Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United Prediction & Betting Tips

Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United Intro

It may be early in the season but Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United have both started the season well. Each club will be eager to earn another positive result on Tuesday May 17, 2022 in this key early season Championship matchup at City Ground, Nottingham with kick off scheduled for 6:45 PM.

We head into matchweek Semi Finals as Steve Cooper’s squad, who are currently last in the Championship, receive a visit from Paul Heckingbottom and his team. Two sides in contrasting form, the home team have taken only points, with the away side currently th, sitting on points from games. It’s early days in the Championship season and Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United have had similar starts. They’re both on points, with just places between them.

Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United Form

Nottingham Forest beat Sheffield United last time out and have continued to play well, picking up 10 points from a possible 15. Meanwhile, Sheffield United lost to Nottingham Forest last time out but have continued to play well, picking up 10 points from a possible 15. A look at home performance shows that the hosts were untouchable at City Ground, Nottingham – at least in last 5 games. Can Nottingham Forest keep up their perfect form at home and win their sixth straight game? Sheffield United have had mixed results on the road recently, winning 5 points in their last five when travelling.

Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United H2H

Sheffield United travel to play Nottingham Forest holding a slight advantage in the 31 H2H games. They have 10 victories as opposed to Nottingham Forest’s 9. Nottingham Forest will feel confident of extending its lead over Sheffield United in recent meetings. But the overall record of this fixture has the clubs dead level.

Sheffield United will even up the recent record between these two with a win here. It has always enjoyed a better historical record than Nottingham Forest in the fixture.

Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United Analysis

Nottingham Forest won their last match. Steve Cooper’s men played against Sheffield United. At the final wistle, the scoring board showed 2-1. Now it is time for Steve Cooper’s men to face Sheffield United. While facing Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest had 39% of ball possession. Looking at shots on goal, Nottingham Forest, in its previous game, shot 12 times on target and in the same game, Steve Cooper’s men gave up 9 shots. Meanwhile, Sheffield United took zero points in losing their last match. In that match, Paul Heckingbottom’s men faced Nottingham Forest. After 90 minutes, the score was 1-2. While facing Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United had 61% of ball possession. If we look at shots on goal, Sheffield United had a total of 9 shots while they conceded 12 shots.

Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United we see that the bookmakers have Nottingham Forest as favourites to get the win.