EFL Championship unfolds this weekend for the 40th round when Nottingham Forest travel to Bloomfield Road for a clash with Blackpool. Showdown schedules for 2nd April 2022 at 14:30 EAT.
Blackpool sits in the 13th place at the moment, six points below Nottingham Forest. They will also enter this tie on a high after a streak of three wins and a draw in the previous four matches. The club Blackpool has kept 3 clean sheets in the last 5 games, conceding just three goals during this period. Overall this season, their defense has kept a clean sheet on 10 occasions. Blackpool has enjoyed playing at home recently, with the side currently unbeaten in three games.
In their last fixture, the Seasiders shared spoils 0-0 with Sheffield United in the Championship last time out. In that game, Blackpool had 50% possession and 10 shots with only one of them on target. On the Sheffield United on the other end got eight shots with two of them on target.
On the other hand, Nottingham Forest will be looking to extend their two game-win streak and break into the top-six in the league table. The visitors are currently placed in the ninth spot with 58 points after 36 games in the league standings. The Reds are only three points below Blackburn Rovers in sixth place but have three games in hand on the Riversiders, meaning they have a great chance to feature the post-season.
Nottingham Forest comes into this meeting hoping for better results after they suffered 0-1 loss at the hands of Liverpool. In that match, Nottingham Forest managed 35% possession and six shots with only one of them on target. Liverpool had 14 shots with seven of them on target and a goal by Diogo Jota (78′).
Blackpool vs Nottingham Forest head to head
Since 2005 these two sides have met each other 19 times. They have recorded 10 draws while Blackpool claims five wins and Nottingham has won four times.
- Nottingham 2-1 Blackpool 16/10/21
- Blackpool 4-4 Nottingham 14/02/15
- Nottingham 2-0 Blackpool 09/08/14
- Blackpool 1-1 Nottingham 08/02/14
- Nottingham 0-1 Blackpool 02/11/13
Home
- Blackpool 0-0 Sheffield
- Blackpool 1-0 Swansea
- Stoke 0-1 Blackpool
- Blackpool 4-1 Reading
- QPR 2-1 Blackpool
Away
- Nottingham 0-1 Liverpool
- Nottingham 3-1 QPR
- Nottingham 4-0 Reading
- Nottingham 2-1 Huddersfield
- Sheffield 1-1 Nottingham
Blackpool team news
Grant Ward, Shayne Lavery and Chris Maxwell are unavailable available for gaffer Neil Critchley’s selection due to injuries.
Nottingham Forest team news
Steve Cooper will have a squad limited of Lewis Grabban, Scott McKenna, Max Lowe and Steve Cook who have been sidelined through injuries.
Prediction and odds
We are backing a stalemate for this fixture as Nottingham Forest has been fabulous of late, but Blackpool has also played very well with three wins and a draw in the last four league rounds.
- Draw
- Double Chance 1 or 2
- Both teams to score
