Nottingham vs Birmingham Prediction & Tips
Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City meet at The City Ground in a match for the 35th round of the Championship. Birmingham City won at home by (1-0) the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 18-11-2017. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 4 games won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. Indeed, in the last showdown at this stadium, for the Championship on 14-10-2016, Nottingham Forest won by (3-1). The goals of the match were scored by E. Lichaj (33 ‘), A. Vellios (63’) and Hildeberto Pereira (83 ‘) for Nottingham Forest and L. Jutkiewicz (71′) for Birmingham City. Special attention is needed for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Analysis of Nottingham Forest
After 12 wins, 4 draws and 18 losses, the home team is in 15th place, having won 40 points. In the last match, he beat Queens Park Rangers 2-0 (2-5), having drawn 1-1 at home against Reading for a 1-1 draw. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses as a visitor; against 6 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Nottingham Forest won 10 points out of 30 after 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in their last 10 games at their stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, and his attack is not in good shape as he did not score goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 34 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 21 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard.
Nottingham Forest come to this game with a win in the QPR field by 2-5, returning victories after five games without winning the championship. We emphasize that the great goal of the men of the house will be to occupy the top of the leaderboard. For this game, coach Aitor Karanka should re-align the squad in 4-2-3-1 with Tomlin, the two-goal scorer in the last game, who is responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process. We emphasize that the local team has some failures in the defensive stops. Kieran Dowell is the great highlight of the Nottingham Forest team with 9 goals and 4 assists. For this game the coach does not have Lichaj, suspended, besides Dejagah, this injured.
Analysis of Birmingham City
After 8 wins, 6 draws and 20 losses, the visiting team is in 22nd place, having won 30 points. In the last match, they lost with Barnsley at home (0-2), after their previous match lost out in a game against Brentford (5-0). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; against 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 away games, Birmingham City have 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, having won 9 points out of 30. The team allowed their opponents’ goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 34 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 20 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 17 away games for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: scored 4 of his 11 goals between the minutes (16′-30 ‘).
Birmingham City come to this game with a home defeat by Barnsley, 0-2, thus totaling the fourth defeat in this competition. It is important to note that visitors are still in the relegation zone, that is, each game is considered of the utmost importance. In this match away from home coach Steve Cotterill should maintain his usual 4-2-3-1 with Gallagher being the most offensive reference of the team. In addition, the player mentioned above is the great highlight of this team with 8 goals scored. The most dominating Isaac Vassell player was without a doubt Sébastien Vassell.
Nottingham – Birmingham FREE TIPS
Nottingham Win @ 1.95
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
