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Preston North End Nottingham Forest betting prediction


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This match opposes two teams that go through positive moments, however, the home team has a much higher quality squad. Thus, the home team should dominate the ball possession and enjoy more chances compared to their opponent, since the visitors should choose to counterattack, but with problems when finishing. It should be noted that the home team won the last three home matches. Having said that and taking into account these details, risking in favor of the "Draw no bet, Preston" market in this game is the best option.
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Preview
Preston North End and Nottingham Forest meet at Deepdale, in a match for the 23th round of the Championship. At this stadium, the head‑to‑head history indicates total balance between these two teams, since there is a record of 4 draws in the last 4 matches. Sure enough, the last time these teams met at this stadium was on 11‑07‑2020, in a match for the Championship, they tied (1‑1). The goals of the match were scored by J. Stockley (15' ), for Preston North End, and by L. Grabban (5' ), for Nottingham Forest. Although this is a match between 11th and 21th of the league table, it’s actually a match between the 19th best in home matches and the 22th best in away matches.

Analysis Preston

The home team is currently in the 11th position of the league, with 32 points won, after 10 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Derby County, by (0‑1). In the last match, they won in a home match against Coventry City, by (2‑0). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 19 points in away matches, with 20 goals scored and 18 conceded, against 13 points won at their stadium, with 10 goals scored and 12 conceded. For the league, Preston North End won 13 points out of 30 possible points, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. The most recurrent result at half‑time in their home league matches was the 0‑0 (5 out of 11 matches). Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, since 5 of the last 11 for this competition have ended ended with Under 1,5 goals. In 22 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 11 times and have only turned the score around in 2. In the last 11 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (46'‑60').

Preston North End enters this match with a 2-0 victory against Coventry, thus recording their third consecutive La Liga victory: the team's goals were signed by Daniel Johnson and Sean Maguire. In this match against Nottingham Forest, the coach Alex Neil should maintain his standard tactical system, the 3-5-2, privileging the maintenance of the ball possession and the organized attacks, however, in some moments of the match they should act in a different, more direct way. Striker Tom Barkhuizen is one of the highlights of this team with 4 goals scored. For this match, the home team cannot count on Patrick Bauer, Scott Sinclair, Ben Pearson and Billy Bodin, all with physical problems.

Confirmed Lineup: Declan Rudd, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Andrew Hughes, Darnell Fisher, Brad Potts, Ryan Ledson, Daniel Johnson, Tom Bayliss, Tom Barkhuizen, Sean Maguire.

Analysis Nottm Forest

The away team is currently in the 21th position of the league, with 19 points won, after 4 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Birmingham City, by (0‑0). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Stoke City, by (1‑1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 6 points in away matches and 13 at their stadium, with 10 goals scored and 11 conceded at home, against 5 goals scored and 15 conceded in away matches. In the last 10 away league matches Nottingham Forest has a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses, so they have won 6 points out of 30 possible.

In this competition, they haven’t won any of the last 8 away matches. In their away matches there are a few frequent results: at half‑time 1‑0 (5 out of 11 matches) and 0‑0 (6 out of 11 matches) and after the 90' 2‑0 (4 out of 11 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 10 of the last 11 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. This is a team that has had a hard time trying to score first. They have opened up the score in only 4 of the last 22 matches for the Championship, they have reached half‑time in front in 3 of those 4 matches and held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in all of them. In 22 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 16 times and have never been able to turn the score around.

Nottingham Forest starts for this match with a draw, 1-1, in the trip to the Stoke City ground, making it the fourth straight match without losing in this competition. On this round against Preston, coach Chris Hughton should choose a more cautious strategy, looking for spaces to counterattack. Midfielder Ryan Yates is one of the most important players in the tactical scheme of this formation, being responsible for the offensive process. Striker Lyle Taylor is one of the scorers of this team with 4 goals scored. For this match the visiting team does not have Scott McKenna and Luke Freeman, both injured.

Confirmed Lineup: Brice Samba, Yuri Ribeiro, Tobias Figueiredo, Cyrus Christie, Joe Worrall, Anthony Knockaert, Samba Sow, Sammy Ameobi, Ryan Yates, Cafú, Lewis Grabban.

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Frequently asked questions

The tip and bet suggestion for the Preston vs Nottm Forest match, on 2 January 2021, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Draw no bet, Preston ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Preston vs Nottm Forest on 2 January 2021 will be played at Preston, Deepdale.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Preston Nottm Forest match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Preston at with 68% of the tips.

 

Championship - 2020/2021

  • 100% 557 / 557 Games

  • Home team wins 41.29%
  • Draws 25.13%
  • Away team wins 33.57%
  • Over 1.5 68.04%
  • Over 2.5 40.75%
  • Over 3.5 18.67%
  • Goals 1284
  • Goals /match 2.31
  • Goals /match home 1.25
  • Goals /match away 1.05
  • Both teams score 45.24%
  • Goals after 80' 17.21%
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