Thursday , 2 July 2026

Nottingham Forest FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2020-21
Nottingham Forest FC
0 – 0
Full Time
Watford FC
Wed 2 Dec 2020 · 19:45 UTC The City Ground HT 45+2' · FT 45+6'
Joe Lolley 23' Y
Anthony Knockaert 54' Y
Y 69' Nathaniel Chalobah
Y 71' Quina
Harry Arter 84' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Nottingham Forest FC vs Watford FC — Championship at The City Ground.

Match Details

  • Referee Gareth Rhodes
  • Referee Ian Cooper
  • Referee David Webb
  • Referee Samuel Lewis

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

1
1
Nottingham Forest FC 2 games · Avg 0.5 goals Watford FC
Last 5 meetings
2020-12-02 Nottingham Forest FC 0–0 Watford FC

Recent Form

Nottingham Forest FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Dec Watford FC H 0–0 D
29 Nov Swansea City AFC H 0–1 L
24 Nov AFC Bournemouth A 0–2 L
21 Nov Barnsley FC A 0–2 L
07 Nov Wycombe Wanderers FC H 2–0 W
04 Nov Coventry City FC H 2–1 W
Watford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Dec Nottingham Forest FC A 0–0 D
28 Nov Preston North End FC H 4–1 W
25 Nov Bristol City FC A 0–0 D
21 Nov Queens Park Rangers FC A 1–1 D
07 Nov Coventry City FC H 3–2 W
04 Nov Stoke City FC H 3–2 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Nottingham Forest FC and Watford FC is underway.
  • 5' The travelling Watford FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' 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.
  • 23' Nottingham Forest FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 23.
  • 28' Watford FC is showing some good football. However, Watford FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 33' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 33 minutes.
  • 38' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Troy Deeney made 358 appearances and scored 42 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 43' Watford 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.
  • 48' It’s high time Chris Hughton made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 53' It looks surprising Watford FC does not make any changes. Joe Lolley has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 54' Anthony Knockaert is having his name booked by the referee on 54.
  • 59' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 64' Yuri Ribeiro needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • 69' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Nathaniel Chalobah.
  • 71' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Quina.
  • 75' Another change for Watford FC made on 75 minute. Quina leaves to be changed by Stipe Perica.
  • 80' Quina has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 84' It’s a booking for Nottingham Forest FC player. Harry Arter gets a Yellow card.
  • 88' Sammy Ameobi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Joe Lolley on 88 minute.
  • 90' Watford FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ben Wilmot is hanging Craig Cathcart on the field on 90 minute.
  • The final score is 0-0.

Lineups

Nottingham Forest FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Hughton

Watford FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vladimir Ivic

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.8 Nottingham Forest FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.64 Watford FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 82% + Nottingham Forest FC or Draw 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nottingham Forest FC35% Draw37% Watford FC28%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes28% 0% No72%
Avg goals/match: 1.44
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 74%
26%
± 1.5 43%
57%
± 2.5 18%
82%
± 3.5 7%
93%
± 4.5 2%
98%

Double Chance

Nottingham Forest FC or Draw
73%
Draw or Watford FC
65%
Nottingham Forest FC or Watford FC
63%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Nottingham Forest FC21% Draw63% Watford FC16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
17.3%
0 – 1
13.5%
1 – 1
13.2%
2 – 0
7%
2 – 1
5%
0 – 2
4.4%
1 – 2
3.9%
3 – 0
1.9%
2 – 2
1.8%
3 – 1
1.4%
0 – 3
0.9%

Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC

Handicap Nottingham Forest FC covers Push Watford FC covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 9% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 23% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 18% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet
53% ✓
Watford FC keeps clean sheet
45% ✗

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