Preston North End vs Nottingham Forest betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Preston North End are prepared for a new challenge after their 2-3 vs Reading in the previous game. Nottingham Forest are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship

These are full days for the host team, as they had a match only three days ago in the Championship. This match was also played here at Deepdale. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Nottingham Forest have had more rest.

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Preston North End form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Preston North End at their home stadium (Deepdale) is 5 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats.

The Preston North End regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Deepdale: A 2-3 defeat against Reading (placed 21st). The striker Johnson was announced as "man of the match" for Preston with the rating of 7.42/10. Johnson scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Peterborough United.

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 17 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn two and lost seven.

Preston are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Coventry City awaits in four days.

The Preston North End fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 16 matches. Preston North End have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Nottingham Forest playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Nottingham's last game was the home draw against Stoke City (2-2). Johnson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Johnson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Blackburn Rovers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nottingham Forest playing away and similar expectations, we found 20 relevant matches. Results were six Nottingham Forest wins, nine draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Nottingham Forest are hosting Bristol City in the Championship only four days away.

Nottingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Nottingham Forest as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End and Nottingham Forest have met previously this season: Nottingham Forest - Preston 3-0. Preston North End-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Preston North End three wins, Nottingham Forest two wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
12 goals
Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
9 goals

Preston North End missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 15 31
11 5 1 Won W 2 7 13
12 8 3 Drew D 1 4 8
10 3 0 Lost L 2 4 10
37 22 6 Scored S 4 22 43
38 20 5 Conceded C 4 13 33
85% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 94%
67% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 80% 84%
45% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 52%
21% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 13%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
55% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 55%
30% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 29%
30% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 20% 23%
 
4.7 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.1 5.3
4.9 5.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.6 4
1.8 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.2 12.3 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.1 11.5
3.1 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.5
37% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 39% 39%
 
11.8 12.5 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11.9 10.8
3.3 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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  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 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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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.