Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham Betting Tips

The Blues have picked up a bit over the festive period after a slump in form suggested they were going to fall right out of the play-off picture. They’ve won 3 of their last 4 league games though to move back to 8th place and within 2 points of the top six.

All those victories were at St Andrews though and they’ve not won in 4 away from home and were well beaten 3-0 by Sheffield Wednesday in their last road game on Boxing Day. They’ve also sold star player Demarai Gray to Leicester City since then and his departure for a relatively modest fee could have a big impact on the rest of their season.

Birmingham head to the City Ground knowing they will be taking on a Nottingham Forest side that are playing as well as they have been for a long period of time. Dougie Freedman’s men are certainly playing their best football of the season and are 9 without defeat now in all competitions after their 1-0 win over QPR in the FA Cup on Saturday.

They’ve won 5 of their last 6 games at the City Ground and could move into the top half with 3 points here. At 11/10 they look well worth backing to secure another home victory and close the gap on Birmingham and the other sides above them.

Despite their recent improvements, Forest are not scoring an enormous amount of goals still and have scored exactly once in all of their last 4 fixtures. At 11/2 you can back them to secure a 1-0 win here and complete the double over the side from the Second City.