Middlesbrough vs Nottingham Forest Prediction, Bet Tips & Prediction

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest
England Championship
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2024
Start at 15pm UK
Location: Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough have held off a somewhat rocky start to the season and have taken 11 points from their last five matches, welcoming Nottingham Forest in good spirits and hoping to challenge the top 6 as they find themselves in a 6th-place position, Bristol City in close pursuit. at the beginning of the new campaign.

Boro beat Coventry (2-0) on Tuesday, with late goals from Assombalonga and Spence once again proving to be a difficult team to score. They have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four matches since mid-October, promising another similar set-up at Riverside on Saturday afternoon. Neil Warnock's men built their success on such displays here and now it's hard to argue for anything different.

Nottingham have taken all six points from their last four matches, beating Blackburn (0-1) and holding off Rotherham (1-1), Derby (1-1) and Luton (1-1) from mid-October. They have been scoring goals on a regular basis but have struggled to keep a clean sheet, which will be worrying ahead of the trip to Middlesbrough, despite seeing Taylor, Lolley and Ameobi finally start making deliveries in the final third.

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest head to head

Middlesbrough haven't beaten Nottingham since April 2018, when they added the points in a 2-0 win at this ground.

Nottingham have had two wins and two draws in four head-to-head meetings since then.

We saw goals from both ends on both occasions last season, with a 1-1 draw at Nottingham and a 2-2 draw here.

Middlesbrough vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Therefore, we will bet on Middlesbrough to finally connect two consecutive wins in this period, looking for a home win at 2,37. We've seen them tough on defense and look forward to seeing another such display on the day, which would certainly mean hands full for the Tricky Trees. Even so, this should be a tight competition and that's why we're also looking for few goals.

With that in mind, we're going for Under 2,5 Goals FT at 1,61. Nottingham have been scoring goals, but now we expect a tougher challenge. We think Boro have everything to secure the points, but a lot could depend on the day's defensive setup.

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest betting tips

• Home win @ 2,37

• Under 2,5 goals at 1,61.