Championship

Championship | Gameweek 21

Dec 26, 2020 at 3pm UK

The City Ground

Nott'm Forest
0 - 0
Birmingham

Ribeiro (36'), Grabban (64'), Yates (90+2')

Clayton (42'), Colin (89')

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Nottingham Forest manager Chris Hughton pictured on October 20, 2020

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The game finished goalless at the City Ground.

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The Match

Match Report

Chris Hughton was unable to seal a victory against his former club.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Nottingham Forest win with a probability of 41.99%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 29.49% and a draw had a probability of 28.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Nottingham Forest win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.26%) and 2-1 (8.21%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 0-1 (10.58%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.18%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 10.6% likelihood.

Result
Nottingham Forest	Draw	Birmingham City
41.99%	28.52%	29.49%

Both teams to score 44.88%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

38.8%

61.2%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.86%

81.14%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.23%

28.78%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.38%

64.62%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.01%

36.99%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.22%

73.78%

Score Analysis

Nottingham Forest 41.98%

Birmingham City 29.48%

Draw 28.51%

Nottingham Forest	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 13.25% 2-0 @ 8.26% 2-1 @ 8.21% 3-0 @ 3.43% 3-1 @ 3.41% 3-2 @ 1.7% 4-0 @ 1.07% 4-1 @ 1.06% Other @ 1.6% Total : 41.98%	1-1 @ 13.18% 0-0 @ 10.64% 2-2 @ 4.08% Other @ 0.61% Total : 28.51%	0-1 @ 10.58% 1-2 @ 6.56% 0-2 @ 5.26% 1-3 @ 2.17% 0-3 @ 1.75% 2-3 @ 1.35% Other @ 1.81% Total : 29.48%

How you voted: Nott'm Forest vs Birmingham

Nottingham Forest

53.5%

Draw

33.8%

Birmingham City

12.7%