Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup Round of 16 match is scheduled for Wednesday, December 21 at 9.45pm at Ewood Park, live on Digi Sport 4.
Blackburn Rovers (one trophy to their credit) and Nottingham Forest (four-time competition winners) will battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup in an open match that will test even the most seasoned players. .
These two teams have an illustrious past: Blackburn Rovers with three titles (the last in 1995) and six FA Cups, and Nottingham Forest with the League Cup (1978), two cups, but especially two European Cups (1979, 1980). and the European Super Cup (1979).
Blackburn Rovers, third in the Championship, are five points adrift of second-placed, the latest outright promotion, after two controversial results in December’s Championship fixtures: 1-4 at home to Preston North End and 2-0 away to Norwich City.
Coached by former Denmark great Jon Dahl Thomasson, the team are aiming for promotion and are followers of an all-or-nothing game that shows they are unmatched in the league with 13 wins and 10 losses in 23 legs.
Blackburn Rovers beat Brentford 2-1 and West Ham United 2-2 and 10-9 on penalties, both away games, to reach the final of the competition.
Nottingham Forest are struggling in the Premier League, sitting 18th out of 20, and manager Steve Cooper’s stated aim is to avoid relegation, especially as the Foresters returned to the Premier League in the summer after 23 years.
Nottingham Forest are the team with the most goals conceded in the Premier League with 30 goals and also have the second weakest attack in the league with just 11 goals scored.
In the four friendlies played in December, Nottingham Forest won just once, 2-1 with Valencia (d), and lost three times: 1-2 with Stoke City (d), 2-3 with ” Atromitos” (d) and 0-1 with Olympiakos (d).
Nottingham Forest have beaten Grimsby Town 3-0 away and Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at home so far in this round of the EFL Cup.
The last time these two sides met was in the previous season in League Two, when Blackburn Rovers won 2-1 away from home, Nottingham Forest hit back with a 2-0 away victory.
Superbet offers odds of 1.75 on the prediction GG: both teams will score in the match Blackburn Rovers – Nottingham Forest.
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| Share it | 1.75 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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