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Nottingham Forest Blackburn Rovers betting prediction


Betting suggestion:

This meeting has a great tendency to be balanced, since it places two formations that need to win to guarantee the maintenance. In this way, the two sets should enter the field with very offensive strategies, with the middle high block, trying to exploit the defensive difficulties of the opponent in the best way. Having said this and taking into account these factors, we believe that betting on both teams scoring in this game is of great value.
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Preview
Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers meet at The City Ground, in a match for the 42th round of the Championship. Blackburn Rovers got a home win by (2‑1), in the last league head‑to‑head, played in 18‑10‑2016. At this stadium, the head‑to‑head history indicates total balance between these two teams, since there is a record of 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 matches. Sure enough, the last time these teams met at this stadium was on 19‑04‑2016, in a match for the Championship, they tied (1‑1). The goals of the match were scored by D. Blackstock (15' ), for Nottingham Forest, and by D. Graham (22' ), for Blackburn Rovers. Although this is a match between 19th and 22th of the league table, it’s actually a match between the 12th best in home matches and the 22th best in away matches.

Analysis Nottm Forest

The home team is currently in the 19th position of the league, with 45 points won, after 12 wins, 9 draws and 20 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, by (1‑0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Huddersfield Town, by (2‑0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 11 points in away matches, with 20 goals scored and 39 conceded, against 34 points won at their stadium, with 36 goals scored and 27 conceded. In the last 10 home league matches Nottingham Forest has a record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, so they have won 16 points out of 30 possible. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 18 of the last 20 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 20 of their 41 matches for this competition, and have only turned the score around in 3. there is 1 period that stands out in the last 20 home matches for this competition: they have scored 13 of their 36 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Nottingham Forest's side is hoping for a home game against Huddersfield 2-0, returning to winning ways after five games without a win: the goals have been signed by Lichaj and Ward. Note that hosts have only five points more than the demotion zone. As is natural in their games, Coach Mark Warburton should line up his team in 4-2-3-1 to keep possession of the ball and the attacks paused, always looking for the offensive reference Assombalonga: this player is the best scorer of the Nottingham Forest with 10 goals scored. Daniel Fox is reported to be returning after serving his punishment.

Confirmed Lineup: Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Armand Traore, Joe Worrall, Matthew Mills, David Vaughan, Chris Cohen, Ben Osborn, Jamie Ward, Ben Brereton Díaz, Zach Clough.
Coach: S. Dyche.

Analysis Blackburn

The away team is currently in the 22th position of the league, with 40 points won, after 9 wins, 13 draws and 19 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Reading, by (3‑1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Barnsley, by (0‑2). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 12 points in away matches and 28 at their stadium, with 27 goals scored and 29 conceded at home, against 20 goals scored and 34 conceded in away matches. In the last 10 away league matches Blackburn Rovers has a record of 5 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 5 points out of 30 possible.

In this competition, they haven’t won any of the last 11 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (10 out of 20 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 41 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 29 times and have only turned the score around in 3. In the last 20 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 9 of their 21 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Blackburn Rovers continues to have a lot of difficulties in this championship and currently has 7 consecutive games without proving the taste of victory. So the maintenance dream is getting harder as it remains 4 points behind Bristol City, the first team outside the relegation zone. In this away game coach Tony Mowbray should line up in the usual 4-4-2 favoring the defensive organization and successive counterattacks, exploiting the best space on the defensive line of the opponent. Danny Graham is the best Blackburn Rovers finisher with 11 scoreless goals. For this game the coach cannot use Evans, Greer, Lenihan and Mulgrew, all for injury.

Confirmed Lineup: David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Tommie Hoban, Jason Lowe, Hope Akpan, Elliott Bennett, Liam Feeney, Connor Mahoney, Sam Gallagher.
Coach: E. Ward, V. Ismaël.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Nottm Forest vs Blackburn match, on 14 April 2017, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Both teams score? Yes ⇒ bet available on bet365.

The Nottm Forest vs Blackburn on 14 April 2017 will be played at Nottingham, The City Ground.

 

Championship - 2016/2017

  • 100% 557 / 557 Games

  • Home team wins 47.4%
  • Draws 23.7%
  • Away team wins 28.9%
  • Over 1.5 73.61%
  • Over 2.5 48.83%
  • Over 3.5 25.13%
  • Goals 1446
  • Goals /match 2.6
  • Goals /match home 1.49
  • Goals /match away 1.11
  • Both teams score 52.6%
  • Goals after 80' 17.98%
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