Betting preview: Nottingham Forest vs Stoke City should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

There is optimism in Nottingham Forest so far, with their 6th spot in the Championship table and eagerly waiting for Stoke City (who are in 11th).

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Nottingham Forest nor Stoke City 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

6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Nottingham Forest have to build on here at The City Ground in the Championship. Nottingham has recorded two wins in a row here at The City Ground, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A strong away win for Nottingham Forest against Blackburn Rovers the last match, as Garner and Johnson were on target. Goalkeeper Samba got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.73 out of ten. Samba topped it up with a clean sheet.

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 24 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn seven and lost nine.

Nottingham Forest are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. 18 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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Stoke City form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Stoke City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Stoke City are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Swansea City (placed 17th). Midfielder Baker was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Baker scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 48 total).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Stoke in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Stoke City, six draws and four defeats.

14 goals so far away for Stoke City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 14. All from 14 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought earlier this season: Stoke City - Nottingham Forest 1-0. Nottingham Forest-Stoke City H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Nottingham Forest two wins, Stoke City three wins, three draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
8 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
8 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Stoke City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 14 29
13 6 2 Won W 2 5 12
7 3 2 Drew D 1 3 6
10 6 0 Lost L 1 6 11
41 19 7 Scored S 4 14 36
31 18 3 Conceded C 4 14 30
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
83% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 66%
50% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 41%
10% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 14%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
53% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 45%
30% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 38%
23% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 24%
 
5.3 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.6 5.3
3.9 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 5.8 5.4
1.9 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.6 12.1 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.1 12
3.5 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 4.1
39% 40% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 24% 30%
 
10.5 9.1 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 11.1 10.1
3.6 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.3 3.1
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 (6) 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 Fulham 29 18 7 4 77 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 51 61
2 AFC Bournemouth 29 16 7 6 47 25 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 8 4 3 18 10 22 55
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 29 15 7 7 46 33 16 8 5 3 23 13 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 52
5 Huddersfield Town 31 13 10 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 49
6 Nottingham Forest 30 13 7 10 41 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 46
7 Middlesbrough 29 13 7 9 34 28 15 9 2 4 21 13 14 4 5 5 13 15 6 46
8 Luton Town 29 12 9 8 41 33 15 7 5 3 24 17 14 5 4 5 17 16 8 45
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Sheffield United 28 13 6 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 6 45
11 Stoke City 29 12 6 11 36 30 15 7 3 5 22 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 6 42
12 Preston North End 31 10 12 9 34 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 42
13 Coventry City 28 11 8 9 36 32 15 8 3 4 23 14 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 41
14 Blackpool 30 11 8 11 33 35 16 8 2 6 16 16 14 3 6 5 17 19 -2 41
15 Millwall 29 9 10 10 29 32 14 6 5 3 16 12 15 3 5 7 13 20 -3 37
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
18 Birmingham City 31 8 9 14 34 49 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -15 33
19 Hull City 30 9 5 16 26 35 15 5 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 11 18 -9 32
20 Cardiff City 29 9 5 15 35 48 14 4 1 9 15 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -13 32
21 Reading 29 8 4 17 34 57 15 4 4 7 21 31 14 4 0 10 13 26 -23 22
22 Peterborough United 28 5 5 18 23 59 13 4 4 5 15 17 15 1 1 13 8 42 -36 20
23 Derby County 30 9 12 9 31 31 15 7 6 2 21 14 15 2 6 7 10 17 0 18
24 Barnsley 29 2 8 19 18 45 14 2 4 8 8 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -27 14

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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 29 18 7 4 77 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 51 61
2 AFC Bournemouth 29 16 7 6 47 25 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 8 4 3 18 10 22 55
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 29 15 7 7 46 33 16 8 5 3 23 13 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 52
5 Huddersfield Town 31 13 10 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 49
6 Nottingham Forest 30 13 7 10 41 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 46
7 Middlesbrough 29 13 7 9 34 28 15 9 2 4 21 13 14 4 5 5 13 15 6 46
8 Luton Town 29 12 9 8 41 33 15 7 5 3 24 17 14 5 4 5 17 16 8 45
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Sheffield United 28 13 6 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 6 45
11 Stoke City 29 12 6 11 36 30 15 7 3 5 22 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 6 42
12 Preston North End 31 10 12 9 34 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 42
13 Coventry City 28 11 8 9 36 32 15 8 3 4 23 14 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 41
14 Blackpool 30 11 8 11 33 35 16 8 2 6 16 16 14 3 6 5 17 19 -2 41
15 Millwall 29 9 10 10 29 32 14 6 5 3 16 12 15 3 5 7 13 20 -3 37
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
18 Birmingham City 31 8 9 14 34 49 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -15 33
19 Hull City 30 9 5 16 26 35 15 5 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 11 18 -9 32
20 Cardiff City 29 9 5 15 35 48 14 4 1 9 15 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -13 32
21 Reading 29 8 4 17 34 57 15 4 4 7 21 31 14 4 0 10 13 26 -23 22
22 Peterborough United 28 5 5 18 23 59 13 4 4 5 15 17 15 1 1 13 8 42 -36 20
23 Derby County 30 9 12 9 31 31 15 7 6 2 21 14 15 2 6 7 10 17 0 18
24 Barnsley 29 2 8 19 18 45 14 2 4 8 8 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -27 14

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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.