Nottingham Forest and Norwich City spectators can't wait for Championship clash at The City Ground

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Struggling Nottingham Forest will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Norwich City in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Norwich City have the the best goal difference (+27) in Championship

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

5 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Nottingham Forest have to build on here at The City Ground in the Championship.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Nottingham, who played 1-1 against Reading. That match was also played at this venue (The City Ground). Heartbreak before that as Nottingham lost 0-1 at Watford's place.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nottingham as they are travelling to their away game against Brentford in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nottingham here at The City Ground in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (16 from 18 games). Nottingham have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Norwich City, who have the the best goal difference (+27) in Championship, collect 38 points from their 18 away matches in the Championship. 12 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 4 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Nottingham Forest. Norwich has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Swansea City.

Norwich play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Sheffield Wednesday (placed 23rd). Before that, Norwich City secured a home win against Luton Town with the score 3-0.

A new game in only three days for Norwich, the Championship home match versus Blackburn Rovers. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Norwich City's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 18 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Norwich as they have only conceded 17 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Norwich City - Nottingham Forest 2-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Nottingham won two, Norwich City won six and two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
21 goals
Norwich CityE. Buendía
E. Buendía
10 goals
Norwich CityT. Cantwell
T. Cantwell
5 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Norwich City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Norwich City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 7 Played P 6 18 36
10 5 0 Won W 6 12 24
11 7 4 Drew D 0 2 7
15 6 3 Lost L 0 4 5
29 16 2 Scored S 12 27 53
35 16 7 Conceded C 3 17 26
89% 78% 57% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
61% 61% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 72% 64%
22% 28% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 42%
6% 11% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 22% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
39% 44% 29% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 47%
31% 39% 43% Clean Sheets C S 50% 28% 42%
42% 39% 71% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.6 2.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.5
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.6 13 11.1 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 13.8 15.1
3 3.6 2.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.6 4.6
27% 25% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 33% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Norwich City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Norwich City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Championship
  • Norwich City have the most points (38) away in Championship
  • Norwich City have the the best goal difference (+27) in Championship
  • Norwich City is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • 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 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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.