Balanced ball game between Nottingham Forest and Reading expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

The visiting Reading side should be favourites in this visit to Nottingham Forest, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 35 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Nottingham Forest are 5-6-6 (wins-draw-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 237 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Garner was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager C. Hughton led his Nottingham to a defeat in the Championship match away at Watford. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The City Ground. Preceding that match was the home game against Luton Town that was lost 0-1.

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 Forest have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost eight.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Nottingham as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Norwich City are visiting.

Nottingham have scored 15 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Nottingham have conceded only 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Reading form and stats

The visitors are W7-D6-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

311 minutes! That's how long the Reading goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The supporters enjoyed Reading's previous game versus Sheffield Wednesday (placed 23rd), a Championship 3-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Blackburn Rovers.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Reading in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Reading, four draws and two defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Reading manager V. Paunovic as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Birmingham City.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Reading have scored 21 goals in 17 league games away. Reading have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Reading - Nottingham 2-0, played this season. Nottingham Forest-Reading H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nottingham two wins, Reading five wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ReadingL. Santos João
L. Santos João
18 goals
ReadingY. Meïté
Y. Meïté
6 goals
ReadingM. Olise
M. Olise
5 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Reading
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 6 17 35
10 5 0 Won W 3 7 18
10 6 3 Drew D 1 6 6
15 6 3 Lost L 2 4 11
28 15 1 Scored S 8 21 49
34 15 6 Conceded C 6 17 37
89% 76% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 76% 89%
60% 59% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 59% 71%
23% 29% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 35% 51%
6% 12% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 24% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 9%
37% 41% 17% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 43%
31% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 47% 46%
43% 41% 83% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 23%
 
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 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.2 1.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 12.9 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.7 10.6
3 3.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 4.2
27% 25% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 33%
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 (2) 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 35 23 7 5 51 25 18 12 5 1 26 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 26 76
2 Watford 35 19 9 7 46 24 18 14 2 2 35 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 22 66
3 Swansea City 33 19 8 6 43 24 18 11 5 2 23 10 15 8 3 4 20 14 19 65
4 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
5 Reading 35 18 6 11 49 37 18 11 0 7 28 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 12 60
6 Barnsley 34 17 6 11 42 37 17 10 3 4 23 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 5 57
7 AFC Bournemouth 35 15 11 9 50 34 17 10 3 4 28 16 18 5 8 5 22 18 16 56
8 Cardiff City 35 15 9 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 18 8 6 4 22 16 18 54
9 Middlesbrough 35 14 8 13 41 38 17 8 3 6 20 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 3 50
10 Stoke City 35 12 12 11 41 39 18 8 4 6 25 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 2 48
11 Millwall 35 10 16 9 34 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 17 6 6 5 17 17 1 46
12 Bristol City 35 14 3 18 36 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 17 7 1 9 21 28 -12 45
13 Preston North End 35 13 5 17 39 45 18 5 4 9 15 17 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 44
14 Luton Town 34 12 8 14 28 40 16 6 6 4 20 19 18 6 2 10 8 21 -12 44
15 Blackburn Rovers 34 12 7 15 48 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 18 6 2 10 24 20 9 43
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 11 10 12 34 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 43
17 Nottingham Forest 35 10 10 15 28 34 17 5 6 6 15 15 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 40
18 Huddersfield Town 35 10 8 17 39 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 38
19 Derby County 34 10 8 16 25 38 17 5 5 7 12 17 17 5 3 9 13 21 -13 38
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 35 8 11 16 26 43 17 3 3 11 12 28 18 5 8 5 14 15 -17 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 34 9 7 18 24 43 16 6 5 5 13 11 18 3 2 13 11 32 -19 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 34 5 8 21 23 57 17 3 5 9 10 21 17 2 3 12 13 36 -34 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 Norwich City 35 23 7 5 51 25 18 12 5 1 26 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 26 76
2 Watford 35 19 9 7 46 24 18 14 2 2 35 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 22 66
3 Swansea City 33 19 8 6 43 24 18 11 5 2 23 10 15 8 3 4 20 14 19 65
4 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
5 Reading 35 18 6 11 49 37 18 11 0 7 28 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 12 60
6 Barnsley 34 17 6 11 42 37 17 10 3 4 23 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 5 57
7 AFC Bournemouth 35 15 11 9 50 34 17 10 3 4 28 16 18 5 8 5 22 18 16 56
8 Cardiff City 35 15 9 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 18 8 6 4 22 16 18 54
9 Middlesbrough 35 14 8 13 41 38 17 8 3 6 20 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 3 50
10 Stoke City 35 12 12 11 41 39 18 8 4 6 25 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 2 48
11 Millwall 35 10 16 9 34 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 17 6 6 5 17 17 1 46
12 Bristol City 35 14 3 18 36 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 17 7 1 9 21 28 -12 45
13 Preston North End 35 13 5 17 39 45 18 5 4 9 15 17 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 44
14 Luton Town 34 12 8 14 28 40 16 6 6 4 20 19 18 6 2 10 8 21 -12 44
15 Blackburn Rovers 34 12 7 15 48 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 18 6 2 10 24 20 9 43
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 11 10 12 34 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 43
17 Nottingham Forest 35 10 10 15 28 34 17 5 6 6 15 15 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 40
18 Huddersfield Town 35 10 8 17 39 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 38
19 Derby County 34 10 8 16 25 38 17 5 5 7 12 17 17 5 3 9 13 21 -13 38
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 35 8 11 16 26 43 17 3 3 11 12 28 18 5 8 5 14 15 -17 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 34 9 7 18 24 43 16 6 5 5 13 11 18 3 2 13 11 32 -19 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 34 5 8 21 23 57 17 3 5 9 10 21 17 2 3 12 13 36 -34 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.