Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest will be fighting for a place in the Premier League next season when they lock horns in the Championship Playoffs at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening with kickoff at 18:30 EAT.
Both sides made impressive campaigns in the Championship with Huddersfield finishing the season third on 82 points, two points above fourth-placed Nottingham Forest. The two saw out Luton Town and Sheffield United in the semifinals of the playoffs.
Huddersfield overcame Luton 2-1 on aggregate after 1-1 draw in the first leg and a 1-0 home win in the second leg, while Nottingham knocked out Sheffield on penalties, but won the first leg 2-1.
Now both side will be looking for a place in the top-tier, but Huddersfield will fancy their chances as they are in better form than their opponents, having gone unbeaten in their last nine games claiming seven victories and two draws in the run. Nottingham meanwhile, have lost two of their last nine games, but have claimed six victories in the run.
Also Forest have won twice over Huddersfield this season, 2-0 in the Championship and 2-1 in FA Cup. Huddersfield won 1-0 in the other Championship encounter. Therefore, this will be a close encounter and the occasion add more pressure to the encounter as the winner plays top-flight football next season.
Huddersfield vs Nottingham head to head
Both sides have met in 30 encounters since 1997 with Nottingham claiming 13 victories while Huddersfield have claimed 12 victories and there have been five draws.
- Nottingham 2-1 Huddersfield 07/03/22
- Nottingham 0-1 Huddersfield 30/12/21
- Huddersfield 0-2 Nottingham 18/09/21
- Nottingham 0-2 Huddersfield 17/04/21
- Huddersfield 1-0 Nottingham 25/09/20
Home
- Huddersfield 1-0 Luton
- Luton 1-1 Huddersfield
- Huddersfield 2-0 Bristol City
- Coventry 1-2 Huddersfield
- Huddersfield 2-1 Barnsley
Away
- Nottingham 3-2 Sheffield (AP)
- Sheffield 1-2 Nottingham
- Hull 1-1 Nottingham
- Bournemouth 1-0 Nottingham
- Nottingham 5-1 Swansea
Huddersfield team news
Huddersfield have a fully-fit squad to select from.
Nottingham team news
Nottingham will only be without Lewis Grabban due to a hamstring injury.
Prediction and odds
- Nottingham win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
