Nottingham Forest and Swansea City will be back in action this weekend when they lock horns at The City Ground in game week 45 of the EFL Championship. Match day schedules for 30th April 2022 at 17:00 EAT.
Nottingham Forest is set for a very interesting conclusion to the Championship as they get into this into this game in the third place with 76 points. Nottingham are coming from a key win, beating Fulham 1-0 away from home for their fourth win in five matches and fifth clean sheet in six. A place in the top six is secured with that win over Fulham but it can get even better for them, as a top two finish is well within reach.
The Forest will be aiming for their fourth win in a row coming off 0-1 Championship win to beat vs Fulham in their last game. In that match, Nottingham Forest had 25% possession, nine shots with six of them on target and a goal scored by Philip Zinckernagel (15′). Fulham got 20 shots with five of them on target.
Meanwhile, Swansea City sits in the 14th place with 61 points in the Championship table. They have drawn each of their last four matches but are unbeaten in the last nine. Swansea have no clean sheet in their last five matches and both teams have scored in each of these five matches and they will go into this game knowing they can have an impact in the promotion quest.
The Swans shared spoils 3-3 with Bournemouth in their last Championship fixture. In that game, Swansea City had 48% possession, five shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Joël Piroe (6′, 12′) and Cyrus Christie (58′). Bournemouth got 24 shots with 11 of them on target and goals by Kieffer Moore (72′, 90′) and Dominic Solanke (81′).
Nottingham Forest vs Swansea City head to head
Each side claims seven wins from the 23 head to head meeting between these two teams, while the nine remaining matches ended in stalemates.
- Swansea 1-4 Nottingham 11/12/21
- Swansea 1-0 Nottingham 17/02/21
- Swansea 5-1 Nottingham 23/01/21
- Nottingham 0-1 Swansea 29/11/20
- Nottingham 2-2 Swansea 15/07/20
Home
- Fulham 0-1 Nottingham
- Peterborough 0-1 Nottingham
- Nottingham 4-0 West Bromwich
- Luton 1-0 Nottingham
- Nottingham 2-0 Birmingham
Away
- Swansea 3-3 Bournemouth
- Swansea 1-1 Middlesbrough
- Reading 4-4 Swansea
- Swansea 1-1 Barnsley
- Swansea 2-1 Derby County
Nottingham Forest team news
For Steve Cooper, Max Lowe, Lewis Grabban and Keinan Davis remain on the sidelines through injury.
Swansea City team news
Ben Cabango is the only injury concern for Manager Russell Martin.
Prediction and odds
Nottingham Forest has had an impressive run in the Championship the past couple of months; they are coming off three consecutive wins, and they have eight wins in their last nine games while Swansea have been a difficult team to beat as they have no losses in their last nine games. However, Nottingham lost three of their last four clashes with the Swans and has just one win in their last five encounters.
- Nottingham Forest Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
