Fulham vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd December 2025

When Nottingham Forest come to Craven Cottage for the Premier League match on Monday, Fulham will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Ranked as number 14 in the Premier League standings, Fulham, have so far collected 20 points this season, while Nottingham Forest collected 18 points. This puts them up as number 16 after 16 rounds.

Fulham need a good result here against Nottingham Forest, if they wish to climb the Premier League table. The guests have proven, they can be a dangerous opponent, but the former should be able to hold their on at the Craven Cottage.

Fulham step into their next home match on Monday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing 18 goals against. That is an average of 1.8 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet two times in those matches.

Nottingham Forest scored 12 goals, conceded 15 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Fulham won the last two meetings against Nottingham Forest, as they followed up a 1-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score.

Fulham vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Fulham Form

Showing inconsistent form, Fulham lost two of their past three matches, going down 1-2 against Crystal Palace, before beating Burnley 2-3. The joy was short-lived, as Newcastle proved too strong in a 2-1 defeat. Fulham won three of their previous six matches at Craven Cottage in the Premier League. They drew zero and suffered three defeats, scoring 12 goals to nine against.

They had their sights set on gold, but Fulham could soon be forced to readjust the target to qualifying for Europe.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Everton, they were left empty-handed in a 3-0 defeat, but they bounced back by beating FC Utrecht in a 1-2 win. They followed that up with a 3-0 win against Tottenham in their most recent outing. Nottingham Forest won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says eight goals conceded and five scored.

Nottingham Forest entered the season hunting for a title, however they find themselves far off track at this stage.

We've thought long and hard which bet offers the best price at the bookies, as the match against Nottingham Forest could turn out a bit slippery for Fulham. Considering form and strength in squad, we nevertheless ended up siding with the latter this coming Monday.

Fulham won 12 points from their last four encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won four, scored ten and let in three goals. Nottingham Forest earned ten points from their last five games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored eight goals in those matches, but also allowed six goals against on their way to three wins. Fulham are looking at a record of six wins, two draws and eight defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest enjoy a record of five wins, three draws and eight defeats in the Premier League.

Fulham vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Fulham Squad

Marco Silva will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Nottingham Forest from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Benjamin Lecomte (0/0), Bernd Leno (0/16), Antonee Robinson (0/4), Calvin Bassey (1/16), Issa Diop (0/3), Joachim Andersen (0/15), Jorge Cuenca (0/3), Kenny Tete (1/13), Timothy Castagne (0/12), Emile Smith Rowe (3/16), Harrison Reed (0/1), Harry Wilson (5/15), Joshua King (0/16), Kevin (0/12), Ryan Sessegnon (2/13), Sander Berge (0/16), Sasa Lukic (1/13), Tom Cairney (0/8), Adama Traore (0/11), Alex Iwobi (2/16), Jonah Kusi-Asare (0/2), Raul Jimenez (2/15), Rodrigo Muniz (1/7), Samuel Chukwueze (2/9).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Here is the full team squad of Nottingham Forest. The 54 year-old Sean Dyche will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/1), Matz Sels (0/15), Jair Cunha (0/1), Jimmy Sinclair (0/0), Morato (0/9), Murillo (1/10), Neco Williams (1/16), Nicolo Savona (2/11), Nikola Milenkovic (0/16), Ola Aina (0/3), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/3), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/0), Douglas Luiz (0/5), Elliot Anderson (1/16), Ibrahim Sangare (2/13), James McAtee (0/5), Morgan Gibbs-White (3/16), Nicolas Dominguez (0/7), Omari Hutchinson (0/11), Ryan Yates (0/11), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (0/7), Callum Hudson-Odoi (3/15), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/15), Dilane Bakwa (0/4), Igor Jesus (1/15), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/4).

Fulham vs Nottingham Forest Team News

At the time of writing, Fulham have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Nottingham Forest on Monday. Sander Berge, Calvin Bassey and Antonee Robinson can't be called up by the Fulham-manager, with both serving a ban.

Apparently, Nottingham Forest have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Monday. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White sit this one out for Nottingham Forest, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Fulham.

Fulham vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Fulham vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Fulham had a good reading on Nottingham Forest in their last two meetings, which they won by 1-0 and 2-1, respectively. Fulham tend to have the upper hand against Nottingham Forest, grabbing all three points five times in six matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 5/4.

Fulham vs Nottingham Forest Results

In three of the previous six matches between Fulham and Nottingham Forest both teams scored.

Fulham vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Fulham claimed six wins, drew one and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Nottingham Forest won three, drew three and lost four of their last 10 games away. Fulham kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Nottingham Forest have been able to keep a clean sheet in three of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened four times in the past six encounters between Fulham and Nottingham Forest, with Fulham scoring 2.33 goals on average per game. Nottingham Forest averaged one goal, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Fulham, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.7 times goals per game themselves.