Betting preview: Nottingham Forest vs Swansea City should be interesting

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Championship table so far. Here's the Nottingham Forest - Swansea City latest:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest have collected 34 points from their home games so far after 10-4-5.

The home team returns to The City Ground after sharing the points with Ipswich Town (placed 24th) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Aston Villa with the scoreline 1-3.

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 five games. Nottingham Forest has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Nottingham Forest has scored 27 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. From these home matches, Nottingham Forest have conceded only 18 goals.

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Swansea City form and stats

Swansea City has only collected 19 points from their away games after 5-4-10 (19 played). five defeats in a row for Swansea City in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Preston North End. Recent form does not give Swansea City much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Nottingham Forest will be a tough nut to crack.

Swansea City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs . Prior to that match, the Swansea City manager G. Potter faced defeat in their Championship match when travelling to West Bromwich Albion and losing 0-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Swansea City in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Swansea City, 4 draws and 11 defeats. A quick return to home after this game, as Swansea City are hosting Brentford in the Championship only three.

Swansea City have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, 19 away games. Swansea City have conceded 26 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Swansea City - Nottingham Forest 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nottingham Forest 3 wins, 4 draws and Swansea City 3 victories.

Top Goalscorers

O. McBurnie
16 goals / 4 assists
L. Grabban
15 goals / 3 assists
J. Lolley
8 goals / 9 assists

Nottingham Forest missing players

Swansea City missing players

Nottingham Forest Swansea City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 17 36
89% 95% Over 0.5 94% 89%
68% 58% Over 1.5 65% 64%
42% 47% Over 2.5 53% 53%
26% 26% Over 3.5 35% 28%
8% 5% Over 4.5 18% 17%
47% 47% Both teams to score 47% 50%
34% 37% Clean Sheet 41% 31%
29% 21% Failed To Score 18% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 38 23 9 6 77 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 19 10 7 2 36 19 29 78
2 Sheffield United 38 22 8 8 64 34 19 13 3 3 35 13 19 9 5 5 29 21 30 74
3 Leeds United 38 22 7 9 63 39 19 12 3 4 32 16 19 10 4 5 31 23 24 73
4 West Bromwich Albion 38 19 10 9 72 48 19 8 7 4 41 25 19 11 3 5 31 23 24 67
5 Middlesbrough 37 15 13 9 40 31 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 8 7 4 21 17 9 58
6 Aston Villa 38 14 15 9 68 54 19 8 8 3 44 32 19 6 7 6 24 22 14 57
7 Preston North End 38 15 12 11 58 50 19 7 9 3 34 24 19 8 3 8 24 26 8 57
8 Derby County 37 15 11 11 46 44 19 9 7 3 25 18 18 6 4 8 21 26 2 56
9 Bristol City 36 15 10 11 45 38 19 7 6 6 22 19 17 8 4 5 23 19 7 55
10 Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 13 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 19 6 5 8 21 29 -3 55
11 Nottingham Forest 38 13 15 10 52 44 19 10 4 5 27 18 19 3 11 5 25 26 8 54
12 Hull City 38 14 9 15 54 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 19 5 4 10 23 38 -2 51
13 Birmingham City 38 12 14 12 53 49 19 6 8 5 26 20 19 6 6 7 27 29 4 50
14 Brentford 37 13 10 14 60 50 19 11 3 5 40 20 18 2 7 9 20 30 10 49
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 45 46 17 8 4 5 26 20 19 5 4 10 19 26 -1 47
16 Stoke City 38 10 17 11 37 42 19 8 5 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 47
17 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 11 15 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 18 19 4 5 10 26 42 -8 47
18 Queens Park Rangers 38 12 8 18 45 59 19 8 3 8 27 26 19 4 5 10 18 33 -14 44
19 Wigan Athletic 38 10 9 19 41 57 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 39
20 Millwall 37 9 10 18 41 55 18 6 6 6 22 24 19 3 4 12 19 31 -14 37
21 Reading 38 8 13 17 40 56 19 6 4 9 25 29 19 2 9 8 15 27 -16 37
22 Rotherham United 38 7 15 16 40 61 19 6 8 5 27 30 19 1 7 11 13 31 -21 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 38 7 8 23 26 63 19 4 4 11 12 28 19 3 4 12 14 35 -37 29
24 Ipswich Town 38 3 15 20 30 62 19 2 10 7 18 25 19 1 5 13 12 37 -32 24

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