Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 20, 2021 at 3pm UK

The City Ground

Nott'm Forest
1 - 0
Blackburn

Mighten (26')
Murray (42'), Garner (68')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Harwood-Bellis (2')

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Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray pictured in January 2021

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The Match

Match Report

Chris Hughton's side also needed a Brice Samba penalty save to deny Adam Armstrong.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers, 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 Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 42.78%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 30.07% and a draw had a probability of 27.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.66%) and 0-2 (7.98%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 1-0 (9.52%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.83%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood.

Result
Nottingham Forest	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
30.07%	27.15%	42.78%

Both teams to score 49%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.88%

56.12%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.81%

77.19%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.18%

33.82%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.52%

70.48%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.03%

25.97%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.02%

60.98%

Score Analysis

Nottingham Forest 30.07%

Blackburn Rovers 42.78%

Draw 27.14%

Nottingham Forest	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 9.52% 2-1 @ 6.96% 2-0 @ 5.16% 3-1 @ 2.52% 3-0 @ 1.87% 3-2 @ 1.7% Other @ 2.36% Total : 30.07%	1-1 @ 12.83% 0-0 @ 8.78% 2-2 @ 4.69% Other @ 0.84% Total : 27.14%	0-1 @ 11.84% 1-2 @ 8.66% 0-2 @ 7.98% 1-3 @ 3.89% 0-3 @ 3.59% 2-3 @ 2.11% 1-4 @ 1.31% 0-4 @ 1.21% Other @ 2.19% Total : 42.78%

How you voted: Nott'm Forest vs Blackburn

Nottingham Forest

68.2%

Draw

20.5%

Blackburn Rovers

11.4%