The ball is in play longer at Nottingham Forest games than for those involving all but three other Championship clubs.
The ball has been in play for 55.2% of the time during the average Forest league game this season, according to data from the CIES Football Observatory.
That works out at 49 minutes out of a 90 minute match.
That’s higher than the league’s average of 52.3%.
Only three other Championship club has seen the ball in play more often - Swansea City at 56.5%, Bristol at 55.8% and arch rivals Derby County at 55.6%.
The fans of four clubs wait more than half the match for the ball to be in play.
Barnsley games see the ball in play an average of just 47.1% of the time.
For Wigan it’s 47.8% of the time, Middlesbrough 48.6%, Cardiff 48.9% and Preston 49.0%.
[Average time in play]
Club // Average
Swansea - 56.50%
Bristol - 55.80%
Derby County - 55.60%
Nottingham Forest - 55.20%
Reading - 55.10%
Leeds - 54.20%
Brentford - 54.00%
Birmingham - 54.00%
Stoke City - 53.20%
West Brom - 52.60%
Luton Town - 52.60%
Hull City - 52.10%
Huddersfield - 52.10%
Blackburn - 52.10%
QPR - 52.10%
Charlton Athletic - 52.00%
Fulham - 51.90%
Millwall - 51.50%
Sheffield Wednesday - 50.50%
Preston - 49.00%
Cardiff City - 48.90%
Middlesbrough - 48.60%
Wigan - 47.80%
Barnsley - 47.10%
AVERAGE - 52.3%
