Championship football - West Brom vs Nottingham Forest

West Brom host Nottingham Forest tonight in the Coca-Cola Championship looking to continue their promotion push with a win over their high-flying opponents. Albion are second in the table and have been scoring freely so far this season but Forest have also impressed and, crucially, are yet to lose an away match this season in any competition.

The hosts are favourites for the match at 19/20 (bet £20 to win £19 profit), leaving Forest as underdogs at 10/3. West Brom have been in questionable form of late, winning only two of their last five league games, but have now won two in a row and will hope to build on that tonight. Forest, however, will be very confident as they have won five of their last seven matches and have not conceded in any of their last five. The draw is priced at 5/2 and the visitors have drawn six of their last eleven games.

The bookmakers see the two sides as being very close and have made a 1-1 draw the joint most likely score tonight, priced at 6/1. Also at 6/1 is a 1-0 win for the Baggies, the score last time the teams met, with both 2-1 and 2-0 at 8/1. A 1-0 upset win for Nottingham Forest is available at 10/1.

West Brom`s Simon Cox, signed in the summer from Swindon Town, is favourite to open the scoring tonight at 6/1, with Czech team-mate Roman Bednar next at 13/2 and Chris Wood and Luke Moore both at 7/1. Rob Earnshaw represent`s Forest`s best hope of scoring the first goal of the match, priced at 15/2.

Tonight`s hosts are 9/2 to be winning at both half-time and full-time and 9/2 to win after drawing at the interval. The bookmakers also offer 9/2 that both halves end in a draw. Forest are 7/1 to lead at both half-time and full-time and 8/1 to win at the final whistle after the scores are level at half-time.

Both sides are seen as contenders for the Championship this year but West Brom are seen as the more likely of the two to overtake current leaders Newcastle, at 3/1 to Forests` 15/2.

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