Championship match prediction and preview for Nottingham Forest vs Huddersfield Town clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 28.June
Match begins: 13:15 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Nottingham Forest supporters in this The City Ground clash with Huddersfield Town, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

8-4-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Nottingham Forest so far this season.

Nottingham travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sheffield Wednesday that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Nottingham lost 0-3 at home to Millwall.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nottingham 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 twelve games. Nottingham Forest has won four of these, drawn two and lost six.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Bristol City in only three days. This game is also played here at The City Ground.

Nottingham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 18 games. Nottingham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huddersfield Town so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-10 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Huddersfield have lost on their last two travels.

Huddersfield aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. J. Bacuna was the last player to find the net.

Huddersfield failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Wigan Athletic (placed 17th) that ended with defeat 0-2. A 0-2 defeat away at Leeds United before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Huddersfield Town in our archives, and the results are: one win for Huddersfield, two draws and two defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Birmingham City.

The visiting Huddersfield have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 18 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Huddersfield have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Huddersfield Town - Nottingham 2-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Nottingham wins - draws - Huddersfield Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
17 goals
Huddersfield TownK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
16 goals
NottinghamJ. Lolley
J. Lolley
8 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 18 6 Played P 7 18 38
16 8 3 Won W 1 4 11
13 4 1 Drew D 1 4 9
9 6 2 Lost L 5 10 18
49 20 7 Scored S 9 21 45
39 19 5 Conceded C 16 33 60
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
68% 61% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 78% 84%
42% 39% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 56% 53%
21% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 33% 21%
5% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 17% 11%
53% 39% 50% BTTS BTTS 71% 72% 61%
34% 39% 33% Clean Sheets C S 14% 17% 21%
18% 28% 17% Failed to Score F T 14% 11% 24%
 
5.8 7.1 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.9 4.1 4.8
6.1 4.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.2 4.6
1.8 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.1 2.2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
505 268 85 Total Shots T S 50 146 389
124 59 14 Shots on Target S O 19 57 141
40% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 37% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (15)
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15)
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly more corners at 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 West Bromwich Albion 39 19 14 6 64 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 20 11 6 3 28 15 26 71
2 Leeds United 38 21 8 9 56 32 18 11 4 3 26 13 20 10 4 6 30 19 24 71
3 Brentford 39 19 9 11 67 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 30 18 34 66
4 Fulham 38 18 10 10 52 40 20 12 2 6 32 23 18 6 8 4 20 17 12 64
5 Nottingham Forest 38 16 13 9 49 39 18 8 4 6 20 19 20 8 9 3 29 20 10 61
6 Preston North End 38 16 9 13 51 46 19 11 3 5 35 24 19 5 6 8 16 22 5 57
7 Cardiff City 38 14 15 9 54 50 19 9 8 2 28 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 4 57
8 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 11 12 55 46 20 9 8 3 27 17 18 6 3 9 28 29 9 56
9 Swansea City 38 14 14 10 49 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 19 6 9 4 25 25 4 56
10 Bristol City 38 15 10 13 52 56 18 7 5 6 25 27 20 8 5 7 27 29 -4 55
11 Millwall 38 13 15 10 46 43 19 8 7 4 27 21 19 5 8 6 19 22 3 54
12 Derby County 38 14 12 12 52 51 19 10 7 2 28 13 19 4 5 10 24 38 1 54
13 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 8 16 58 63 20 8 5 7 37 34 18 6 3 9 21 29 -5 50
14 Reading 38 13 10 15 47 43 19 7 3 9 24 25 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 49
15 Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 10 15 47 50 19 7 6 6 17 22 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 49
16 Birmingham City 38 12 12 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 20 6 7 7 21 28 -9 48
17 Wigan Athletic 38 11 11 16 40 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -10 44
18 Stoke City 38 12 7 19 50 56 19 8 3 8 29 24 19 4 4 11 21 32 -6 43
19 Charlton Athletic 38 11 9 18 45 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 19 4 4 11 20 31 -9 42
20 Huddersfield Town 38 11 9 18 45 60 20 7 5 8 24 27 18 4 4 10 21 33 -15 42
21 Middlesbrough 38 9 14 15 37 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 18 3 6 9 19 28 -13 41
22 Hull City 38 11 8 19 49 64 20 6 3 11 27 34 18 5 5 8 22 30 -15 41
23 Barnsley 38 9 10 19 43 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -19 37
24 Luton Town 38 10 6 22 44 72 19 7 5 7 28 28 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 36

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  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 39 19 14 6 64 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 20 11 6 3 28 15 26 71
2 Leeds United 38 21 8 9 56 32 18 11 4 3 26 13 20 10 4 6 30 19 24 71
3 Brentford 39 19 9 11 67 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 30 18 34 66
4 Fulham 38 18 10 10 52 40 20 12 2 6 32 23 18 6 8 4 20 17 12 64
5 Nottingham Forest 38 16 13 9 49 39 18 8 4 6 20 19 20 8 9 3 29 20 10 61
6 Preston North End 38 16 9 13 51 46 19 11 3 5 35 24 19 5 6 8 16 22 5 57
7 Cardiff City 38 14 15 9 54 50 19 9 8 2 28 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 4 57
8 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 11 12 55 46 20 9 8 3 27 17 18 6 3 9 28 29 9 56
9 Swansea City 38 14 14 10 49 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 19 6 9 4 25 25 4 56
10 Bristol City 38 15 10 13 52 56 18 7 5 6 25 27 20 8 5 7 27 29 -4 55
11 Millwall 38 13 15 10 46 43 19 8 7 4 27 21 19 5 8 6 19 22 3 54
12 Derby County 38 14 12 12 52 51 19 10 7 2 28 13 19 4 5 10 24 38 1 54
13 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 8 16 58 63 20 8 5 7 37 34 18 6 3 9 21 29 -5 50
14 Reading 38 13 10 15 47 43 19 7 3 9 24 25 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 49
15 Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 10 15 47 50 19 7 6 6 17 22 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 49
16 Birmingham City 38 12 12 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 20 6 7 7 21 28 -9 48
17 Wigan Athletic 38 11 11 16 40 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -10 44
18 Stoke City 38 12 7 19 50 56 19 8 3 8 29 24 19 4 4 11 21 32 -6 43
19 Charlton Athletic 38 11 9 18 45 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 19 4 4 11 20 31 -9 42
20 Huddersfield Town 38 11 9 18 45 60 20 7 5 8 24 27 18 4 4 10 21 33 -15 42
21 Middlesbrough 38 9 14 15 37 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 18 3 6 9 19 28 -13 41
22 Hull City 38 11 8 19 49 64 20 6 3 11 27 34 18 5 5 8 22 30 -15 41
23 Barnsley 38 9 10 19 43 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -19 37
24 Luton Town 38 10 6 22 44 72 19 7 5 7 28 28 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 36

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.