Rovers manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Blackburn Rovers's previous game versus Derby County, a Championship 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Stoke City.

Blackburn Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 23 matches.

Blackburn Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 27 away goals from 20 games. Blackburn Rovers have conceded 44 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Blackburn Rovers - Nottingham Forest 2-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nottingham Forest 2 wins, 4 draws and Blackburn Rovers 4 victories.

Top Goalscorers

L. Grabban
16 goals / 3 assists
B. Dack
13 goals / 5 assists
D. Graham
13 goals / 4 assists

Nottingham Forest missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Nottingham Forest Blackburn Rovers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
55 29 Scored 27 55
50 19 Conceded 44 63
90% 95% Over 0.5 95% 95%
71% 60% Over 1.5 85% 73%
46% 50% Over 2.5 70% 54%
24% 25% Over 3.5 55% 37%
7% 5% Over 4.5 35% 20%
49% 50% Both teams to score 75% 56%
32% 35% Clean Sheet 20% 27%
29% 20% Failed To Score 10% 22%
Key stats this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Nottingham Forest is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Norwich City 40 25 9 6 82 48 20 14 2 4 45 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 84
2 Leeds United 41 24 7 10 68 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 79
3 Sheffield United 40 23 8 9 67 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 20 10 5 5 30 21 30 77
4 West Bromwich Albion 41 20 10 11 77 55 20 9 7 4 44 27 21 11 3 7 33 28 22 70
5 Bristol City 40 18 11 11 54 44 21 8 7 6 27 23 19 10 4 5 27 21 10 65
6 Aston Villa 40 16 15 9 73 56 20 9 8 3 46 33 20 7 7 6 27 23 17 63
7 Middlesbrough 41 16 13 12 43 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 7 61
8 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 50 20 10 7 3 31 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 5 60
9 Sheffield Wednesday 41 15 14 12 52 54 21 9 8 4 31 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -2 59
10 Nottingham Forest 41 14 15 12 55 50 20 11 4 5 29 19 21 3 11 7 26 31 5 57
11 Preston North End 41 15 12 14 59 55 21 7 9 5 34 27 20 8 3 9 25 28 4 57
12 Hull City 40 16 9 15 59 57 20 10 5 5 34 19 20 6 4 10 25 38 2 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 8 16 55 50 20 11 4 5 35 22 20 5 4 11 20 28 5 56
14 Brentford 40 13 12 15 63 56 20 11 4 5 43 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 51
15 Stoke City 41 11 18 12 39 45 20 8 6 6 20 18 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 41 13 11 17 55 63 21 9 6 6 28 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 40 13 14 13 56 52 20 7 8 5 27 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 44
18 Queens Park Rangers 40 12 8 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 20 4 5 11 18 37 -19 44
19 Wigan Athletic 40 10 11 19 43 59 20 9 7 4 25 19 20 1 4 15 18 40 -16 41
20 Millwall 39 10 10 19 45 58 19 7 6 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 40
21 Reading 40 9 13 18 43 60 20 7 4 9 27 30 20 2 9 9 16 30 -17 40
22 Rotherham United 40 8 15 17 43 68 20 7 8 5 29 31 20 1 7 12 14 37 -25 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 41 8 8 25 29 68 21 4 4 13 13 32 20 4 4 12 16 36 -39 32
24 Ipswich Town 40 4 15 21 32 65 20 2 10 8 18 27 20 2 5 13 14 38 -33 27

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