With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Preston North End fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Nottingham Forest.
- Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Preston North End nor Nottingham Forest 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.
Preston North End form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Preston North End have to build on here at Deepdale in the Championship. There’s a good atmosphere here at Deepdale after three straight home wins.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Declan Rudd not having conceded a league goal in 280 minutes.
Preston North End's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Coventry City (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Derby County.
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 Preston North End have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost seven.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Preston here at Deepdale in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Preston have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
There's been little loot from Nottingham Forest's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Championship. Nottingham Forest only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. The last three matches for Nottingham have all ended in a draw. Two points from the last two away games for Nottingham, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Nottingham Forest has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Stoke City for a Championship game that ended a draw (1-1). A draw for Nottingham Forest before that, at their own venue hosting Birmingham City (0-0).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Nottingham, nine draws and ten defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Nottingham's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Nottingham have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Preston, six draws and one win for Nottingham Forest. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sinclair 7 goals |  T. Barkhuizen 4 goals |   L. Taylor 4 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Preston North End | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 30 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 30 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 55% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 73% | 73% |
| 59% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 23% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 18% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | 41% |
| 32% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 9% | 23% |
| 27% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 55% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.6 | 10 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.3 | 11.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 37% | 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 21% | 21% |
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 4 | Brentford | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Watford | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Reading | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 30 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -10 | 23 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Derby County | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -9 | 19 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 15 |
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