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Preston v Nott'm Forest, EFL Championship, Sat, 2 Jan 2021: statistics and head to head

2020-21. Sat, 2 Jan 2021

01Full time, half-time 0–0

Nott'm Forest won by 1 goal.

DWWWWLeague form, oldest to newestLDDDL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Deepdale. Photo: Hudson6dogs, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Preston have 11 scored home results and Nott'm Forest 11 scored away results stored in 2020-21. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Preston at home: 1.18 points per match (11 measured matches); Nott'm Forest away: 0.55 points per match (11 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Preston scored 0.91 per home match (11 measured matches); Nott'm Forest scored 0.45 away (11). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.11 per club appearance across 522 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 6 of 22 pooled club appearances (27.3%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 6. Preston: 2 wins; Nott'm Forest: 0 wins; draws: 4.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half00
Second half01

The match in numbers

PrestonNott'm Forest
  • 14Shots10
  • 3Shots on target1
  • 6Corners7
  • 7Fouls12
  • 1Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Preston

  • Shots14
  • On target3
  • Goals0

21% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Nott'm Forest

  • Shots10
  • On target1
  • Goals1

10% of shots on target, 100% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

6 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

2
Preston wins
4
Draws
0
Nott'm Forest wins
Goals / meeting
1.67
10 goals in 6 meetings
Both scored
50%
3 of 6 meetings
Over 1.5
67%
4 of 6 meetings
Over 2.5
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 6 meetings
Preston clean sheets
50%
3 of 6 meetings
Nott'm Forest clean sheets
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Corners / meeting
10.50
6 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.33
6 with card data
  1. Preston v Nott'm ForestSat, 11 Jul 2020 · EFL Championship 2019-201–1HT 1–1
  2. Nott'm Forest v PrestonSat, 31 Aug 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–1HT 0–1
  3. Preston v Nott'm ForestSat, 16 Feb 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-190–0HT 0–0
  4. Nott'm Forest v PrestonSat, 8 Dec 2018 · EFL Championship 2018-190–1HT 0–0
  5. Nott'm Forest v PrestonTue, 30 Jan 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-180–3HT 0–1
  6. Preston v Nott'm ForestSat, 23 Dec 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-181–1HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Preston at home, Nott'm Forest away
  • 28%
    Both teams scored
    League 45%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 91%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 90%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 68%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 41%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 19%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 9%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 1.8
    Avg total goals
    League 2.31
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 66%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 7%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 28%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.7
    Corners per match
    League 9.41
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 62%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 37%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.7
    Cards per match
    League 2.94
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 17%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 20%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2020-21

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2020-21

Preston at home, Nott'm Forest away
Preston (home)Nott'm Forest (away)
13Position17
LDLWWLast 5, oldest to newestDWDDD
23Played23
1.13Points per match1.13
30%Win %26%
0.91Scored / match0.70
1.04Conceded / match0.91
1.96Avg total goals1.61
22%Both scored35%
39%Clean sheets30%
48%Failed to score44%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

PrestonNott'm Forest
  • 0.301st half scored / match0.17
  • 0.351st half conceded / match0.35
  • 0.612nd half scored / match0.52
  • 0.702nd half conceded / match0.57
  • 26%Leading at half-time13%
  • 57%1st half over 0.548%
  • 9%1st half over 1.54%
  • 83%2nd half over 0.583%
  • 35%2nd half over 1.526%
  • 22%Scored in both halves9%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Preston at home, Nott'm Forest away, this season.

Goals

PrestonNott'm Forest
  • 0.91Scored / match0.70
  • 1.04Conceded / match0.91
  • 1.96Match total / match1.61
  • 52%Scored 1+57%
  • 26%Scored 2+9%
  • 61%Conceded 1+70%
  • 26%Conceded 2+22%
  • 57%Match over 1.557%
  • 35%Match over 2.513%
  • 9%Match over 3.50%

Shots and xG

PrestonNott'm Forest
  • 10.65Shots for9.83
  • 12.48Shots against12.65
  • 3.30On target for2.22
  • 3.65On target against3.65
  • 9%Shot conversion7%

Corners

PrestonNott'm Forest
  • 4.57Corners for4.78
  • 5.17Corners against4.96
  • 9.74Match total9.74
  • 78%Over 7.578%
  • 65%Over 8.557%
  • 52%Over 9.552%
  • 39%Over 10.535%
  • 35%Over 11.526%

Cards

PrestonNott'm Forest
  • 1.09Cards for1.61
  • 1.13Cards against1.52
  • 2.22Match total3.13
  • 39%Over 2.565%
  • 22%Over 3.544%
  • 9%Over 4.526%
  • 0%Over 5.513%
  • 13.22Fouls committed12.78
Referee this season
T Robinson
Matches
30
Cards / match
3.30
30 matches
Over 3.5 cards
47%
30 matches
Over 4.5 cards
20%
30 matches
Fouls / match
24.53
30 matches

The table, 2020-21

#ClubPGDPts
11Millwall46-562
12Luton46-1162
13Preston46-761
14Stoke46-260
15Blackburn461157
16Coventry46-1255
17Nott'm Forest46-852
18Birmingham46-2452
19Bristol City46-2251
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