Our prediction for this Championship match:
Nottingham Forest
Match Time & Date:
16/10/2021
16:00
Prediction: 3-1
Blackpool
Nottingham Forest and Blackpool face each other at the City Ground in what is expected to be an interesting Championship game. The Reds aim to build on back-to-back wins over Barnsley and Birmingham City, and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. A man to watch in the home team will be experienced attacker Lewis Grabban, who has found his goal-scoring touch of late, while defender Jordi Osei-Tutu is out of contention through injury.
The Seasiders, on the other hand, have yet to keep a clean sheet on the road in the new season, and given Forest’s current form, we predict that the visitors will return home empty-handed. All Owen Dale, Reece James, CJ Hamilton, and Matty Virtue miss out through injuries, but there are no suspended players in the away team ahead of the trip to Nottingham.
Highlighted Player (Jack Colback):
After spending nine years at Sunderland youth academy, Jack Colback signed a loan deal with Ipswich Town on 6 August, 2009. The left-footed midfielder, who is capable of playing at left back as well, made 37 appearances for the Championship side, scoring four goals in the English second tier.
Against all odds, Colback decided to sign for Sunderland’s bitterest rivals Newcastle United on 9 June, 2014 and it has to be noted he became the first player to move directly from Sunderland to Newcastle since 1998 when Lionel Perez did the same. In 2015 Sunderland fans created a sick banner depicting Colback hanging with a noose around his neck and that caused uproar on social media.
Colback and his teammates from Newcastle dropped to the Championship at the end of the 2015/2016 season, but he decided not to leave the club. Colback scored 5 goals in 64 appearances for Newcastle United in the Premier League. He is well known for his passing skills, he rarely gives the ball away and journalist often compare him with Italy ace Andrea Pirlo.
Highlighted Team (Blackpool):
Blackpool FC are a professional English club based in Blackpool, Lancashire. Considering that Blackpool is a seaside town, it is no surprise they are nicknamed the Seasiders. Founded back in 1887, the club play their home matches at Bloomfield Road, which can hold up to 17,338 spectators. In the 2009/2010 season Blackpool secured promotion to the Premier League, but they were not competitive at this level, suffering relegation to the Championship the following season.
The club’s biggest success, though, came in 1953 when they defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in the FA Cup final. Blackpool are well known for their orange shirts, but the dominant colour of their away kit is white. Preston are considered the club’s biggest rivals, with the two teams facing each other in the West Lancashire derby.
Charlie Adam, who played for Liverpool and has 26 caps for Scotland national team, is regarded as one of the club’s most notable players.
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