What is the East Midlands Derby between Leicester City and Nottingham Forest?

The match will be played between the two in the Premier League on Saturday.

The East Midlands Derby is the most eagerly anticipated rivalry in the Premier League since both Leicester City and Nottingham Forest are East Midlands-based teams. There have been 108 meetings between the two clubs, with the first one occurring in 1903.

These two are the most prosperous clubs in the East Midlands because Leicester has Coventry City as its closest neighbour and Forest is closer to Notts County and Derby County.

Since their first-ever encounter took place in 1903, the clubs' rivalry has grown in importance in Europe and the Premier League as a result of frequent, intense matches between the two teams, which occasionally end in fan clashes and a lot of racial chanting that prompts an investigation.

Forest, who was recently promoted to the Premier League for the first time since 1999, will play Leicester tomorrow night in what will be a significant clash between the two clubs.

How did the rivalry between East Midlands clubs intensify?

There have been some games that have affected the rivalry, like the humbling meeting on April 21, 1909, when Forest defeated Leicester by a score of 12 goals. Due to the foxes' dismal performance, the game sparked an investigation, and it was revealed that the players had been drinking too much at a teammate's wedding the night before the game.

The most exciting game in their history took place when Leicester and Forest squared off in the Football League Championship, giving both clubs a chance to advance to the play-off round for a place in the Premier League in the 2012–13 season. The score stayed 2-2 until the last minutes when Anthony Knockaert's goal gave the Foxes the play-off position and gave City its first league victory since 1972.

Besides games, there have been horrific incidents

A rivalry without fights and controversy is always incomplete, and these included every sort of incident that a football fan could witness.

Foxes and Forest had seen their fans indulging in fights in the games, the first occurred in 1977 when both club’s fans were arrested in connection with the incident. And racist chants have also been part of their history, as fans have also thrown objects at each other. And most recently, in the 2012 FA Cup, there were eleven arrests.

While some supporters were detained for sending racial slurs to Leicester supporters in tweets, And on Boxing Day between Leicester and Forest in 2018, there was a fight between two fans.

The saddest part about these instances is that, despite the arrests, their supporters continue to chant in a racial manner, degrading the stature of the derby.

Trophies won by each club

Although both teams have won the same number of Premier League championships, Nottingham Forest has won more trophies than Leicester. To see how many trophies each team has won, see the table below.

Nottingham Forest Trophies

Premier League: 1

FA Cup: 2

League Cup: 4

Community Shield: 1

Champions League: 2

UEFA Super Cup: 1

Leicester City Trophies

Premier League: 1

FA Cup: 1

League Cup: 3

Community Shield: 2

Champions League: 0

UEFA Super Cup: 0

In October, Foxes and Forest played each other in a top-flight match for the first time in 23 years, with Leicester winning 4-0. Both teams are now in the relegation battle, with Leicester in 13th place and Nottingham in 15th place, respectively. The teams will face off again tomorrow evening, which will further decide their chances of staying in the top flight.