Derby County and Nottingham Forest meet forces at iPro Stadium, in a match for the 41st round of the Championship. In the last head ‑ to ‑ head for this edition of the league, played on 09‑11‑2019, Nottingham Forest won at home by (1‑0). The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 4 matches won 3 and tied 1. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 17‑12‑2018 For the Championship, the two teams tied by (0‑0). The home / away condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 12th and 5th in the league table, it is actually a match between the 2nd place in home matches and the 3rd away match.
Derby County :
The home team is currently in 12th position, with 51 points won, after 13 wins, 12 draws and 12 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Sheffield Wednesday, by (1‑3). In the last match, they won at home against Blackburn Rovers, by (3‑0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they conquered 37 points, against only 14 in their away games. In their last 10 home games for the championship, Derby County has won 5, tied 4 and lost 1, winning 19 points in 30 possible. In their home league matches, the most frequent final result at half-time was 1‑0 (7 in 19 games). 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 at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since in 13 of the last 19 that have played there were less than 3 goals. In 37 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 16 times and never got the comeback.
Derby County comes to this game motivated, after a 0x1 victory on the trip to the Preston arena, adding the fifth consecutive victory in this English second division: the only goal of the match was scored by Rooney. On this day, against Nottingham Forest, coach Phillip Cocu must continue in the usual tactical system, 4-2-3-1, with Martyn Waghorn being the team’s most offensive reference: this player is the top scorer, with 12 goals scored. Defensive and offensive stopped balls are a very strong point of this team. Out of this game is Tom Lawrence, due to a suspension.
Nottingham Forest :
After 16 wins, 12 draws and 9 losses, the visiting team is currently in 5th place, with 60 points won. In their last match, they lost to Millwall at home by (0‑3), after in the previous match they had tied in an away match against Middlesbrough, by (2‑2). Curiously, this is a team that has achieved more positive results outside than at their stadium, as they have won 32 points on the road and only 28 at their stadium. For the championship, Nottingham Forest conquered 16 points in 30 possible, after 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats in the last 10 games that they played as a visitor. His offense has scored consistently, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 37 matches in this competition, he only got 2 comebacks in the 15 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 19 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 11 of their 28 goals between minutes (76′ ‑ 90 ‘).
Nottingham Forest comes to this match motivated, after a 1-0 win at home over Bristol City, thus adding their second consecutive victory in the English second division: Tiago Silva scored the only goal. Coach Sabri Lamouchi should keep the team 4-3-3, favoring the organization of his block and counterattacks, especially through the central zone. Forward Lewis Grabban is Nottingham Forest’s top scorer with 19 goals. The completion of the scoring opportunities created has been a very strong point of this formation. All players are available for this match.
