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Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United Betting Tips and Predictions

6th February 2020

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Fourth placed Nottingham Forest welcome second placed Leeds United to the City Ground on Saturday evening for an intriguing Championship clash. Forest are on a good run of late and can close the gap on the three teams above them here with a win. Leeds are in the middle of a wobble and need to get back to winning ways if they have any hopes of securing one of the automatic promotion places. Who can come out on top or will it end all square? The Draw is 3.45 having opened at 3.35, is that the value pick here?

Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United Betting Tips and Predictions: Forest

Forest’s home form is particularly strong at the moment, they’re unbeaten in their last four league matches at home and have only lost three in their last 10 at the City Ground. They are conceding goals though, they’ve only kept 3/10 Clean Sheets of late. Both Teams to Score at 1.83 isn’t offering any value as you can see above but it could certainly occur.

This will be the 100th meeting between the pair in all competitions. In league matches though, they’ve faced each other 46 times at the City Ground, the home side have won 18, there have been 19 Draws and Leeds have won nine. Over their five most recent, Forest have won two, two have ended in draws and Leeds have won one.

Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United Betting Tips and Predictions: Leeds

The Bielsa wobble has come a little earlier than usual this season. Leeds looked nailed on for promotion last season but their final few weeks saw them limp into the Playoffs and lose out. If you were an optimistic Leeds fan you’d reckon this wobble comes at the best time as there’s time to recover and continue the push for automatic promotion.

Leeds’ away record this season is good, they’ve lost just four of their last 15 away Championship matches, winning eight. However of their five most recent on the road they’ve won only two. They’re scoring plenty of goals on their travels too, they’ve scored in 12/15 previous away league matches.

Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United Betting Tips and Predictions: Stats

Of Forest’s five most recent home Championship matches, they’ve won three, drawn one and lost one. Over 2.5 goals has landed in 3/5, while BTTS has occurred in 3/5.

Of Leeds’ five most previous away league matches, they’ve won two, drawn one and lost two. Over 2.5 goals has occurred in 2/5, while BTTS has landed in 3/5.

Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United Betting Tips and Predictions: Goalscorers

Patrick Bamford at 2.30 is the favourite to Score Anytime, he has two in his last five matches for Leeds, he’s played six times against Forest and is yet to score. Could he break his duck here?

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