On Saturday Feb 26th, Nottingham Forest hosts Bristol City in a clash of these two mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Nottingham Forest sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Preston North End. Neither Preston North End nor Nottingham Forest could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Nottingham Forest should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Bristol City recorded a 1-2 loss against Coventry City. Ian Maatsen struck first for Coventry City in the 25th minute, then Chris Martin tied it up for Bristol City in the 62nd minute on a feed from Andreas Weimann. Bristol City is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 19th of October, Nottingham Forest was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Scott scored the first goal for Bristol City in the 40th minute, but Alex Mighten got the equalizer for Nottingham Forest in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback victory in the 92nd minute on a goal by Lyle Taylor to cap off a wild match.
Andreas Weimann has been the most effective weapon for Bristol City lately. The Austrian attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Brennan Johnson has been the most prolific scorer on Nottingham Forest in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.