Evenly matched teams: Nottingham Forest vs Stoke City match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Season ticket holders at The City Ground haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nottingham Forest languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Stoke City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Championship
  • Stoke City have the most clean sheets (11) away in Championship

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.

Nottingham are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Stoke City is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Nottingham Forest are 6-7-8 (wins-draw-losses).

J. Garner was the last player to score a league goal for Nottingham and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Nottingham Forest haven't scored in 201 minutes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Huddersfield Town (0-2).

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 19 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn five and lost seven.

Nottingham aren't scoring a lot here at The City Ground in the league, with only 19 goals from 21 games. Nottingham Forest's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stoke City form and stats

5-9-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stoke City, who have the most clean sheets (11) away in Championship, in their Championship matches away.

Stoke City aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 229 league minutes without a goal. J. Brown was the last player to find the net.

The manager M. O'Neill was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Bet365 Stadium. Stoke suffered a 2-3 loss to Coventry City (placed 18th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Preston North End.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke City playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were two Stoke wins, four draws and ten defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stoke as they have only managed to score 18 times from 21 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stoke have conceded 23 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Stoke City - Nottingham 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Nottingham won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Stoke City has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three

Top Goalscorers

Stoke CityN. Powell
N. Powell
12 goals
Stoke CityS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
9 goals
Stoke CityT. Campbell
T. Campbell
6 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 low Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 7 21 43
12 6 2 Won W 1 5 14
14 7 0 Drew D 5 9 14
17 8 4 Lost L 1 7 15
34 19 6 Scored S 5 18 47
41 21 8 Conceded C 6 23 49
86% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 57% 71% 81%
60% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 62% 63%
21% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 29% 37%
7% 14% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 16%
37% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 29% 29% 40%
33% 33% 17% Clean Sheets C S 57% 52% 47%
44% 43% 33% Failed to Score F T 57% 48% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.3 13 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 9.4 10.2
3 3.7 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.1 2.4 3
27% 24% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 37%
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 (4) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Championship
  • Stoke City have the most clean sheets (11) away 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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 34

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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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 34

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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.