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Midlands strugglers set for a draw

Nottingham Forest vs Derby County - 23/10/2020

Midlands strugglers set for a draw
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On Friday night, Nottingham Forest host Derby County at the City Ground, in what could be a massive Midlands derby in the English Championship.

Both teams head into this local clash desperate for points to kick-start their floundering campaigns in the second tier of English football.

The home side are 20th in the Championship table after picking up just four points from their opening six matches in the league, just a point more than Friday night’s opponents.

Forest have won all their four points this season from their last two games in which they have won at Blackburn and drawn with Rotherham. However, losing the first four games of the campaign played a big part in the exit of head coach Sabri Lamouchi.

He has since been replaced by former Brighton and Newcastle boss Chris Hughton. The appointment looks like a sensible one from the home side, who need stability.

The Tricky Trees have been in poor home form since the back of last season, having failed to win any of their last six league outings at the City Ground.

Forest may have endured a difficult start to their season, but Derby are enduring an even worse start to their Championship campaign. The Rams are in the relegation zone of the embryonic Championship table having taken just three points from their opening six games.

One of the visitors biggest problem in recent league outings has been a lack of goals, as they have scored just once in their previous four Championship matches.

Clean sheets have also been hard to come by of late, as they have managed to keep their opponents out in just one of their previous 12 league games dating back to last season.

Forebet predicts that this clash will produce more frustration for both sets of fans, ending in a low-scoring draw.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
323533
X
1 - 1
2.18
3.30
1.97 3.30 4.25 1 -1 1
FT
1 - 1(0 - 1)
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- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Ipswich Town 89 43 26 11 6 32
2
Leicester City 88 42 28 4 10 41
3
Leeds United 87 43 26 9 8 42
4
Southampton 84 42 25 9 8 30
5
West Bromwich 72 43 20 12 11 24
6
Norwich City 71 43 21 8 14 16
7
Hull City 65 42 18 11 13 8
8
Coventry City 63 42 17 12 13 14
9
Middlesbrough 63 43 18 9 16 5
10
Preston North End 63 43 18 9 16 -4
11
Cardiff City 59 43 18 5 20 -12
12
Bristol City 58 43 16 10 17 4
13
Sunderland 56 43 16 8 19 2
14
Swansea City 53 43 14 11 18 -9
15
Watford 52 43 12 16 15 1
16
Millwall 50 43 13 11 19 -13
17
Blackburn Rovers 49 43 13 10 20 -14
18
Plymouth Argyle 48 43 12 12 19 -8
19
QPR 47 43 12 11 20 -17
20
Stoke City 47 43 12 11 20 -19
21
Birmingham City 45 43 12 9 22 -16
22
Huddersfield 44 43 9 17 17 -23
23
Sheffield Wednesday 44 43 12 8 23 -31
24
Rotherham 23 43 4 11 28 -53

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