Premier League Gameweek 20 Tue, Jan 5 · 19:30 The City Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Away travel103 kmRest days3.2 · 3.2Matches / 14d3 · 3
Real contextStrength only
Nottingham Forest—%
Draw—%
Hull City—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Forecast from 21 Dec

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Nottingham Forest and Hull City. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

Nottingham ForestHull City
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
70 Current StrengthIn forecast 37
68 AttackIn forecast 37
74 DefenceIn forecast 50
41 Form indexContext 36
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Nottingham Forest

Attack—
Defense risk—

Hull City

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Nottingham ForestHull City
0.71 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.14
1.29 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.56 xGVia Att/Def 0.98
1.18 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.56
-0.85 Goals minus xGContext +0.16
43% Scored inContext 71%
14% Clean sheetsContext 43%
17.14 ShotsContext 10.71
3.57 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.00
21% On target shareContext 32%
10.43 Shots in the boxContext 5.50
61% Box shareContext 45%
4% ConversionContext 11%
2.33 OffsidesContext 1.40
10.57 Shots allowedContext 14.57
3.83 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.86
3.00 BlocksContext 4.29
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.71
68% Save rateContext 77%
46% PossessionIn forecast 32%
370 PassesContext 275
292 Accurate passesContext 197
79% Pass accuracyContext 72%
6.79 Team ratingContext 6.75
14.14 FoulsContext 10.86
11.57 Fouls sufferedContext 7.57
2.29 Yellow cardsContext 3.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
0.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.20
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.80
1.56 xGVia Att/Def 1.14
1.53 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.32
-0.66 Goals minus xGContext +0.06
60% Scored inContext 70%
10% Clean sheetsContext 50%
16.30 ShotsContext 10.30
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.22
25% On target shareContext 37%
10.50 Shots in the boxContext 5.88
65% Box shareContext 50%
6% ConversionContext 12%
2.11 OffsidesContext 1.57
13.60 Shots allowedContext 13.80
4.56 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.30
4.40 BlocksContext 4.10
3.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.30
70% Save rateContext 77%
46% PossessionIn forecast 33%
388 PassesContext 267
309 Accurate passesContext 182
80% Pass accuracyContext 68%
6.81 Team ratingContext 6.82
13.10 FoulsContext 10.10
11.00 Fouls sufferedContext 8.90
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.70
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Nottingham Forest
Rest3.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km640 km in 14d
Schedule load23%Moderate
Form 41 · 4 pts vs 5.1 for an average club · -3.2 vs expected
  • L18 OctH · Arsenal0–10.9 xPts
  • L11 OctA · Crystal Palace1–31.4 xPts
  • L19 SepH · Coventry0–12.1 xPts
  • W12 SepA · Aston Villa2–11.0 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Tottenham0–01.9 xPts
Hull City
Rest3.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel103 km292 km in 14d
Schedule load23%Moderate
Form 36 · 3 pts vs 4.6 for an average club · -1.0 vs expected
  • L17 OctA · Fulham0–10.8 xPts
  • D11 OctH · Everton2–21.0 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Newcastle1–20.8 xPts
  • D12 SepA · Chelsea2–20.6 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Aston Villa0–00.9 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Nottingham Forest Hull City
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextModerate · 23Moderate · 23
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match3.2Premier League 2026-2027, 2 Jan3.2Premier League 2026-2027, 2 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km103 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways640 km292 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days2 / 3 / 52 / 3 / 5
Next matchdays after this one10.810.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Nottingham Forest Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Arsenal (H) 0–1, 18 Oct
26M. Sels(G)
5Murillo 2O. Diomande 23Jair
3N. Williams 21X. Schlager 24J. McAtee 27D. Muñoz
14D. Ndoye 8N. Domínguez
19L. Delap
Hull City Last XI · not confirmed
5-4-1 · vs Fulham (A) 0–1, 17 Oct
19K. Tzolakis(G)
18B. Norton-Cuffy 22L. Herrington 15J. Egan 6S. Ajayi 2L. Coyle
7B. Thomas 27R. Slater 25M. Crooks 10M. Belloumi
9O. McBurnie

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Nottingham Forest Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Hull City Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Nottingham Forest · Home 0.25points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
0-1-3
Scored
0.00
Conceded
0.75
Hull City · Away 1.00points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-1-2
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.25

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

1 Nottingham Forest wins1 draws0 Hull City wins
Goals per game1.50 – 1.00 Over 2.550% Both scored100% Clean sheets0% · 0%
  • 7 May 2022Hull City1–1Nottingham Forest
  • 18 Dec 2021Nottingham Forest2–1Hull City

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Nottingham Forest7 games · scored 5 · conceded 9
1 0-15
1 16-30
2 31-45
1 3 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 3 76-90
Hull City7 games · scored 8 · conceded 7
3 0-15
2 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
2 2 61-75
1 76-90
Nottingham Forest10 games · scored 9 · conceded 14
1 1 0-15
1 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 5 46-60
1 2 61-75
3 4 76-90
Hull City10 games · scored 12 · conceded 8
3 0-15
3 1 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
4 2 61-75
2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.