Nottingham Forest favourites for feisty fight facing West Bromwich Albion

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Nottingham Forest are enjoying their 5th, while West Bromwich Albion are lingering 7 points behind in the table. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest is in the best form (5-0-1) 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.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Nottingham Forest have managed 11 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 21 games. Nottingham Forest has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at The City Ground. We remember; it was Stoke City.

Nottingham lost their last game at Luton Town (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Birmingham City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nottingham Forest have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost two.

A decent goal production from Nottingham Forest in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 21 league matches.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Bromwich Albion so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 5-5-11 (win-draw-lose).

West Bromwich Albion go into this game after a win, the home game against Blackpool that ended 2-1. The end of the last match, against Blackpool, was very satisfying as Grant scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Reach got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Reach served one assist, hit one key pass and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).

A loss against Stoke City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

WBA are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting West Bromwich Albion as they have only managed to score 18 times from 21 away games in the league. West Bromwich Albion have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads played each other previously this campaign; West Bromwich Albion - Nottingham 0-0. Previous eight meetings involving these sides: Nottingham Forest won one, West Bromwich Albion were winners in three and we saw four draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
15 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
14 goals
Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 21 6 Played P 7 21 42
19 11 4 Won W 1 5 16
10 4 2 Drew D 1 5 12
11 6 0 Lost L 5 11 14
61 34 13 Scored S 5 18 47
37 21 5 Conceded C 13 25 41
92% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 88%
82% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 62% 64%
48% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 38% 38%
18% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 17%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 2%
50% 48% 67% BTTS BTTS 43% 33% 36%
35% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 38%
22% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 57% 52% 38%
 
5.5 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.1 5.3 5.9
4.3 3.4 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 3.3 3.9
1.9 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.1 1.7
3 3 1 Red cards R C 3 3 6
 
12 12.6 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 13.4 14.4
3.9 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 4.3
39% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 22% 26%
 
10.5 9.1 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.4 8.7
3.6 3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3 2.6
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 (9) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

Nottingham Forest:
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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 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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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.