A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Stoke City fans are optimistic that the difference between 7th and Nottingham Forest's 20th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Stoke City 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 Stoke City and Nottingham Forest.
Stoke City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Stoke City at their home stadium (Bet365 Stadium) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The Stoke goalkeeper Josef Bursik is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 374 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.
Stoke travelled for their previous game, a trip to Coventry City that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Stoke lost 1-3 at home to Tottenham Hotspur.
This is expected to be a close game, with Stoke City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stoke as a small favourite), we find nine games. Stoke City has won three of these, drawn three and lost three.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AFC Bournemouth are coming to town in four days.
Stoke have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bet365 Stadium with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
There's been little loot from Nottingham Forest's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Championship. Nottingham Forest only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
There were no winners in Nottingham Forest's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Birmingham City (placed 17th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Millwall that ended 1-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Nottingham Forest, eight draws and ten defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Nottingham now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Preston North End is waiting in only four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Nottingham Forest's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Nottingham Forest have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Stoke victories, one draw and two Nottingham Forest wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Campbell 6 goals |  N. Powell 5 goals |  S. Fletcher 4 goals |
Stoke City missing players
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| Stoke City | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 25 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 20 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 76% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 52% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 71% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 10% | 19% |
| 24% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 19% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 38% |
| 57% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 33% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 9.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9 | 11.6 |
| 2.7 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 18% | 20% |
- 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.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nottingham Forest have scored away.
- Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 43 |
| 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 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 29 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -13 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
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