Balanced ball game between Nottingham Forest and West Bromwich Albion expected

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30576 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Championship game of the season. Nottingham Forest look forward to welcoming West Bromwich Albion in front of their home support.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nottingham Forest and West Bromwich Albion.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest's first home game here at The City Ground ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 23 matches.

The Nottingham Forest crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to West Bromwich Albion here at The City Ground in a Championship match. Before that, Nottingham Forest had a home game versus Bolton Wanderers which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 6.

Early season goal statistics from Nottingham Forest's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

Last season, Nottingham Forest's league statistics were 17 wins, 15 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Championship. Over these 46 matches they scored 61 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season Nottingham Forest managed 13-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 21 conceded.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

Playing away, West Bromwich Albion have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats so far this season.

West Bromwich Albion play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Nottingham Forest. Before that, West Bromwich Albion secured a home win against Aston Villa with the score 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with West Bromwich Albion playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were 2 West Bromwich Albion wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, West Bromwich Albion has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Let's have a look at how West Bromwich Albion performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 87 and conceded 62 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 34/31 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nottingham Forest - West Bromwich Albion 1-2. Last six meetings between the teams: Nottingham Forest won 1, West Bromwich Albion won 3 and 2 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Cash
1 goals
K. Edwards
1 goals
M. Phillips
1 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Nottingham Forest West Bromwich Albion
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored 0 2 2
2 2 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
9 9 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5
5 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 9 9
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Nottingham Forest Last season West Bromwich Albion
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   24 48
17 13   Won   11 24
15 4   Drew   4 11
14 6   Lost   9 13
61 34   Scored   35 89
54 21   Conceded   33 64
91% 96%   Over 0.5   96% 98%
70% 61%   Over 1.5   75% 83%
46% 52%   Over 2.5   54% 58%
22% 22%   Over 3.5   33% 40%
7% 4%   Over 4.5   17% 27%
46% 48%   BTTS   54% 67%
35% 39%   Clean Sheets   25% 21%
28% 17%   Failed To Score   25% 15%
 
4.5 4.4   Corners For (avg)   4.6 5.3
5.6 5   Corners Against (avg)   5.8 5.5
2.3 2.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.1 1.9
6 0   Red Cards   5 7
Key stats last season:
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Nottingham Forest
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
16-07-19 CF Olympiakos Piraeus 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest
19-07-19 CF Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Crystal Palace
23-07-19 CF Mansfield Town 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest
26-07-19 CF Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Real Sociedad
03-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
10-08-19 CH Leeds United 11:30 Nottingham Forest
13-08-19 CC Nottingham Forest 18:45 Fleetwood Town
17-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 14:00 Birmingham City
21-08-19 CH Charlton Athletic 18:45 Nottingham Forest
24-08-19 CH Fulham 14:00 Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 CF Villarreal 3 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
20-07-19 CF Scunthorpe United 0 - 4 West Bromwich Albion
23-07-19 CF Rotherham United 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion
26-07-19 CF West Bromwich Albion 0 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
03-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
10-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 14:00 Millwall
13-08-19 CC West Bromwich Albion 19:00 Millwall
17-08-19 CH Luton Town 14:00 West Bromwich Albion
21-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 19:00 Reading
24-08-19 CH Derby County 11:30 West Bromwich Albion

  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 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Swansea City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 West Bromwich Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
16 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Brentford 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Cardiff City 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
19 Fulham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
24 Reading 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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