It's advantage Nottingham Forest so far with their 4th position in the Championship table, welcoming Cardiff City who are placed 11th.
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.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Nottingham Forest have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
The Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 273 minutes without conceding a goal.
The Nottingham Forest crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Cardiff City here at City Ground in a Championship match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Queens Park Rangers and winning 4-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nottingham Forest have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 3 Lost 5.
Nottingham Forest has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Nottingham Forest have conceded only 5 goals.
Cardiff City form and stats
There's been little loot from Cardiff City's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Championship. Cardiff City only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.
It's the second away game in a row for Cardiff City, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Nottingham Forest (placed 4th) in the Championship last time out. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Stoke City.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cardiff City playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 1 Cardiff City win, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Cardiff City have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Cardiff City have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nottingham Forest 1 win, 1 draw and Cardiff City 8 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
L. Grabban
8 goals
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J. Ralls
5 goals
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D. Ward
4 goals
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Nottingham Forest missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Nottingham Forest | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 24 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 25 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 61% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 68% |
| 39% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 53% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 32% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 16% |
| 50% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 58% |
| 39% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 21% |
| 5.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 6.2 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 233 | 120 | 64 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 134 | 246 |
| 54 | 23 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 48 | 81 |
| 44% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 25% | 33% |
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nottingham Forest have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 39 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Fulham | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Brentford | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 10 | Hull City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | Millwall | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Derby County | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 18 | Reading | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 17 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Stoke City | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 9 |
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