Nottingham Forest vs Reading
Nottingham Forest managed to take advantage of a home game last weekend to claim maximum points. In the middle of this week they received the same role when visited by Reading in the 28th week of the Championship Division. So, the same target was pursued when appearing at City Ground.
Nottingham Forest hosted Luton Town on Sunday (19/1) and succeeded in winning by a score of 3-1. Two of the hosts ‘goals were scored by Joe Lolley (36’, 57 ‘), while the remaining one was born from Lewis Grabban’s penalty (90’).
For the Reds, this victory also helped them maintain the top 5, while adding to the unbeaten trend since the Boxing Day match against Hull City (0-2), Wigan (1-0), Blackburn Rovers (3-2), and Reading (1 -1). The only negative result was received from Chelsea (2-0) in the FA Cup third round earlier this month.
In different places, Reading must admit defeat at home to Millwall. They departed on Saturday (18/1) only to be burglarized by Matt Smith (71 ‘) and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (82’). They did perform poorly in this match, not even creating a shot on target at all, while the hosts released 8 trials.
Of course it was a bad feeling ahead of tomorrow’s visit, especially if at this time Reading’s position dropped to 16th with a difference of two points from Middlesbrough below. Even so, they were asked to remain confident as the first defeat this month. Previously, they had won two wins over Fulham (1-2) and Blackpool (0-2) and two draws against Reading (2-2) in the FA Cup and Nottingham Forest (1-1).
Yes, the two camps just met on the 26th week yesterday so that the midweek clash will again be hot. Learning from the history of meetings at City Ground, Nottingham Forest is still too dominant with 4 wins in 5 meetings without losing. They will try to maintain this tradition, as well as open up opportunities for the top 3 with a distance of one digit. Reading was predicted to go home in defeat.
Our Prediction: Under 2.5
Odds: 1.80