Blackburn Rovers will host Nottingham Forest at Ewood Park on Wednesday night in the last 16 of the 2022-23 Carabao Cup campaign.

The home side kicked off their cup run with a 4-0 home win over Hartlepool United before beating Bradford City in the second round. They then locked horns with Premier League outfit West Ham United in the third round and held on for a 2-2 draw, before going to penalties which they won. They will be feeling very confident going into this game and that will serve as a morale booster. Blackburn will head into this game with 3 wins from their last 5 games, a very decent run. In that time period, they found the back of the net a total of 9 times, showing their ability to break down defences. Out of those 5 games, Blackburn managed to keep 3 clean sheets, showing how strong they are at the back. They sit in 3rd position in their league table with 39 points, 5 away from second placed sheffield united and that shows just how impressive blackburn have been this season.

Nottingham forest on the other hand will head into this game following an inconsistent run of performances. They sit in 18 position in the league table with only 13 points to show for their efforts all season. So far, have not had the smoothest return to the top flight. Nottingham forest have been terrible at creating chances to find the back of the net and it's no wonder they are in this mess at the moment. At the back, they have also been very frail as they have conceded a total of 30 goals in the premier league alone, making them the second worst defense in the league. On the attack, they have only managed to score 11 goals as well, making them them the joint second worst attack in the league. Going into this game, Nottingham forest will not be too confident.

Looking at the records have shown that Blackburn Rovers have the advantage. They are currently in the form of their lives and have picked up 24 points on home turf this season. Only league leaders Burnley have picked up more. Of the 125 meetings between these two sides, Blackburn have come out on top wining 54. Nottingham forest on the other hand have picked up just two points away from home this season, the fewest in the Premier League so far. We are backing Blackburn Rovers here as we expect them to do enough to avoid a defeat by either securing a victory or by earning a hard fought draw.

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布莱克本流浪者将于周三晚上在埃伍德公园主场迎战诺丁汉森林，参加2022-23赛季卡拉宝杯16强赛。

主场4-0击败哈特尔普尔联队，在第二轮击败布拉德福德城，开启了他们的杯赛之旅。随后，他们在第三轮与英超球队西汉姆联交手，并在点球大战中以2-2战平，最终获胜。他们会在这场比赛中感到非常自信，这将成为士气的助推器。布莱克本将在过去的5场比赛中取得3场胜利，这是一场非常不错的比赛。在此期间，他们共9次破门，显示了他们打破防线的能力。在这5场比赛中，布莱克本成功地保持了3场零封，这表明他们的后防线是多么强大。他们以39分的成绩排在积分榜的第三位，距离排名第二的谢菲尔德联队5分，这表明布莱克本本赛季的表现是多么令人印象深刻。

另一方面，诺丁汉森林队在这场比赛中表现不稳定。他们在积分榜上排在第18位，整个赛季的努力只得到13分。到目前为止，还没有顺利回到顶级联赛。诺丁汉森林在创造破门机会方面做得很糟糕，难怪他们现在会陷入这样的困境。在后防线上，他们也非常脆弱，仅在英超联赛中就丢了30个球，这使他们的防守在联赛中排名第二。在进攻方面，他们也只打进了11球，这使他们成为联赛中进攻最差的第二名。进入这场比赛，诺丁汉森林不会太有信心。

从记录来看，布莱克本已经占据了优势。他们目前状态良好，本赛季在主场拿到了24分。只有联赛领头羊伯恩利比他多。在双方125次交锋中，布莱克本赢了54场。另一方面，诺丁汉森林本赛季只在客场拿到了两分，是英超迄今为止最少的。我们在这里支持布莱克本，因为我们希望他们能尽力避免失败，要么取得一场胜利，要么取得一场艰难的平局。