Struggling Nottingham Forest will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Middlesbrough in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Middlesbrough.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Nottingham Forest have to build on here at The City Ground in the Championship.
A nice win for Nottingham last time playing, versus Millwall. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Sammy Ameobi (2) and Ryan Yates scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, Nottingham won a home game hosting Cardiff City (1-0).
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 Forest as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Nottingham has won seven of these, drawn three and lost seven.
Nottingham are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup match at Swansea City awaits in three days.
The Nottingham Forest fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. 12 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
3-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Middlesbrough in their Championship matches away.
Middlesbrough's previous game was their home loss versus Birmingham City (0-1). A 1-2 defeat away at Brentford before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Middlesbrough playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were five Middlesbrough wins, five draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Blackburn Rovers in just four days.
Middlesbrough find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Middlesbrough have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Middlesbrough - Nottingham Forest 1-0 earlier this season. Nottingham Forest-Middlesbrough H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nottingham Forest five wins, Middlesbrough three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Watmore 5 goals |   L. Taylor 4 goals |  B. Assombalonga 4 goals |
Nottingham Forest missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Nottingham Forest | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 19 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 87% |
| 71% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 57% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 39% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 9% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 39% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 14.2 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 25% | 25% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 45% | 39% |
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Norwich City | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
| 4 | Brentford | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | Watford | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 40 |
| 6 | Reading | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 33 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -6 | 31 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 16 | Millwall | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -11 | 26 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 25 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 19 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
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