Thursday , 1 October 2026

Nottingham Forest FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2021-22
Nottingham Forest FC
2 – 0
Full Time
Birmingham City FC
Sat 9 Apr 2022 · 14:00 UTC City Ground, Nottingham HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 25' Nico Gordon
Y 43' Gary Gardner
Philip Zinckernagel 54' Y
Y 59' Maxime Colin

Overview

Match Preview

Nottingham Forest FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at City Ground, Nottingham.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

3
3
2
Nottingham Forest FC 8 games · Avg 2.4 goals Birmingham City FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-04-09 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC 2021-10-02 Birmingham City FC 0–3 Nottingham Forest FC 2021-04-21 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC 2020-12-26 Nottingham Forest FC 0–0 Birmingham City FC 2020-02-01 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Nottingham Forest FC

Recent Form

Nottingham Forest FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Apr Birmingham City FC H 2–0 W
06 Apr Coventry City FC H 2–0 W
02 Apr Blackpool FC A 4–1 W
20 Mar Liverpool FC H 0–1 L
16 Mar Queens Park Rangers FC H 3–1 W
12 Mar Reading FC H 4–0 W
Birmingham City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Apr Nottingham Forest FC A 0–2 L
03 Apr West Bromwich Albion FC H 1–0 W
19 Mar Swansea City AFC A 0–0 D
15 Mar Middlesbrough FC H 0–2 L
12 Mar Hull City AFC H 0–0 D
05 Mar Bristol City FC A 2–1 W

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Birmingham City FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
1/6
46-60
2/1
61-75
3/–
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC
Phil Neumann 2 G
Demarai Gray 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at City Ground, Nottingham as Nottingham Forest FC face off against Birmingham City FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' Keinan Davis does the damage! The net is bulging and Nottingham Forest FC surge ahead!
  • 6' What a strike from Keinan Davis! The score is 2-0.
  • 11' Scott Hogan, a Ireland forward, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 16' Nottingham Forest FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 21' It looks surprising Nottingham Forest FC does not make any changes. Onel Hernandez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 25' The referee has no hesitation. Nico Gordon is booked for Birmingham City FC — Yellow card on 25.
  • 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 35' Nottingham Forest FC have won 437 goals from 377 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 40' Birmingham City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 43' Gary Gardner catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 43.
  • 48' The travelling Birmingham City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 53' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nottingham Forest FC that had 377 games and scored 437 goals.
  • 54' The referee has no hesitation. Philip Zinckernagel is booked for Nottingham Forest FC — Yellow card on 54.
  • 59' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Maxime Colin on 59 minutes.
  • 64' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 69' Ryan Yates needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 46 Yellow cards this season.
  • 70' Birmingham City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Connal Trueman is hanging Neil Etheridge on the field on 70 minute.
  • 75' Supporters expect more eagerness from Brice Samba, as he is very good at scoring at City Ground, Nottingham with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 76' A tactical swap from Birmingham City FC — Jordan Graham on, Onel Hernandez off on 76 minutes.
  • 79' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Scott McKenna makes no mistake. 3-0!
  • 81' Another change for Nottingham Forest FC made on 81 minute. Philip Zinckernagel leaves to be changed by Lewis Grabban.
  • 82' Troy Deeney is ready to make an impact after coming on for Scott Hogan at the 82 minute mark.
  • 87' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Nottingham Forest FC and Birmingham City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Nottingham Forest FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Nottingham Forest FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steve Cooper

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lee Bowyer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Lewis Grabban 3
Keinan Davis 2
Che Adams 2
Joe Lolley 2
Ryan Yates 2
Che Adams 1
Lukas Jutkiewicz 1
Scott McKenna 1

Head to Head

2022-04-09 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC 2021-10-02 Birmingham City FC 0–3 Nottingham Forest FC 2021-04-21 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC 2020-12-26 Nottingham Forest FC 0–0 Birmingham City FC 2020-02-01 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Nottingham Forest FC

Nottingham Forest FC Form

2022-04-09 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC W 2022-04-06 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 Coventry City FC W 2022-04-02 Blackpool FC 1–4 Nottingham Forest FC W 2022-03-20 Nottingham Forest FC 0–1 Liverpool FC L 2022-03-16 Nottingham Forest FC 3–1 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2022-03-12 Nottingham Forest FC 4–0 Reading FC W

Birmingham City FC Form

2022-04-09 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2022-04-03 Birmingham City FC 1–0 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2022-03-19 Swansea City AFC 0–0 Birmingham City FC D 2022-03-15 Birmingham City FC 0–2 Middlesbrough FC L 2022-03-12 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Hull City AFC D 2022-03-05 Bristol City FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.44 Nottingham Forest FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.77 Birmingham City FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 62% + Under — clean sheet likely 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nottingham Forest FC54% Draw27% Birmingham City FC19%
Actual: Nottingham Forest FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes42% 0% No58%
Avg goals/match: 2.21
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 65%
35%
± 2.5 38%
62%
± 3.5 19%
81%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Nottingham Forest FC or Draw
81%
Draw or Birmingham City FC
46%
Nottingham Forest FC or Birmingham City FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Nottingham Forest FC35% Draw51% Birmingham City FC14%
Actual: Nottingham Forest FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
14.7%
0 – 0
13.2%
1 – 1
13%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.5%
0 – 1
7.3%
3 – 0
5.2%
1 – 2
4.5%
3 – 1
4.2%
2 – 2
3.4%
0 – 2
3.1%
4 – 0
1.9%

Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC

Handicap Nottingham Forest FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 16% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 25% 49%
-0.5 51% — 49%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 13% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet
47% ✗
Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet
25% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.