Nottingham Forest vs Derby Betting Tips & Match Predictions
Nottingham Forest vs Derby Intro
Nottingham Forest are looking to challenge the teams above them as they welcome Derby to the City Ground, Nottingham. Nottingham Forest have been in decent form but three points here could see them leapfrog the teams above them. As for Derby, they’re in dire straits. They’re running out of games as they attempt to steer clear of relegation drama. An important game at both ends of the Championship table, kick off is on Saturday January 22, 2022 at 12:30 PM.
We enter matchweek as the home side sit in the 10th position in the Championship table. The away side have taken 14 points so far and take up the 23rd place. We’re into the latter stages of the season with Nottingham Forest and Derby in contrasting form. The two sides are divided by a huge 13 places and 23 points gap.
Nottingham Forest vs Derby Form
Although Nottingham Forest won against Millwall in the previous round and have now managed to pick up 9 points in the last five games. At the same time, Derby, following their victory over Sheffield United in the last round, have now gone unbeaten collecting 13 points from their last five matches. Nottingham Forest can really show they mean business with another win here. They already have 10 points from five home games played most recently in the Championship. And looking at the last 5 games played away from home for Derby, Saturday’s guests have won just six points.
Nottingham Forest vs Derby H2H
Nottingham Forest will be hoping that they can catch up a little with Derby’s record in this fixture. Currently Nottingham Forest only have 10 wins compared to Derby’s 12, out of 36 total matches played. There have also been 14 draws. Derby has fallen away in this fixture in recent times, with Nottingham Forest enjoying 2 more wins in the last six.
With 2 more victories in the last six meetings, Nottingham Forest has come out of Derby’s shadow as far as this fixture goes.
Nottingham Forest vs Derby Analysis
Nottingham Forest won their last game. ‘s squad faced Millwall. Th match ended with a score of 1-0. Now ‘s men focus on their next opponents, Derby. Against Millwall, Nottingham Forest claimed 50% of the ball. Many punters rely on shots on goal data for a given team. In their last game, Nottingham Forest had 15 shots in attack and 7 shots conceded. Meanwhile, Derby won its previous game. Wayne Rooney’s team played Sheffield United. The fulltime scoreline for that match was 2-0. During their latest meetup with Sheffield United, Derby took 45% possession. Looking at shots on goal, Derby has those following stats: 3 shots in attack and 5 shots conceded.
Nottingham Forest vs Derby Odds
As far as the betting odds go, the bookmakers’ favourite is Nottingham Forest.
