West Bromwich Albion have outperformed Nottingham Forest so far this season, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you require before kickoff:
- West Bromwich Albion have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither WBA 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.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Hawthorns as West Bromwich Albion have scored 16 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 205 minutes without scoring a league goal. G. Diangana was the last player to find the net.
WBA manager V. Ismaël and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Blackpool (placed 9th) in the Championship. Midfielder Conor Townsend was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.43 (out of ten) in that game. Townsend hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Heartbreak before that as WBA lost 0-1 at Huddersfield Town's place.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier WBA matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, two draws and zero defeats (from five games).
The WBA fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, WBA have conceded only 5 goals.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Nottingham are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Nottingham delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Luton Town (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Brice Samba (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.82. Samba saved a penalty, stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Reading that ended 1-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nottingham Forest when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.
Nottingham has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Previous seven meetings involving these sides: WBA won three, Nottingham Forest were winners in one and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ahearne-Grant 8 goals |   L. Grabban 8 goals |  M. Phillips 3 goals |
West Bromwich Albion missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| West Bromwich Albion | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 27 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | 53% |
| 21% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 5% | 11% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 44% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 63% |
| 42% | 56% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 21% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 11% | 21% |
| 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15.9 | 16.4 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 28% | 31% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | 39% |
| 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 11.7 | 10.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | 3.8 |
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Championship
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- West Bromwich Albion have not yet lost a game at home.
- West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Fulham | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 41 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Blackpool | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Millwall | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Sheffield United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 18 |
| 20 | Reading | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 21 | Hull City | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -17 | 15 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 11 |
| 24 | Derby County | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 0 |
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