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Nottingham Forest logo
FA Cup | Fourth Round
Feb 6, 2022 at 4pm UK
The City Ground
Leicester logo

Nott'm Forest
4 - 1
Leicester

Zinckernagel (23'), Johnson (24'), Worrall (32'), Spence (61')
Garner (65')
FT(HT: 3-1)
Iheanacho (40')
Ndidi (59'), Maddison (74')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's FA Cup clash between Nottingham Forest and Leicester City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

We said: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Leicester City

Both clubs will be eager to claim local bragging rights, leading us to predict a high-octane showdown between two teams who have ambitions to improve during the second half of the campaign. Forest should more than match their higher-league neighbours, but we feel that Leicester could edge this contest by the odd goal in three. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Leicester City win with a probability of 43.04%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 32.03% and a draw had a probability of 24.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Leicester City win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.1%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.01%) and 0-2 (6.98%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 1-0 (7.65%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.74%). The actual scoreline of 4-1 was predicted with a 1.1% likelihood.

Result
Nottingham ForestDrawLeicester City
32.03%24.94%43.04%
Both teams to score 56.87%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
53.66%46.34%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
31.37%68.63%
Nottingham Forest Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
72.49%27.51%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
36.99%63.02%
Leicester City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
78.45%21.55%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
45.38%54.63%
Score Analysis
    Nottingham Forest 32.03%
    Leicester City 43.04%
    Draw 24.94%
Nottingham ForestDrawLeicester City
1-0 @ 7.65%
2-1 @ 7.58%
2-0 @ 4.94%
3-1 @ 3.26%
3-2 @ 2.5%
3-0 @ 2.12%
4-1 @ 1.05%
Other @ 2.92%
Total : 32.03%
1-1 @ 11.74%
0-0 @ 5.93%
2-2 @ 5.82%
3-3 @ 1.28%
Other @ 0.17%
Total : 24.94%
0-1 @ 9.1%
1-2 @ 9.01%
0-2 @ 6.98%
1-3 @ 4.61%
0-3 @ 3.57%
2-3 @ 2.98%
1-4 @ 1.77%
0-4 @ 1.37%
2-4 @ 1.14%
Other @ 2.5%
Total : 43.04%

How you voted: Nott'm Forest vs Leicester

Nottingham Forest
19.4%
Draw
17.1%
Leicester City
63.6%
129
Head to Head
May 4, 2013 12.45pm
Nott'm Forest
2-3
Leicester
Ward (50'), Cox (3')
Lansbury (49')
King (43'), James (24'), Knockaert (90')
Morgan (39'), Knockaert (90')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool108111961325
2Manchester CityMan City1072121111023
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest10541147719
4Chelsea105322012818
5Arsenal105321711618
6Aston Villa105321715218
7Tottenham HotspurSpurs1051422111116
8Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton104421714316
9Fulham104331413115
10Bournemouth104331312115
11Newcastle UnitedNewcastle104331010015
12Brentford104151920-113
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd10334912-312
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham103251319-611
15Leicester CityLeicester102441418-410
16Everton102351017-79
17Crystal Palace10145813-57
18Ipswich TownIpswich100551021-115
19Southampton10118719-124
20Wolverhampton WanderersWolves100371427-133


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