Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham Betting Tips & Match Predictions

Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham Intro

Two teams who have had contrasting form as Nottingham Forest welcome Birmingham to the City Ground, Nottingham. The home side have been excellent in the Championship this season, and sit at the top of the pile. Birmingham will be looking to end their season on a high, after struggling for many parts of their campaign. Kick off is on Saturday April 9, 2022 at 2:00 PM.

Steve Cooper’s home team come into round 41 fully prepared, in the 5th place on 64 points. The visitors’ coach Lee Bowyer has helped his team to the 18th position and 45 points. We approach the latter stages of the Championship campaign and there’s a massive gap between Nottingham Forest and Birmingham in the table. There’s a difference of 13 places and 19 points between these two sides.

Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham Form

Nottingham Forest have now won 13 points from the last five games and can count a victory over Coventry in its five-game unbeaten run. That being said, Birmingham, following their last round win against West Bromwich Albion, have now won 8 points from their last five matches on a form run of W,D,L,D,W. Last five home games have yielded 13 points for Nottingham Forest, which only shows how good their home form is. Birmingham have only 5 points to show from their five away games.

Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham H2H

Looking at 32 total games, Nottingham Forest still holds a slender lead in the H2H here with 11 wins compared to Birmingham’s 10. While Nottingham Forest may have the advantage over Birmingham historically, the teams have won the same number of games in the last six meetings.

Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham Analysis

Nottingham Forest won their last game. Steve Cooper’s men were facing Coventry. The game ended with a score of 2-0. Now Steve Cooper’s men are fully focusing on facing Birmingham. While facing Coventry, Nottingham Forest had 52% of ball possession. In terms of shots on goal, Nottingham Forest struck a total of 13 shots in attack while in defence conceding 11 shots to Coventry. Meanwhile, Birmingham won their last match. Lee Bowyer’s men were up against West Bromwich Albion. At the final wistle, the score board showed 1-0. In their match against West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham claimed 42% of the ball. Looking at shots on goal, Birmingham has those following stats: 2 shots in attack and 6 shots conceded.

Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham Odds

Taking a look at the bookmakers’ odds, the favourite for this match between Nottingham Forest and Birmingham is Nottingham Forest.