Derby v Nottingham Forest Betting Tips – Championship, 17th December 7.45pm
Monday night is going to get interesting in the Championship. Derby will be on the prowl for maximum points on home soil which will see them get themselves a move up into third place in the league. Forest have been going well lately though and will break into the top six if they manage to pick up an away win. Read our Derby v Nottingham Forest predictions.
Derby v Nottingham Forest Betting Odds*
Derby evens
Draw 13/5
Nottingham Forest 3/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on December 16th, 2018 at 3:11 p.m.)
Table of Contents
Derby News and Form
The Rams took a 1-0 away win at Wigan last weekend
That is back to back league wins for them now
The Rams are W5 D1 L2 in their last eight games home and away
Their home form for the season is W6 D2 L2
Derby have won three of their last four home games (L1)
They have averaged 1.6 goals per game on home soil
60% of their games at Pride Park have gone above the 2.5 goal line
Each of their last four home games have gone above the mark
Derby have taken a clean sheet in 30% of their home fixtures this season
Four of their six home wins have been by a two-goal margin
The Rams have been level at half-time in half of their home games this season
Derby are on a four-match scoring streak in the second tier
They have not managed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last six at home
A victory moves them up into third place
Derby v Nottingham Forest Head to Head
Derby have won their last three home games against Forest to nil
The Rams took four points from last season’s Championship meetings
Derby are unbeaten in five league games against Forest (W3 D2)
Forest have scored in just one of their last five trips to Pride Park
Nottingham Forest News and Form
Forest suffered a 1-0 home defeat against Preston last weekend
That snapped a seven-match undefeated streak of form they were on
Forest’s away record this season is W3 D6 L1
Forest are unbeaten in their last seven games on their travels this season in the Championship
They drew their last away game 5-5 at Aston Villa
Forest have averaged 1.9 goals per away games this season
They have only failed to score in 10% of their road games
50% of their away games have gone over 2.5 goals
Forest have earned a clean sheet in 40% of their road games
Just twice this season have Forest been leading at half time in an away game
Forest have scored 68% of their away goals this season in the second half of games
Forest are on a six-match scoring streak on their travels
Only Middlesbrough and Leeds have better defensive records than Forest currently
Derby v Nottingham Forest Tips & Odds
Derby to win to nil 12/5
Both teams NOT to score evens
* (betting odds taken from December 16th, 2018 at 7:04 pm)
Derby v Nottingham Forest Predictions
Derby to win: This is such a big game and Derby won’t want to concede a bit of ground to another team in the top six. We can see them sticking together tightly on home soil here and doing enough to land the home win.
