SlipsTips returns to share a selection from the English Championship on Saturday, with Nottingham Forest's clash with Birmingham City taking centre-stage.
Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham City (Saturday, 15:00)
Nottingham Forest will be looking to continue their English Championship promotion push when they play host to Birmingham City on Saturday afternoon.
Steve Cooper’s side secured a fourth league win on the spin with a 2-0 success against Coventry on Wednesday to surge into the top-six, on a night where my City Ground selection landed.
Birmingham, meanwhile, are languishing in the lower echelons of the table, with no danger of participating in the relegation battle while a chance of challenging for a playoff spot is long gone.
Whilst Lee Bowyer’s side will be buoyed by an impressive 1-0 win over local rivals West Brom last weekend, this is likely to be a much tougher test against the Tricky Trees.
Unsurprisingly, in-form Nottingham Forest are general 4/7 shots here but I’m more than happy to follow a familiar theme by backing the home team to score two or more goals at a bigger price of 4/5 (William Hill).
Forest are in the midst of a ten game unbeaten run, have been scoring plenty of goals, and keeping clean sheets, all of which is a recipe for success as the Championship season heads towards a dramatic climax.
After striking twice against the Sky Blues in midweek, Steve Cooper’s crewe have now scored two or more goals in nine of their last 12 league games, with over 1.5 goal punters pocketing profit from five of Forest’s last six fixtures.
Sure, Birmingham are a hard-working and well-organised outfit who never go down without a fight but they have posted just one clean sheet across their last 10 tier two road trips.
In fact, Lee Bowyer’s backline has been breached twice or more in seven of those aforementioned 10 away games and they could suffer a similar fate when they head to Forest on Saturday
The high-flying hosts have scored a minimum of two goals in nine of their last 10 outings at their West Bridgford base and they represent a spot of value to repeat the trick this weekend at 4/5 with William Hill.
Recommended Bet
- Over 1.5 Nottingham Forest Goals – 4/5 (William Hill)
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Yip will be on this and adding Forest to win !