It's still early in the Championship season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Nottingham Forest - Derby County preview!
Matches between these two teams are often called the East Midlands Derby or sometimes the A52 derby. The A52 is a major English road that connects the two cities Derby and Nottingham. Since 2007, whenever these two teams meet the winner has been awarded the Brian Clough Trophy, named after the famous manager who was successful at both clubs.
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 and Derby County.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
Nottingham Forest have less points than they have played home games in the Championship so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Rotherham United in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory match versus Blackburn Rovers with a 1-0 scoreline.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nottingham Forest handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and four defeats.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Nottingham Forest at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Derby County form and stats
Things could have gone better for Derby County in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Huddersfield Town (placed 13th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Watford.
Derby County are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and ten defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
It's early days yet, but Derby County has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Nottingham victories, four draws and three Derby County wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Lolley 1 goals |  L. Freeman 1 goals |   J. Marriott 1 goals |
Nottingham Forest missing players
Derby County missing players
| Nottingham Forest | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | 37 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 28 | 62 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 11% | 9% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 15% |
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Derby County has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Championship
- Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nottingham Forest have yet to win a 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 | Bristol City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Watford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
- Nottingham Forest
- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)
- Derby County FC
- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)