Our prediction for this Championship match:
Nottingham Forest
Match Time & Date:
18/12/2021
16:00
Prediction: 2-0
Hull City
The City Ground will host Saturday’s football match between Nottingham Forest and Hull City. The Reds aim to extend their winning run to three games, and they are likely to adopt yet another attack-minded approach. A man to keep an eye in the home team will be winger Lewis Grabban, who found the net in the 4-1 crushing of Swansea. Both Max Lowe and Loic Mbe Soh are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Tigers, on the other hand, have been showing signs of improvement of late. Hull City are undefeated in the previous six league fixtures, but given Forest’s current form, we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Forest’s party at the City Ground. All Lewie Coyle, Alfie Jones, and Brandon Fleming are out of contention with injuries for the away side.
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 (Hull City):
Hull City are a professional football club that was founded back in 1904. The Tigers used to play their home games at Boothferry Park, but they moved to the KC Stadium in 2002. The stadium capacity is 24,450.
Hull impressed in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign and, as a result, they returned to the English Premier League. Hull City fans consider Leeds United their main rivals, but Sheffield United are regarded as Hull’s fierce rivals as well. Steve Bruce took over the reins at the club in 2012 and the experienced tactician helped the team book a place in the 2013/2014 FA Cup final, but Arsenal proved to be a big catch for the Tigers in the title decider.
Hull City finished the 2013/2014 Premier League campaign in 16th place in the standings to achieve their highest ever top flight finish. It has to be noted that Curtis Davies was named the team’s player of the year in the 2013/2014 season.
