Match Report
34 points separated the sides: Nottingham Forest 9th on 66, Bolton Wanderers 23rd on 32. Per game in the league, Nottingham Forest were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.17, Bolton Wanderers 0.63 and 1.7, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Bolton Wanderers had lost six in a row. Nottingham Forest had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Bolton Wanderers, 0.
GioScore's database holds 11 meetings between the two: 5 for Nottingham Forest, 1 for Bolton Wanderers and 5 drawn, at 3.45 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 73% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 73%.
The match was played at The City Ground in Nottingham (capacity 30,603). On the scoreboard, Nottingham Forest led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.