Premier League Quick Preview: Nottingham Forest Vs Coventry
Saturday evening takes us to the City Ground, where Coventry arrive having already made unwanted history on their return to the top flight.
Oliver Glasner picked up his first win as Nottingham Forest manager at Villa Park last weekend, a 2-1 success that leaves the Tricky Trees unbeaten in three and 11th in the table.
Coventry, back in the Premier League for the first time since 2000/01, are bottom with no points and no goals - only the second side in Premier League history to be winless and goalless after four matches. Forest are favourites on betting apps.
Goals At A Premium
Coventry have not scored in the league this season and have shipped ten at the other end, while Forest have found the net in only two of their four.
Eleven of Forest’s last 12 home league games have produced under 2.5 goals, and Forest’s four fixtures this season have brought just eight goals in total - seven of which arrived after the interval.
Coventry have not kept a clean sheet in their last 30 Premier League away fixtures, which points the market firmly towards a low-scoring Forest win rather than a shoot-out.
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Shots Aplenty
Forest have been the more controlled of the two, registering at least 12 shots in every league game this season while never allowing more than 13 in reply.
Coventry have averaged 10.2 shots a game and 15.8 against, and managed just four efforts in the whole afternoon at Arsenal.
The Sky Blues are not short of chances entirely - 13 shots on target across four games - but the conversion rate remains stubbornly at zero.
Hot Streaks & Stats:
- Eleven of Forest’s last 12 home league games produced under 2.5 goals.
- Seven of the eight goals in Forest’s top-flight games this season came after half-time.
- Forest have won just one of their last 13 home league games (D8, L4).
- Forest have received at least two cards in each of their four league games.
- None of Coventry’s last 12 league matches produced more than ten corners.
- Coventry haven’t kept a clean sheet in their last 30 Premier League away fixtures.
- Coventry have failed to score and have conceded in every one of their four league games.
Early Season Team Streaks
- Nottingham Forest 12+ shots registered - 4 games
- Nottingham Forest 13 or fewer shots allowed - 4 games
- Nottingham Forest 2+ cards received - 4 games
- Nottingham Forest 10+ fouls committed - 4 games
- Nottingham Forest 11+ fouls won - 4 games
- Coventry 0 goals scored - 4 games
- Coventry 1+ goal conceded - 4 games
- Coventry 2+ corners won - 4 games
- Coventry’s games 10 or fewer total corners - 4 games
- Coventry 1+ goalkeeper save - 4 games
Early Season Player Streaks
- Morgan Gibbs-White (NFO) 1+ shot - 4 games
- Dan Ndoye (NFO) 1+ foul committed - 4 games
- Morgan Gibbs-White (NFO) 1+ foul committed - 4 games
- Ola Aina (NFO) 1+ foul committed - 4 games
- Dan Ndoye (NFO) 1+ foul won - 4 games
- James McAtee (NFO) 2+ fouls won - 4 games
- Neco Williams (NFO) 1+ foul won - 4 games
- James McAtee (NFO) 1+ tackle - 4 games
- Neco Williams (NFO) 1+ tackle - 4 games
- Jack Rudoni (COV) 1+ shot - 4 games
- Bobby Thomas (COV) 1+ foul won - 4 games
- Milan van Ewijk (COV) 1+ tackle - 4 games
Forest could be without as many as three defenders, while Taiwo Awoniyi’s red card last weekend sees him join Haji Wright on the sidelines for Coventry.
Coventry have not won at the City Ground since August 2004, losing all six visits since and conceding exactly two goals in each of the last five of them.
The two clubs have not met competitively since a 2-0 Forest win in the Championship in April 2022, and on current form it is hard to build a case for that pattern changing.
