Nottingham Forest will be looking to return to their winning ways when they welcome relegation elects Barnsley to City Ground Stadium in the EFL Championship this week. Showdown schedules for 3rd January 2021 at 18:00 EAT.
The Reds had an emphatic run of form before the recent defeats in tow recent matches, the run lasted 16 games with nine wins and six draws. Forest is five points below the play-off spot in the ninth place with 34 points in the bag.
In their previous game Nottingham Forest lost 0-1 Championship in the game against Huddersfield Town. In that match, Nottingham Forest managed 58% possession, 23 shots with six on target. Huddersfield Town had nine shots with two of them on target and a goal by Duane Holmes (30′).
Meanwhile, the opponent Barnsley is one of the weakest teams this season. Technically, they are the worst but Derby is below them due to a federation penalty of -21 points. Barnsley has achieved just two wins this season and last recorded a win in November.
Since losing effort of 2-1 to Blackburn Rovers in Championship competition, Barnsley will be hoping for better results here. In that game, Barnsley had 59% possession, seven shots on goal with two of them on target and a goal scored by Carlton Morris (45′). Blackburn Rovers had got 14 shots with five of them on target and goals by Joe Rothwell (24′) and Ben Brereton Díaz (65′).
Nottingham Forest vs Barnsley head to head
These two sides have 32 games against each other since 1993. Barnsley has 13 wins, Nottingham 12 wins and seven matches played out draws.
- Barnsley 1-3 Nottingham 29/09/21
- Nottingham 0-0 Barnsley 30/01/21
- Barnsley 2-0 Nottingham 21/11/20
- Barnsley 1-0 Nottingham 05/09/20
- Barnsley 1-0 Nottingham 19/07/20
Home
- Nottingham 0-1 Huddersfield
- Middlesbrough 2-0 Nottingham
- Nottingham 2:-1 Hull
- Swansea 1-4 Nottingham
- Nottingham 2-0 Peterborough
Away
- Blackburn 2-1 Barnsley
- Barnsley 0-0 West Bromwich
- Preston 2-1 Barnsley
- Barnsley 1-1 Huddersfield
- Peterborough 0-0 Barnsley
Nottingham Forest team news
The home side will miss out the services of Loic Mbe Soh, Max Lowe and Rodrigo who are on the sidelines due to injuries.
Barnsley team news
As for The Tykes, Cauley Woodrow, Aapo Halme and Obbi Oulare will not be available for this selection also due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
Nottingham Forest might have lost their last two but they’d been a good run of form and we predict they will grab all the three points form Barnsley who are on an eight-game winless run.
- Nottingham Forest Win
- Both teams to score (No)
- Correct score (2-0)
