Nottingham Forest FC vs Norwich City FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nottingham Forest FC vs Norwich City FC — Championship at The City Ground.
- Nottingham Forest FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Norwich City FC 46 games · 65 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Craig Taylor
- Referee Leigh Doughty
- Referee Geoff Eltringham
- Referee Rob Merchant
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 17 Mar Norwich City FC H 0–2 L 13 Mar Reading FC H 1–1 D 06 Mar Watford FC A 0–1 L 02 Mar Luton Town FC H 0–1 L 26 Feb Derby County FC A 1–1 D 23 Feb Rotherham United FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Mar Nottingham Forest FC A 2–0 W 14 Mar Sheffield Wednesday FC A 2–1 W 06 Mar Luton Town FC H 3–0 W 03 Mar Brentford FC H 1–0 W 28 Feb Wycombe Wanderers FC A 2–0 W 23 Feb Birmingham City FC A 3–1 W Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Norwich City FC0-15–/216-302/131-451/146-602/361-753/176+3/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at The City Ground. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Onel Hernandez made 359 appearances and scored 19 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 9' Goal! Teemu Pukki scores his 100 goal in 359 matches.
- 13' What a strike from Kieran Dowell! The score is 0-2.
- 18' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Oliver Skipp suffering a number of foals already.
- 23' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ben Gibson, as he is very good at scoring at The City Ground with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 28' Kenny McLean needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 33' The travelling Norwich City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 38' It’s high time Daniel Farke made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 43' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nottingham Forest FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 48' The referee calls foul for Oliver Skipp. He receives a Yellow card.
- 53' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 58' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 63' 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.
- 68' It looks like no one’s ball. Nottingham Forest FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 73' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 73 minutes.
- 76' Time for substitution for Nottingham Forest FC. Lewis Grabban is replaced by Lyle Taylor.
- 81' Norwich City FC is showing some good football. However, Norwich City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 85' Norwich City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jacob Sorensen is hanging Lukas Rupp on the field on 85 minute.
- 86' The supporters are chanting for Glenn Murray. He replaces Ryan Yates on 86 minute.
- 88' Another change for Norwich City FC made on 88 minute. Teemu Pukki leaves to be changed by Jordan Hugill.
- 90' The Norwich City FC manager makes a substitution. Todd Cantwell departs to be replaced by Alexander Tettey.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Nottingham Forest FC.
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Lineups
Nottingham Forest FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Lewis Grabban C ↓ Lyle Taylor 76'
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Ryan Yates ↓ Glenn Murray 86'
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- 15
- 11
- 18
- 26
- 37
Bench
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25
Glenn Murray ↑ 86'
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33
Lyle Taylor ↑ 76'
- 39
- 27
- 5
- 6
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17
Alexander Mighten ↑ 76'
Coach Chris HughtonNorwich City FC Lineups
Starting XI
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10
Kieran Dowell ↓ Onel Hernandez 88'
- 20
- 5
- 1
- 14
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22
Teemu Pukki ↓ Jordan Hugill 88'
- 23
- 2
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Lukas Rupp ↓ Jacob Sorensen 85'
- 30
Bench
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6
Christoph Zimmermann ↑ 90'
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27
Alexander Tettey ↑ 90'
- 8
- 18
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25
Onel Hernandez ↑ 88'
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Jordan Hugill ↑ 88'
- 12
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Jacob Sorensen ↑ 85'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Timm Klose 2 Matty Cash 2 Kieran Dowell 1 Teemu Pukki 1 Lewis Grabban 1 Mario Vrancic 1 Onel Hernandez 1 Jack Robinson 1 Head to Head
Nottingham Forest FC Form
2021-03-17 Nottingham Forest FC 0–2 Norwich City FC L 2021-03-13 Nottingham Forest FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2021-03-06 Watford FC 1–0 Nottingham Forest FC L 2021-03-02 Nottingham Forest FC 0–1 Luton Town FC L 2021-02-26 Derby County FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC D 2021-02-23 Rotherham United FC 0–1 Nottingham Forest FC WNorwich City FC Form
2021-03-17 Nottingham Forest FC 0–2 Norwich City FC W 2021-03-14 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Norwich City FC W 2021-03-06 Norwich City FC 3–0 Luton Town FC W 2021-03-03 Norwich City FC 1–0 Brentford FC W 2021-02-28 Wycombe Wanderers FC 0–2 Norwich City FC W 2021-02-23 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Norwich City FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.03 Nottingham Forest FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.55 Norwich City FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Norwich City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.58Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
Nottingham Forest FC or Draw 52%Draw or Norwich City FC 76%Nottingham Forest FC or Norwich City FC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Norwich City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13%0 – 1 10.8%0 – 0 9.6%1 – 2 9%0 – 2 Actual1 – 0 6.8%2 – 1 6%1 – 3 4.7%2 – 2 4.7%0 – 3 4.5%2 – 0 3.9%2 – 3 2.5%Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC
Handicap Nottingham Forest FC covers Push Norwich City FC covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 6% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 15% 76% -0.5 24% — 76% +0.5 52% — 48% +1 52% 23% 25% +1.5 75% — 25% +2 75% 15% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.