Blackburn vs Nottingham Forest Prediction & Betting Tips - Carabao Cup

Prediction published on 19/12/2022, 22:00  by Daniel Ngulu in Carabao Cup Predictions

Blackburn Rovers returned to winning ways in their last game, registering a crucial 2-0 victory over Norwich City in the Championship and will be turning their attention to the League Cup. They are set to host Premier League side Nottingham Forest in the round of 16. Blackburn are seeking promotion from the Championship and so far, by their performance this season, they will feel capable of handling Nottingham Forest, but they’ll have to improve on their recent run. They come into this game with a single win in normal time in their last four matches. In the last round in this competition, they came from down to draw 2-2 with West Ham United and won on post match penalties. They have a good run at home, and their six wins in seven home games will lift their confidence in this game that has rarely gone their way in recent fixtures. Blackburn have one win in six meetings with Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest had registered a sense of improvement on the poor start to the season by the time action took a break for the World Cup. They have posted three wins and just a loss in five. The break surely tampered with their momentum as they lost three of their friendly matches in that period. Now they have to start it all over again and one area they will want to build on is having scored in four of their last five competitive matches. They will also look to build on the three clean sheets in five that they had ahead of the World Cup break. With two goals in three competitive matches, Morgan Gibbs-White will hope to extend this streak but their biggest worry remains their away form. In the last five away games, Nottingham have failed to score in any, thus also failing to win any. They have four losses in those five away games.