Birmingham City FC vs Nottingham Forest FC, Championship 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Birmingham City FC vs Nottingham Forest FC — Championship at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.
- Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
- Nottingham Forest FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Oct Nottingham Forest FC H 0–3 L 28 Sep Queens Park Rangers FC A 0–2 L 25 Sep Preston North End FC H 0–0 D 18 Sep Peterborough United FC A 0–3 L 15 Sep Fulham FC H 1–4 L 10 Sep Derby County FC H 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Oct Birmingham City FC A 3–0 W 29 Sep Barnsley FC A 3–1 W 25 Sep Millwall FC H 1–1 D 18 Sep Huddersfield Town AFC A 2–0 W 15 Sep Middlesbrough FC H 0–2 L 12 Sep Cardiff City FC H 1–2 L Key Stats
38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Birmingham City FC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-601/–61-751/176+1/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Birmingham City FC to score. At the same time, Nottingham Forest FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Nottingham Forest FC is showing some good football. However, Nottingham Forest FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 11' Nottingham Forest FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Lewis Grabban on 11.
- 16' Supporters expect more eagerness from Maxime Colin, as he is very good at scoring at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 21' Birmingham City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 26' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 26 minutes.
- 29' GOAL! Ryan Yates scores on 29.
- 30' Goal! Ryan Yates scores his 23 goal in 358 matches.
- 32' Birmingham City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 32.
- 36' The referee shows Nottingham Forest FC player a Yellow card on 36.
- 41' Birmingham City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 46' Birmingham City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 46.
- 51' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 53' Goal! Djed Spence scores his 7 goal in 371 matches.
- 58' Chuks Aneke has so much to prove this time. He replaces Scott Hogan on 58 minute.
- 59' The referee calls foul for Max Lowe. He receives a Yellow card.
- 64' Marc Roberts needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 67' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Lewis Grabban.
- 70' Birmingham City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Troy Deeney is hanging Ivan Sunjic on the field on 70 minute.
- 71' The whistle greets Philip Zinckernagel as he departs to be replaced by James Garner.
- 76' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 77' Lyle Taylor has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lewis Grabban on 77 minute.
- 82' It looks surprising Nottingham Forest FC does not make any changes. Jeremie Bela has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 84' Alexander Mighten has so much to prove this time. He replaces Brennan Johnson on 84 minute.
- 89' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- With this win, Nottingham Forest FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Birmingham City FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 12
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- 13
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9
Scott Hogan ↓ Chuks Aneke 58'
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11
Jeremie Bela ↓ Riley McGree 58'
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34
Ivan Sunjic ↓ Troy Deeney 70'
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Bench
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15
Chuks Aneke ↑ 58'
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36
Troy Deeney ↑ 70'
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- 27
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Riley McGree ↑ 58'
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Coach Lee BowyerNottingham Forest FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Lewis Grabban ↓ Lyle Taylor 77'
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- 8
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- 15
- 26
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- 20
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Bench
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- 13
- 23
- 10
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33
Lyle Taylor ↑ 77'
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James Garner ↑ 71'
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Alexander Mighten ↑ 84'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lewis Grabban 3 Joe Lolley 2 Ryan Yates 2 Keinan Davis 2 Che Adams 2 Tiago Silva 1 Marc Roberts 1 Daryl Murphy 1 Head to Head
Birmingham City FC Form
2021-10-02 Birmingham City FC 0–3 Nottingham Forest FC L 2021-09-28 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2021-09-25 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC D 2021-09-18 Peterborough United FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L 2021-09-15 Birmingham City FC 1–4 Fulham FC L 2021-09-10 Birmingham City FC 2–0 Derby County FC WNottingham Forest FC Form
2021-10-02 Birmingham City FC 0–3 Nottingham Forest FC W 2021-09-29 Barnsley FC 1–3 Nottingham Forest FC W 2021-09-25 Nottingham Forest FC 1–1 Millwall FC D 2021-09-18 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–2 Nottingham Forest FC W 2021-09-15 Nottingham Forest FC 0–2 Middlesbrough FC L 2021-09-12 Nottingham Forest FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 40.91 Birmingham City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.59 Nottingham Forest FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nottingham Forest FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.5Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Birmingham City FC or Draw 52%Draw or Nottingham Forest FC 76%Birmingham City FC or Nottingham Forest FC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Nottingham Forest FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.7%0 – 1 12.1%0 – 0 10.3%0 – 2 10.1%1 – 2 9.1%1 – 0 6.4%0 – 3 Actual2 – 1 5.2%1 – 3 4.9%2 – 2 4.2%2 – 0 3.3%2 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC
Handicap Birmingham City FC covers Push Nottingham Forest FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 5% 93% -1.5 7% — 93% -1 7% 13% 80% -0.5 20% — 80% +0.5 48% — 52% +1 48% 24% 28% +1.5 72% — 28% +2 72% 16% 12% +2.5 88% — 12% Clean Sheet
Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet 41% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.