Delightful dogfight as daring Nottingham Forest duel with determined Peterborough United

This looks to be an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest's struggle is real here at The City Ground with only 9 points collected from 10 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5. The last three games played by Nottingham, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Stress levels are on the rise for Nottingham's attacking players as they have now played 266 minutes without scoring in a league game. P. Zinckernagel was their last goal scorer. Nottingham Forest are confident in defense, having played 206 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Nottingham, facing West Bromwich Albion in a game that ended 0-0. Joe Worrall, defender, was given a rating of 8.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Worrall won 11 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Luton Town that ended 0-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Nottingham Forest's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won one match, drawn one and lost one.

The Nottingham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 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.

Peterborough United form and stats

Peterborough United have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-0-9 (10 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Peterborough's last three away games as they have all been lost.

The attacking players of Peterborough United have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 366 minutes.

Peterborough played 0-0 against Barnsley in their previous match. David Cornell (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.53. Cornell stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Blackburn Rovers wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Peterborough playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.

Peterborough are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 10 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Peterborough concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the last seven meetings): Nottingham Forest won five games, zero matches ended with a draw and Peterborough United managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / four

Top Goalscorers

L. Grabban 8 goals

S. Dembele 4 goals

B. Johnson 3 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Peterborough United missing players