Derby v Nottingham Forest Football Betting Tips for Saturday

Weekend football betting tips for the Derby vs Nottingham Forest match from the Champion ship on Saturday lunchtime.

It’s an East Midlands derby as two play-off contenders meet at Pride Park. Neither side has been pulling up trees of late with the home side in danger of slipping out the play-off berths whilst Derby appear to have forgotten the art of scoring, luckily for them, their backline is largely water-tight.

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Billy Davies is suffering from depleted squad-syndrome and he hasn’t been afraid to reiterate the point to the press.  Andy Reid is out for another three weeks and the influential Irishman joins Jack Hobbs, Henri Lansbury, David Vaughn, Eric Lichaj and Kelvin Wilson on the treatment table so this has to be taken into account when looking for football tips on the match.

Steve McLaren’s side were scoring goals for fun earlier in the campaign, they may still be the division’s top scorers but they have failed to find the net in their last 4 matches. They are still ahead of QPR and are almost certain to be in the end of season shake up, but they are trailing Burnley by 10 points and reversing the deficit appears to be a difficult task.

There’s plenty at stake over the course of the 90 minutes, Derby will want to avenge the 1-0 defeat inflicted on them by Forest earlier in the season whilst the away side will be hoping to end their recent slump and gain bragging rights for the season.

Looking at the stats, it is evident that historically, this match doesn’t throw up many goals, the aforementioned 1-0 victory was preceded by a 0-0 draw and Derby triumphed 1-0 in the 2012/2013 season. With neither side seemingly being able to win a game and goals being at a premium, under 2.5 goals looks a tremendous bet despite the short odds of 13/20 with William Hill.

Although they haven’t been playing to their full potential of late, I think Derby might edge this encounter, probably by a single goal. They were unbeaten in 7 matches, prior to their mini-slump when they lost to Burnley and Millwall. They have a fuller, fitter squad than their counterparts and should be able to get the better of a side lacking in confidence and bodies. A Derby win is 11/10 with Boylesports and that makes up our second betting tip.

The fixture will be tight and tense and with a whole heap of crowd expectation piled on, neither side will want to go behind early and end up chasing the game. A draw at Half Time seems an astute betting prediction and despite the presence of the television cameras, I can easily see this match being goalless at half time.  Draw HT is 23/20 with Ladbrokes whilst 0-0 as a half time score is 9/5 with the same firm, back either of both if you are feeling particularly confident.

Derby vs Nottm Forest Betting Tips

Under 2.5 goals – bet here at 13/20 with William Hill

Derby Win – bet here at 11/10 with Boylesports

Draw Half Time – bet here at 23/20 with Ladbrokes

Half Time Score – bet here at 9/5 with Ladbrokes

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