Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th January 2024

The spotlight is on Bristol City and Nottingham Forest, as the pair go looking to boost their confidence. They face each other on Friday at Ashton Gate in the FA Cup.

The match this coming Friday has all the makings of a tight battle as Bristol City and Nottingham Forest look to bag a crucial win in the process. However, this could very well turn out to be an upset, as Bristol City have already knocked out West Ham, while Forest were in all sorts of trouble against League One-side Blackpool in the third round.

Bristol City only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded nine for an average of 0.9 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Nottingham Forest scored 15 goals, conceded 18 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Bristol City Form

Bristol City have seen it all in their last three matches, which gave them four points. Against Preston, they came out empty-handed in a 2-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 1-0 win against West Ham. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Watford. Bristol City won three of their previous six matches at Ashton Gate in the FA Cup. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring seven goals to six against.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest were only able to claim two points from their last three matches. They first drew 2-2 against Blackpool, followed by another draw. This time it ended 2-2 against Blackpool, before going down in a 3-2 defeat against Brentford. Nottingham Forest only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the FA Cup. In these six matches they drew zero and lost five as well as being outscored by 17 goals to six.

Form looks slightly more in favour of Nottingham Forest than odds suggests. We believe the bookmakers have placed a little too much faith in Bristol City and we like the prices on offer for the away win.

Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Bristol City Squad

The 38-year-old manager of Bristol City, Liam Manning, will select the lineup against Nottingham Forest from the players listed below:

Adam Murphy, Andy King, Anis Mehmeti, Ayman Benarous, Cameron Pring, Duncan Idehen, Ephraim Yeboah, George Tanner, Harry Cornick, Harvey Wiles-Richards, Haydon Roberts, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Jason Knight, Jed Meerholz, Joe Williams, Kal Naismith, Lewis Thomas, Mark Sykes, Matthew James, Max O'Leary, Nahki Wells, Omar Taylor-Clarke, Raekwon Nelson, Rob Dickie, Robert Atkinson, Ross McCrorie, Samuel Bell, Scott Twine, Stefan Bajic, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Tommy Backwell, Tommy Conway, Zak Vyner.

Nottingham Forest Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Nottingham Forest head coach Santo will select from for his starting XI:

Omobamidele, Elanga, Aguilera, Hudson-Odoi, Kouyate, Wood, Danilo, Origi, Horvath, Felipe, Montiel, Arter, Toffolo, Sangare, Worrall, Turner, Gibbs-White, Niakhate, Murillo, Williams, Dominguez, Tavares, Vlachodimos, Aina, Mangala, Laryea, Yates, McKenna, Aurier, Awoniyi, Hennessey, Boly.

Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Bristol City might be looking at five missing players for their upcoming assignment against Nottingham Forest.

Mark Sykes, Kal Naismith, Tommy Conway, Robert Atkinson and Ayman Benarous are all absent from the Bristol City squad that faces Nottingham Forest at Ashton Gate.

Nottingham Forest could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as four players are nursing various problems. Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Ola Aina, Cheikhou Kouyate, Ibrahim Sangare, Moussa Niakhate, Scott McKenna, Joe Worrall and Joe Worrall racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Nottingham Forest travelling party for their next match.

Names like Anthony Elanga, Divock Origi, Felipe and Taiwo Awoniyi most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Bristol City.

Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest H2H

This will be the inaugural meeting between Bristol City and Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup in this century, thus providing a completely unprecedented situation for both teams. Bristol City picked up three wins in their previous ten matches against Nottingham Forest, while the latter claimed three wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 5/2.

Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest Results

Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Bristol City claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Nottingham Forest won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing five in this series of matches. Nottingham Forest scored the opener a mere four times in 10 away games, while Bristol City did the same in seven of their last 10 outings at Ashton Gate.

In Bristol City's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in three of them. They managed to average 1.2 goals goals per match across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, who scored 1.5 times on average in these matches.