Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd October 2022

Form hasn't been great recently for Leicester City, who hope to turn things around against Nottingham Forest on Monday. This is a round nine match in the current Premier League campaign, and they face each other at King Power Stadium. Having never shared a season in the Premier League in recent past, this is the first time Leicester City comes up against Nottingham Forest in this context.

With the gap between Nottingham Forest and Leicester City being only one place in the tournament table, this is obviously an important match. The guests currently occupy number 19, while the hosts are behind them by three points as number 20 in the Premier League.

Leicester City as well as Nottingham Forest suffered disappointing defeats in their most previous match. This could lead to a cautious encounter as neither side naturally fancies losing once again already.

Leicester City step into their next home match on Monday having scored a nice average of two goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 20 goals, while also allowing 25 goals against. That is an average of 2.5 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet zero times in those matches.

Nottingham Forest average 0.9 goals a game in their last seven outing, scoring a total of six goals. They conceded an average of 2.4 per game, for a total of 17 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring one times.

Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Leicester City endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 0-1 against Manchester United, before Brighton won 5-2, while Tottenham claimed all three points in a 6-2 win. In their last six Premier League home matches, Leicester City have two wins, while they've drawn one and lost three. They scored 11 and conceded eight goals.

Nottingham Forest endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 6-0 by Manchester City, before Bournemouth ran out 2-3 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Fulham, who came out 2-3 winners. Nottingham Forest didn't manage a single away win in their last six Premier League matches, but managed one draws, while suffering two defeats. They conceded nine and scored one goals themselves.

Nottingham Forest and Leicester City seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues this coming Monday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Leicester City could be looking at four players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Nottingham Forest.

Patson Daka, Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira and Ryan Bertrand are missing from the squad, Leicester City will field against Nottingham Forestthis coming Monday.

Nottingham Forest have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match this coming Monday against Leicester City.

Nottingham Forest need to do without Scott McKenna, Emmanuel Dennis, Morgan Gibbs-White, Orel Mangala, Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards, who are not fit enough to travel to King Power Stadium.

Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Having never met before in the Premier League in the 21st century, this is a first for both Leicester City and Nottingham Forest. Any eventual head-to-head stats come from playing each other in the cup or friendlies.

Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest Results

Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Taiwo Awoniyi shows decent form right now for Nottingham Forest, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Leicester City, who are strong favourites this coming Monday. Siding with James Maddison also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Premier League matches.

King Power Stadium saw Leicester City winning three, drawing three and losing four of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Nottingham Forest won three of their 10 most recent away games, drew three and lost four. Nottingham Forest scored the opening goal in six of their previous 10 away games. Leicester City, however, were first off the mark six times in their last 10 home games.

Over 2.5 goals paid out in eight of Leicester City’s ten most recent home matches across the tournaments, and they scored an 1.6 goals on average in the process. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.2 times in those matches.