With Forest potentially lacking options in attacking areas, they may struggle to impose their superiority on Bristol City in an intriguing cup tie.
The visitors are also without a clean sheet in 12 games, so Bristol City can expect to create chances, but may still need some individual inspiration like they got against West Ham.
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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 Bristol City win with a probability of 45.92%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 29.96% and a draw had a probability of 24.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bristol City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.29%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.69%) and 2-0 (7.19%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 1-2 (7.26%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.22%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a draw in this match.
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