Nottingham Forest - Queens Park Rangers: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 05.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Nottingham Forest in 16th and Queens Park Rangers in 12th place.

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) 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

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Nottingham Forest are 5-7-7 (wins-draw-losses).

A strong away win for Nottingham against Cardiff City the last match, as James Garner were on target. 1-1 away at Brentford before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nottingham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost seven.

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 19 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nottingham have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Queens Park Rangers have produced an overall stat of 5-7-6 so far.

QPR go into this game after a win, the home game against Coventry City that ended 3-0. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Reading that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Queens Park Rangers in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Queens Park Rangers, two draws and six defeats.

QPR have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 18 goals have been scored. 21 goals have been conceded by Queens Park Rangers in these games.

Head 2 Head

Queens Park Rangers - Nottingham 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nottingham won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Queens Park Rangers has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
8 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
6 goals
Queens Park RangersC. Austin
C. Austin
6 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 4 18 38
11 5 2 Won W 2 5 14
12 7 0 Drew D 1 7 11
16 7 3 Lost L 1 6 13
31 16 6 Scored S 6 18 42
38 18 6 Conceded C 4 21 43
90% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
62% 63% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 71%
21% 26% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 37%
5% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
38% 42% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 50%
31% 37% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 32%
41% 42% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 1.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.2 12.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.8 11.4
2.9 3.5 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 3.9 3.7
28% 24% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 26% 30%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship

  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 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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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 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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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.