Can Nottingham Forest beat Reading in City Ground clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 22.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: City Ground (30603 seats)

5th position in the Championship table for Nottingham Forest so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 16th-placed Reading visits City Ground.

It's no vacation for neither Nottingham Forest nor Reading as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Nottingham Forest have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Nottingham Forest here at City Ground, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Nottingham Forest's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Luton Town (placed 24th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Nottingham Forest played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Reading.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nottingham Forest handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W9-D3-L4.

Nottingham Forest has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Nottingham Forest's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reading form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Reading playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Two away games in a row for Reading, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Millwall in the Championship. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Blackpool at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Reading goalkeeper Rafael had a great day against Millwall, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.

We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were W1-D7-L7.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cardiff City in just three days.

Reading are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Reading have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Reading - Nottingham Forest 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Nottingham Forest wins - draws - Reading wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
15 goals
Nottingham ForestJ. Lolley
J. Lolley
6 goals
ReadingG. Puşcaş
G. Puşcaş
6 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Reading
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 6 14 27
13 7 2 Won W 2 4 10
8 2 0 Drew D 2 5 6
6 4 3 Lost L 2 5 11
38 17 5 Scored S 6 15 34
27 14 9 Conceded C 6 14 31
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
70% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 71% 74%
44% 46% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 29% 44%
22% 23% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 19%
7% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
56% 46% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
33% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 21% 30%
15% 15% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 26%
 
5.9 7.3 7.4 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 4.6 5.3
6.2 4.7 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.2 5.9 5.6
1.8 1.3 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
356 191 87 Total Shots T S 60 157 332
88 41 16 Shots on Target S O 18 48 104
43% 41% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Reading has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 28 14 11 3 50 31 14 6 6 2 30 20 14 8 5 1 20 11 19 53
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 43 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 15 8 3 4 24 14 19 52
3 Fulham 28 14 6 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 48
4 Brentford 28 14 5 9 44 21 13 8 3 2 25 9 15 6 2 7 19 12 23 47
5 Nottingham Forest 27 13 8 6 38 27 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 6 6 2 21 13 11 47
6 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
7 Swansea City 28 12 9 7 34 31 15 7 3 5 19 16 13 5 6 2 15 15 3 45
8 Millwall 28 11 11 6 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 13 18 4 44
9 Bristol City 28 12 8 8 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 22 2 44
10 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 6 10 39 31 14 6 4 4 14 15 14 6 2 6 25 16 8 42
11 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 7 10 40 35 14 6 6 2 17 12 14 5 1 8 23 23 5 40
12 Hull City 28 11 6 11 40 36 14 6 2 6 21 17 14 5 4 5 19 19 4 39
13 Cardiff City 28 9 12 7 39 41 13 7 5 1 19 10 15 2 7 6 20 31 -2 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 5 12 46 51 15 6 4 5 29 27 13 5 1 7 17 24 -5 38
15 Derby County 28 9 10 9 29 36 15 8 5 2 19 11 13 1 5 7 10 25 -7 37
16 Reading 27 10 6 11 34 31 13 6 1 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 15 14 3 36
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Charlton Athletic 28 7 8 13 37 41 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 29
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 44 15 4 5 6 16 21 13 3 3 7 15 23 -13 29
21 Stoke City 28 8 4 16 34 42 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 4 1 9 17 22 -8 28
22 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 5 8 15 25 43 13 4 4 5 12 17 15 1 4 10 13 26 -18 23
24 Luton Town 28 6 3 19 34 61 13 4 3 6 20 22 15 2 0 13 14 39 -27 21

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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 West Bromwich Albion 28 14 11 3 50 31 14 6 6 2 30 20 14 8 5 1 20 11 19 53
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 43 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 15 8 3 4 24 14 19 52
3 Fulham 28 14 6 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 48
4 Brentford 28 14 5 9 44 21 13 8 3 2 25 9 15 6 2 7 19 12 23 47
5 Nottingham Forest 27 13 8 6 38 27 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 6 6 2 21 13 11 47
6 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
7 Swansea City 28 12 9 7 34 31 15 7 3 5 19 16 13 5 6 2 15 15 3 45
8 Millwall 28 11 11 6 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 13 18 4 44
9 Bristol City 28 12 8 8 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 22 2 44
10 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 6 10 39 31 14 6 4 4 14 15 14 6 2 6 25 16 8 42
11 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 7 10 40 35 14 6 6 2 17 12 14 5 1 8 23 23 5 40
12 Hull City 28 11 6 11 40 36 14 6 2 6 21 17 14 5 4 5 19 19 4 39
13 Cardiff City 28 9 12 7 39 41 13 7 5 1 19 10 15 2 7 6 20 31 -2 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 5 12 46 51 15 6 4 5 29 27 13 5 1 7 17 24 -5 38
15 Derby County 28 9 10 9 29 36 15 8 5 2 19 11 13 1 5 7 10 25 -7 37
16 Reading 27 10 6 11 34 31 13 6 1 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 15 14 3 36
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Charlton Athletic 28 7 8 13 37 41 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 29
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 44 15 4 5 6 16 21 13 3 3 7 15 23 -13 29
21 Stoke City 28 8 4 16 34 42 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 4 1 9 17 22 -8 28
22 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 5 8 15 25 43 13 4 4 5 12 17 15 1 4 10 13 26 -18 23
24 Luton Town 28 6 3 19 34 61 13 4 3 6 20 22 15 2 0 13 14 39 -27 21

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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.