Nottingham Forest are welcoming Sheffield Wednesday for another important game after their 1-3 result against 6th-placed Brentford.
- Nottingham Forest is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Sheffield Wednesday has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Nottingham nor Sheffield Wednesday 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.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Nottingham Forest have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at The City Ground. Nottingham has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager C. Hughton and the players.
The Nottingham crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Brentford here at The City Ground in a Championship match. Prior to that, an away loss at Norwich City.
This is expected to be a close game, with Nottingham Forest perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nottingham Forest as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Nottingham Forest has won four of these, drawn two and lost eight.
The manager C. Hughton will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Millwall in only four days.
Nottingham have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. 11 goals have been conceded.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sheffield Wednesday so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Sheffield as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Sheffield has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Sheffield Wednesday failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Barnsley (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Huddersfield Town's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sheffield playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were six Sheffield Wednesday wins, six draws and six defeats.
A new game in only four days for Sheffield, the Championship home match versus Coventry City. Busy days.
The attacking power of Sheffield when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sheffield have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Nottingham, one draw and eight wins for Sheffield Wednesday. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Taylor 4 goals |   J. Windass 3 goals |  B. Bannan 2 goals |
Nottingham Forest missing players
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
| Nottingham Forest | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 22% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 22% | 22% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 17% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11.7 | 13.9 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 20% | 22% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 21% |
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nottingham Forest is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Sheffield Wednesday has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Championship
- Sheffield Wednesday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sheffield Wednesday 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 | Norwich City | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Watford | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Reading | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Brentford | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 22 |
| 17 | Millwall | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 22 | Derby County | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 13 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
- Nottingham Forest
- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Wednesday
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Telegraph - (local newspaper)