Nottingham Forest FC vs Sheffield Wednesday FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nottingham Forest FC vs Sheffield Wednesday FC — Championship at The City Ground.
- Nottingham Forest FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Wade Smith
- Referee Steven Copeland
- Referee Carl Fitch-Jackson
- Referee Steve Martin
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Dec Sheffield Wednesday FC H 2–0 W 12 Dec Brentford FC H 1–3 L 09 Dec Norwich City FC A 1–2 L 05 Dec Reading FC A 0–2 L 02 Dec Watford FC H 0–0 D 29 Nov Swansea City AFC H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Dec Nottingham Forest FC A 0–2 L 12 Dec Barnsley FC H 1–2 L 08 Dec Huddersfield Town AFC A 0–2 L 05 Dec Norwich City FC A 1–2 L 02 Dec Reading FC H 1–1 D 28 Nov Stoke City FC H 0–0 D Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history9% Clean Sheets
Sheffield Wednesday FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Sheffield Wednesday FC0-151/216-30–/131-452/146-60–/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Nottingham Forest FC is hosting Sheffield Wednesday FC for another epic battle.
- 4' What a strike from Yuri Ribeiro! The score is 1-0.
- 9' It looks surprising Sheffield Wednesday FC does not make any changes. Alexander Mighten has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 14' Nottingham Forest 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.
- 19' Supporters expect more eagerness from Brice Samba, as he is very good at scoring at The City Ground with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 24' It looks like no one’s ball. Sheffield Wednesday FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 29' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 29 minutes.
- 34' 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.
- 39' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 44' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 49' Nottingham Forest FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 54' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sheffield Wednesday FC that had 371 games and scored 383 goals.
- 55' Another change for Sheffield Wednesday FC made on 55 minute. Kadeem Harris leaves to be changed by Callum Paterson.
- 60' Sheffield Wednesday FC is showing some good football. However, Sheffield Wednesday FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 65' The travelling Sheffield Wednesday FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 70' It’s high time Chris Hughton made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 75' Izzy Brown has so much to prove this time. He replaces Josh Windass on 75 minute.
- 76' Nottingham Forest FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lewis Grabban is hanging Lyle Taylor on the field on 76 minute.
- 80' Moses Odubajo is having his name booked by the referee on 80.
- 81' Another substitution for Sheffield Wednesday FC to replace Joost van Aken by Jordan Rhodes on 81 minute.
- 86' Samba Sow has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 28 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 87' GOAL! Lewis Grabban scores on 87.
- 89' The whistle greets Alexander Mighten as he departs to be replaced by Joe Lolley.
- Full Time. Nottingham Forest FC beats Sheffield Wednesday FC
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Lineups
Nottingham Forest FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 11
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Lyle Taylor ↓ Lewis Grabban 76'
- 30
- 18
- 5
- 4
- 21
- 6
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Alexander Mighten ↓ Joe Lolley 89'
Bench
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- 13
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Lewis Grabban ↑ 76'
- 12
- 20
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Joe Lolley ↑ 89'
- 31
- 19
- 48
Coach Chris HughtonSheffield Wednesday FC Lineups
Starting XI
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7
Kadeem Harris ↓ Callum Paterson 55'
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- 15
- 11
- 28
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Joost van Aken ↓ Jordan Rhodes 81'
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- 26
- 22
- 23
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18
Josh Windass ↓ Izzy Brown 75'
Bench
- 19
- 45
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Callum Paterson ↑ 55'
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20
Jordan Rhodes ↑ 81'
- 14
- 2
- 25
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29
Alex Hunt ↑ 75'
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Izzy Brown ↑ 75'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jordan Rhodes 3 Marco Matias 2 Steven Fletcher 2 Lewis Grabban 2 Joao Carvalho 1 Steven Fletcher 1 George Boyd 1 Connor Wickham 1 Head to Head
Nottingham Forest FC Form
2020-12-15 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2020-12-12 Nottingham Forest FC 1–3 Brentford FC L 2020-12-09 Norwich City FC 2–1 Nottingham Forest FC L 2020-12-05 Reading FC 2–0 Nottingham Forest FC L 2020-12-02 Nottingham Forest FC 0–0 Watford FC D 2020-11-29 Nottingham Forest FC 0–1 Swansea City AFC LSheffield Wednesday FC Form
2020-12-15 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2020-12-12 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Barnsley FC L 2020-12-08 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2020-12-05 Norwich City FC 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2020-12-02 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2020-11-28 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Stoke City FC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.33 Nottingham Forest FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.1 Sheffield Wednesday FC xGI would bet for: Nottingham Forest FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nottingham Forest FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.43Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 43% 57% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Nottingham Forest FC or Draw 72%Draw or Sheffield Wednesday FC 56%Nottingham Forest FC or Sheffield Wednesday FC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Nottingham Forest FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.8%0 – 0 11%1 – 0 10.6%0 – 1 8.6%2 – 1 8.2%2 – 0 Actual1 – 2 6.8%0 – 2 5.2%2 – 2 4.6%3 – 1 3.7%3 – 0 3.3%1 – 3 2.5%Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC
Handicap Nottingham Forest FC covers Push Sheffield Wednesday FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 12% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 21% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 17% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet 34% ✗Sheffield Wednesday FC keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.