Our prediction for this Championship match:
Birmingham City
Match Time & Date:
02/10/2021
16:00
Prediction: 1-1
Nottingham Forest
Birmingham City play host to Nottingham Forest at their St. Andrew’s Stadium in the Championship round 11. The Blues aim to put an end to their four-game winless run, and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against the Reds. Experienced attacker Lukas Jutkiewicz is pushing for a start, while midfielder remains in the recovery room. The Reds, on the other hand, came from behind to beat Barnsley 3-1 in midweek, but despite the triumph, they remained in the danger zone.
Since both Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest are eager to pick up all three points from the match, we believe that punters from all four corners of the world can find value in betting on both teams to score. Defender Jordi Osei-Tutu remains on the sidelines with injury, but he should be the only absentee in the away team.
Highlighted Player (George Friend):
George Friend has played for no less than nine English clubs so far in his career. Friend made his first-team debut for non-League club Exeter City on April 17, 2006 in a goalless draw with Forest Green Rovers and he stayed at St James Park until 2008. After ending his loan spells with Tiverton Town and Team Bath he joined Wolverhampton, but he made no more than seven appearances for the Wolves in the league.
The 188-cm-tall left-back, who is capable of playing as a centre-back as well, played for the likes of Millwall, Southend, Scunthorpe United and Exeter City on loan during his spell with Wolverhampton and at the end of the 2009/2010 season he signed a two-year deal with Doncaster Rovers. Friend made his Doncaster debut on August 7, 2010 in a 2-0 win over Preston and after three years at the club he was sold to Middlesbrough for a fee of £100,000.
The left-footed defender has been playing for Boro ever since and you should know that he made 24 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 Premier League campaign.
Highlighted Team (Nottingham Forest):
Nottingham Forest, the club that are often referred to as Forest, were formed in 1865. They have been playing their home games at the City Ground since 1898 and the capacity of the stadium is 30,445. Nottingham Forest are regarded as one of the greatest English clubs as they won the European Cup on two occasions. In 1979 Forest outplayed Malmo (1-0) at the Olympiastadion in Munich in the final of the elite competition, with the team beating Hamburg in 1980 in the title game at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (1-0).
Nottingham Forest won the national championship in the 1977/1978 season, with the team finishing the campaign seven points clear of second-placed Liverpool. To make things even better for the fans, the City Ground outfit clinched the FA Cup trophies in 1898 and 1959. Derby County are regarded as Forest’s bitterest rivals and the two local rivals contest in the East Midlands derby. In their first ever meeting in the local derby Forest recorded a 3-2 win over Derby County.
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