About Match
9 points for Newcastle United W (1st), 5 for Nottingham Forest W (6th): a 4-point gap. Per game in the league, Newcastle United W score 2.33 and conceding 0.33, Nottingham Forest W 1.67 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game. If Nottingham Forest W win, their total rises to 8 and up to 2nd, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Newcastle United W have won four straight.
6 meetings are on record — 3 won by Newcastle United W, 2 by Nottingham Forest W, 1 drawn, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
St. James' Park in Brackley stages the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500.