Championship

Championship | Gameweek 5

Oct 17, 2020 at 3pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
0 - 1
Nott'm Forest

Johnson (58'), Gallagher (72')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Lolley (90')
Figueiredo (28')

Chris Hughton pleased with winning start at Nottingham Forest

Joe Lolley's 90th-minute deflected strike sealed victory at Blackburn.

Oct 17, 18:35

The Match

Match Report

Chris Hughton, who replaced Sabri Lamouchi after Forest's four-game losing start to the season, saw Joe Lolley's deflected strike earn the three points.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship fixture between Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest, including predictions, teams news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 52.43%. A draw had a probability of 24.6% and a win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 22.96%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.74%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.63%) and 2-1 (9.6%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.7%), while for a Nottingham Forest win it was 0-1 (7.14%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7.1% likelihood.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Nottingham Forest
52.43%	24.61%	22.96%

Both teams to score 50.84%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.06%

50.94%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.19%

72.82%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.6%

19.4%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.79%

51.21%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.07%

36.93%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.28%

73.72%

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 52.42%

Nottingham Forest 22.96%

Draw 24.61%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Nottingham Forest
1-0 @ 11.74% 2-0 @ 9.63% 2-1 @ 9.6% 3-0 @ 5.27% 3-1 @ 5.25% 3-2 @ 2.61% 4-0 @ 2.16% 4-1 @ 2.15% 4-2 @ 1.07% Other @ 2.94% Total : 52.42%	1-1 @ 11.7% 0-0 @ 7.16% 2-2 @ 4.78% Other @ 0.96% Total : 24.61%	0-1 @ 7.14% 1-2 @ 5.83% 0-2 @ 3.56% 1-3 @ 1.94% 2-3 @ 1.59% 0-3 @ 1.18% Other @ 1.74% Total : 22.96%