In this week 28 match on the 22nd of January, Derby County will travel to Nottingham to battle Nottingham Forest in a meeting of these two Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 10th placed Nottingham Forest, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Millwall. Lewis Grabban scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Millwall couldn’t manage to score, and Nottingham Forest took the shutout win. Nottingham Forest should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 23rd placed Derby County, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Sheffield United. Tom Lawrence scored the first goal for Derby County in the 69th minute, then Tom Lawrence added another in the 78th minute on a feed from Festy Ebosele In the end, Sheffield United couldn’t muster any offence and Derby County ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Derby County should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Aug 28th, Derby County hosted Nottingham Forest in their last match together. Derby County and Nottingham Forest battled to a 1-1 draw. Tom Lawrence struck first for Derby County in the 11th minute on a feed from Craig Forsyth, then Brennan Johnson tied it up for Nottingham Forest in the 82nd minute earning them at least the one point.
Derby County’s top weapon lately has been Colin Kazim-Richards, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Nottingham Forest’s most prolific scorer has been Lewis Grabban. The English attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.