Another fun-filled fixture in Championship as Nottingham Forest host Queens Park Rangers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 16.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

The City Ground: Get set for a football frolic when Nottingham Forest receive Queens Park Rangers. Read up on the game here!

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Championship
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

Nottingham Forest have collected 28 points from their Championship home games so far after 8-4-6. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Nottingham Forest after consecutive victories at their own ground.

A nice win for Nottingham last time playing, versus Reading. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Davis (2), Surridge and Yates scoring for the victors. Davis, a natural forward, was the top player for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 8.42 (out of 10). Davis scored two goals and hit one key pass.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nottingham Forest handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and three defeats.

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

The Nottingham Forest fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 18 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

8-2-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Queens Park Rangers in their Championship matches away.

QPR play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Luton Town (placed 7th). Defender Dickie was the best team player with a rating of 8.24. Dickie scored one goal and won 13 of 18 duels.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Cardiff City.

Queens Park Rangers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Peterborough United in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Queens Park Rangers have scored 25 goals in 17 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. QPR have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Nottingham Forest and Queens Park Rangers have duelled before this season: Queens Park Rangers - Nottingham Forest 1-1. Data for the former ten meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Nottingham Forest, two draws and three wins for Queens Park Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals
NottinghamB. Johnson
B. Johnson
10 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
8 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 18 7 Played P 4 17 36
15 8 0 Won W 1 8 17
10 4 2 Drew D 1 2 8
10 6 5 Lost L 2 7 11
50 27 3 Scored S 4 25 52
34 20 12 Conceded C 6 25 42
91% 94% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
83% 89% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 78%
49% 61% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 53%
14% 17% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 19%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 11%
51% 50% 43% BTTS BTTS 75% 71% 58%
34% 33% 14% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 28%
23% 22% 57% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 17%
 
5.5 5.5 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 5
4.3 3.5 3.9 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 5.1 4.9
1.9 2.2 2.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
3 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.5 12.1 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.9 11.9
3.6 3.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4 4.4
39% 42% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 33%
 
10.5 9.2 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.6 12.4
3.7 3.1 4.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.5 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Championship
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queens Park Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Fulham 36 23 8 5 90 31 19 12 4 3 45 16 17 11 4 2 45 15 59 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 34 19 8 7 55 30 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 65
3 Huddersfield Town 37 17 12 8 51 38 18 10 5 3 27 17 19 7 7 5 24 21 13 63
4 Queens Park Rangers 36 17 8 11 52 42 19 9 6 4 27 17 17 8 2 7 25 25 10 59
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 16 10 11 46 37 19 11 4 4 32 20 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 58
6 Sheffield United 36 16 9 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 19 7 5 7 21 27 10 57
7 Luton Town 36 16 9 11 49 41 18 9 5 4 28 19 18 7 4 7 21 22 8 57
8 Middlesbrough 36 16 8 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 56
9 Nottingham Forest 35 15 10 10 50 34 18 8 4 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 16 55
10 Coventry City 36 15 9 12 48 43 19 10 4 5 29 17 17 5 5 7 19 26 5 54
11 Millwall 36 14 12 10 37 34 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 54
12 Blackpool 36 14 9 13 42 41 19 10 2 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 51
13 Preston North End 37 12 15 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 19 6 6 7 16 19 0 51
14 West Bromwich Albion 36 13 11 12 39 34 17 8 7 2 23 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 50
15 Stoke City 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 7 4 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 20 21 3 46
16 Swansea City 35 12 8 15 38 50 17 8 4 5 23 20 18 4 4 10 15 30 -12 44
17 Cardiff City 37 12 7 18 43 55 19 6 3 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 43
18 Bristol City 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 5 2 11 23 40 -18 43
19 Birmingham City 37 10 11 16 42 56 18 6 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 41
20 Hull City 37 10 8 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 19 5 5 9 15 19 -11 38
21 Reading 36 10 5 21 42 72 18 5 4 9 25 36 18 5 1 12 17 36 -30 29
22 Barnsley 36 5 10 21 26 52 18 4 6 8 14 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 25
23 Derby County 37 11 12 14 36 41 18 9 6 3 25 16 19 2 6 11 11 25 -5 24
24 Peterborough United 36 5 8 23 27 72 17 4 6 7 17 23 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 23

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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 Fulham 36 23 8 5 90 31 19 12 4 3 45 16 17 11 4 2 45 15 59 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 34 19 8 7 55 30 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 65
3 Huddersfield Town 37 17 12 8 51 38 18 10 5 3 27 17 19 7 7 5 24 21 13 63
4 Queens Park Rangers 36 17 8 11 52 42 19 9 6 4 27 17 17 8 2 7 25 25 10 59
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 16 10 11 46 37 19 11 4 4 32 20 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 58
6 Sheffield United 36 16 9 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 19 7 5 7 21 27 10 57
7 Luton Town 36 16 9 11 49 41 18 9 5 4 28 19 18 7 4 7 21 22 8 57
8 Middlesbrough 36 16 8 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 56
9 Nottingham Forest 35 15 10 10 50 34 18 8 4 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 16 55
10 Coventry City 36 15 9 12 48 43 19 10 4 5 29 17 17 5 5 7 19 26 5 54
11 Millwall 36 14 12 10 37 34 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 54
12 Blackpool 36 14 9 13 42 41 19 10 2 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 51
13 Preston North End 37 12 15 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 19 6 6 7 16 19 0 51
14 West Bromwich Albion 36 13 11 12 39 34 17 8 7 2 23 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 50
15 Stoke City 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 7 4 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 20 21 3 46
16 Swansea City 35 12 8 15 38 50 17 8 4 5 23 20 18 4 4 10 15 30 -12 44
17 Cardiff City 37 12 7 18 43 55 19 6 3 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 43
18 Bristol City 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 5 2 11 23 40 -18 43
19 Birmingham City 37 10 11 16 42 56 18 6 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 41
20 Hull City 37 10 8 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 19 5 5 9 15 19 -11 38
21 Reading 36 10 5 21 42 72 18 5 4 9 25 36 18 5 1 12 17 36 -30 29
22 Barnsley 36 5 10 21 26 52 18 4 6 8 14 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 25
23 Derby County 37 11 12 14 36 41 18 9 6 3 25 16 19 2 6 11 11 25 -5 24
24 Peterborough United 36 5 8 23 27 72 17 4 6 7 17 23 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 23

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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.