Nottingham Forest v Blackburn Rovers betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 18.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Nottingham Forest receive Blackburn Rovers for another engaging Championship game here at The City Ground.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest's first Championship home game here at The City Ground ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 8 draws and 9 defeats from 23 matches.

The Nottingham crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to AFC Bournemouth here at The City Ground in a Championship match. Midfield player Philip Zinckernagel got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Zinckernagel served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Ahead of that match, Nottingham won a home game hosting Bradford City (2-1).

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 as a small favourite), we find 22 games. Nottingham Forest has won eight of these, drawn six and lost eight.

The manager C. Hughton will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stoke City in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Nottingham Forest's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Championship away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 6 wins, 5 draws and 12 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Millwall (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 1-1. Hayden Carter was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Carter won 5 of 6 duels.

The game before that, in the Carabao Cup, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Morecambe.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Blackburn in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Blackburn Rovers, four draws and 13 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Blackburn are hosting West Bromwich Albion in the Championship only three days away.

1 goal so far away for Blackburn Rovers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nottingham three wins, four draws and Blackburn Rovers three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
2 goals
Nottingham ForestS. McKenna
S. McKenna
1 goals
NottinghamL. Taylor
L. Taylor
1 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 1 Scored S 0 1 3
4 2 2 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 5
2 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6
1.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 16 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2 10.5
4 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 5.5
25% 17% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 27%
Nottingham Forest Last season Blackburn Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
12 6   Won W   6 15
16 8   Drew D   5 12
18 9   Lost L   12 19
37 21   Scored S   28 65
45 24   Conceded C   26 54
87% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
63% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 70%
22% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 46%
7% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 26%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 13%
41% 48%   BTTS BTTS   39% 52%
30% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 24%
41% 39%   Failed to Score F T   35% 30%
 
5 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.6
4.8 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.4
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
4 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.3 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   13.9 13
3 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.7
27% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
2 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Cardiff City 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
4 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
6 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Middlesbrough 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Stoke City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Barnsley 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
11 Luton Town 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 3
12 Hull City 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 3
13 Reading 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
14 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
15 Peterborough United 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
16 Millwall 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
17 Bristol City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Derby County 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
20 Sheffield United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
21 Blackpool 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Huddersfield Town 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
23 Nottingham Forest 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
24 Preston North End 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
Last season 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 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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

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