Preston vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips & Match Predictions

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Preston vs Nottingham Forest Intro

The Championship table is starting to take shape as Preston and Nottingham Forest meet at Deepdale. There’s very little between these teams in the standings as they both push for the top positions. Kick off is set for Tuesday February 22, 2022 at 7:45 PM.

Prior to round 34, Ryan Lowe was able to take the home team to the 12th place in the Championship table on 45 points. Steve Cooper leads the opposing team, who currently sit in the 9th position, having taken 47 points. The Championship season is well underway as Preston and Nottingham Forest meet. The sides have had similar campaigns so far, parted by only 2 and 3 places.

Preston vs Nottingham Forest Form

Preston have struggled a little in the last few games, and losing to Reading hasn’t brought in any new points, keeping the team at eight in the five rounds. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest have really started to look good. The draw with Stoke in the previous round makes it 10 points from the last five games. With a potential haul of 15 points from last five home Championship games, Preston have only managed 4. Nottingham Forest have won nine points during the last 5 games away from home.

Preston vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Nottingham Forest has a very slight lead when it comes to victories in this fixture. Preston has won 9 compared to Nottingham Forest’s 10 wins out of 32 matches played. These two have met on may occasions and it has tended to be Nottingham Forest that has just about enjoyed the upper hand. It has also won one more than Preston in the last six meetings.

Preston vs Nottingham Forest Analysis

Preston lost their last match. Ryan Lowe’s men played against Reading. At the final wistle, the scoring board showed 2-3. Now it is time for Ryan Lowe’s men to face Nottingham Forest. Stats against Reading, shows that Preston had 59% of ball possession. If we look at shots on goal, Preston had a total of 9 shots while they conceded 11 shots. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest drew its previous game. Steve Cooper’s men were facing Stoke. The game ended with a score of 2-2. In their match against Stoke, Nottingham Forest had the following ball possession : 39%. Often punters look to shots on goal as a true guide of how a team performed. For Nottingham Forest, a total of 6 shots were taken in attack with 13 shots conceded in the last game.