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Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa

Opta facts

  • Nottingham Forest have won one of their last 13 matches against Aston Villa in all competitions (D6 L6), a 2-1 win in February 2017.
  • Aston Villa are looking to win consecutive league matches away at Nottingham Forest for the first time since January 1995.
  • Nottingham Forest have won each of their last four home league games under Martin O’Neill. The last time the Northern Irishman won five such games in a row was in April 1995 in the third tier with Wycombe Wanderers.
  • Aston Villa have won consecutive league games for the first time since November (three in a row).
  • Martin O’Neill has lost just one of his 12 matches against Aston Villa in all competitions as a manager (W5 D6 L1), though that was in his most recent game against them in November 2012, a 0-1 defeat with Sunderland.
  • Aston Villa striker Tammy Abraham has scored five Championship goals in three appearances against Nottingham Forest, scoring four in the 5-5 draw in this season’s reverse fixture.

Norwich v Hull

Opta facts

  • Norwich have won just one of their last nine league matches against Hull (D4 L4), winning 1-0 in January 2014.
  • Hull have won one of their last nine league visits to Carrow Road against Norwich (W1 D3 L5)
  • Norwich have been beaten just once in their last 11 league games (W7 D3), falling 3-1 to Preston in February.
  • Hull City have lost each of their last four away games in the Championship, scoring just one goal while letting in 13. They lost five in a row earlier this season, between August and October.
  • Nigel Adkins won his last away league match against Norwich back in November 2014 as Reading boss, a 2-1 win.
  • 37% of Norwich’s league goals at Carrow Road this season have been scored in the final 15 minutes of games (14 of 38), the highest ratio of any home side.

Cheltenham Festival

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I'm sure many of you are carrying an interest in Cheltenham Festival this week, ITV Racing's Oli Bell has been picking out some of his best bets and you can view them all for Wednesday by clicking on the image below.

Oli Bell's recommended bets for the 2019 Chelteham Festival

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