An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Rotherham United and Nottingham Forest experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 22nd and the visitors in 17th place.
- Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
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 Rotherham United and Nottingham Forest.
Rotherham United form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Rotherham United have to build on here at AESSEAL New York Stadium in the Championship. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Rotherham to get some points in this home game.
Rotherham are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 209 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Crooks).
The fans are hoping that Rotherham will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Championship game against Norwich City (placed 1st). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at AFC Bournemouth.
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 Rotherham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost three.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Reading are coming to town in four days.
The Rotherham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nottingham Forest so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose).
Alex Mighten scored in Nottingham's previous match, the home game against Blackburn Rovers that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, the Nottingham manager C. Hughton faced defeat when travelling to Swansea City and losing 0-1.
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 23 relevant matches. Results were six Nottingham Forest wins, nine draws and eight defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nottingham manager C. Hughton as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Derby County.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nottingham Forest as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. Nottingham Forest have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rotherham and Nottingham Forest have met before this season: Nottingham Forest - Rotherham United 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Rotherham United victory, five draws and four Nottingham Forest wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Smith 7 goals |  M. Crooks 6 goals |  F. Ladapo 5 goals |
Rotherham United missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Rotherham United | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 33 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 40 | 20 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 72% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 65% |
| 52% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 20% | 26% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 21% | 21% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 32% |
| 31% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 47% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.7 | 11.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 9.9 | 11.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 39% | 39% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 32% | 29% |
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rotherham United 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 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 64 |
| 2 | Brentford | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | Watford | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 57 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 56 |
| 5 | Reading | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 51 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 49 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 45 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 45 |
| 11 | Millwall | 31 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 39 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 39 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 26 | -8 | 39 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -13 | 39 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 37 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 36 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -7 | 36 |
| 19 | Derby County | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 34 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 34 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -15 | 31 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -11 | 28 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -29 | 20 |
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- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)