Nottingham Forest v Birmingham Predictions & Betting Odds – 25th August 2018

Misfiring Blues to suffer at City Ground

Championship Betting

Nottingham Forest v Birmingham Betting Tips – Championship, 25th August 5.30pm

While Nottingham Forest have remained unbeaten at the start of the new Championship season, they have only recorded the one win. So they will be looking to push on by making the most of home advantage in hosting Birmingham in midweek. The Blues had an extra midweek game while Forest were on a break, and lost away at Bolton. Read our predictions for Nottingham Forest v Birmingham.

Nottingham Forest News and Form

It has been a solid enough start for Forest who will at least be happy to have remained unbeaten. They are at W1 D3 for the season. In their last home game, they collected a 1-0 win over Reading and that is four points from their two home fixtures so far. That win over the Royals is the only clean sheet they have managed this term too, but we are backing them to get one in this weekend’s game against Birmingham.

Nottingham Forest to win to nil at bet365 is at 15/8 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on August 20th, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.). Forest have scored four of their five league goals this season from open play and it is Hillel Soudani who is their early-season top scorer with two goals. Nottingham Forest produced a W10 D3 L10 record on home soil last season in the Championship. They are currently on a five-match undefeated streak of form at home in the league, taking a clean sheet in three of their last four there.

Birmingham News and Form

So Birmingham are on the hunt for their first win of the season having picked up a D2 L2 in their first four games of the season. They are currently running on a three-match scoreless streak of form this season now and look as if they are going to struggle for goals away from home. We are going to pull at that together for our Nottingham Forest v Birmingham predictions and look at the Nottingham Forest 1-0 correct score option at 11/2 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on August 20th, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.).

Birmingham do appear as if they are going to struggle in front of goal again this season and there doesn’t seem to much improvement from last season. They only posted a W3 D4 L16 record away from home last term in the Championship, averaging under a goal per game. After their losses at Middlesbrough and Bolton, that is a five-match losing streak on the road that they are on.

Nottingham Forest v Birmingham Head to Head

There was a home win for both in their Championship meetings last season and there is a bit of a trend there. Three of the last four (D1) have ended in a home success. Both teams have scored in each of the last three meetings between the two of them at the City Ground. Nottingham Forest have lost just one of their last six home matches against the Blues (W3 D2 L1).

Nottingham Forest v Birmingham Betting Odds*

Nottingham Forest 8/11
Draw 14/5
Birmingham 7/2
* (Betting Odds were taken on August 20th, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.)

Nottingham Forest v Birmingham Predictions

Nottingham Forest to win: Forest look strong enough to hold the Blues at bay in this one. For our Nottingham Forest v Birmigham predictions we are looking at the 1-0 correct score in favour of the home side, given the lack of scoring that the Blues are doing.