Nottingham Forest vs Huddersfield — Championship 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 95+ matches
Nottingham Forest49%
Huddersfield26%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Nottingham Forest creates 48% more chances
Season form · 95 home / 120 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Nottingham Forest ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Nottingham Forest at home — creates 1.41, concedes 1.00 · 95 matches
Huddersfield away — creates 1.07, concedes 1.67 · 120 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Nottingham Forest attack 1.41 + Huddersfield defence 1.67 → ÷2 → 1.54
Huddersfield attack 1.07 + Nottingham Forest defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.04
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 49%?"
Nottingham Forest at 49% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 49% does not mean "Nottingham Forest will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
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Sheffield WednesdayIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
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Statistics
Nottingham Forest host Huddersfield on Sunday, 28 June 2020 at 13:15. The match is part of the Championship 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Nottingham Forest vs Huddersfield
Nottingham Forest beat Huddersfield 3-1 in Championship on June 28, 2020.
Goals: L. Grabban (43', 46'), R. Yates (85'), K. Ahearne-Grant (90+7' pen).
Huddersfield controlled possession (59%) and registered 14 shots to 14.
The match was played at The City Ground in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.