Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th October 2024

When Nottingham Forest come to King Power Stadium for the Premier League match this coming Friday, Leicester will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Leicester are number 14 in the table on nine points after eight matches. Nottingham Forest rank as number 8 with 13 points after eight matches played.

Nottingham Forest will be looking to increase the gap on Leicester after their Premier League clash on Friday. However, the hosts will be eager to prevent that as they will surely want to keep their upcoming opponent close.

Leicester only average a modest 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 14 goals. They also conceded 15 for an average of 1.5 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

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

Leicester took a hit when Nottingham Forest handed them a 2-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 4-0 win.

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Leicester Form

Leicester look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Arsenal, they were left empty-handed in a 4-2 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Bournemouth in a 1-0 win. They followed that up with a 2-3 win against Southampton in their most recent outing. Leicester claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew two and lost two, scored six goals and conceded eight.

Nottingham Forest Form

In their past three matches, Nottingham Forest lost 0-1 against Fulham, drew 1-1 with Chelsea and won 1-0 against Crystal Palace. Nottingham Forest claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, going undefeated as they also drew twice. They also banged in ten goals, whilst conceding five.

We trust neither defence to be able to keep their opponent at bay, when Leicester welcome Nottingham Forest this coming Friday. Goals should be flowing at both ends of the pitch.

Leicester claimed two wins, three draws as well as three defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest enjoy a record of three wins, four draws and one defeat in the Premier League.

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Leicester Squad

The 44-year-old coach of the home team, Steve Cooper, will select the lineup against Nottingham Forest from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/0), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/8), Conor Coady (0/1), James Justin (2/8), Jannik Vestergaard (0/2), Luke Thomas (0/0), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/6), Ricardo Pereira (0/0), Victor Kristiansen (0/8), Wout Faes (1/8), Bilal El Khannous (0/4), Boubakary Soumare (0/2), Facundo Buonanotte (3/7), Hamza Choudhury (0/1), Harry Winks (0/7), Kasey McAteer (0/3), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/6), Wilfred Ndidi (0/8), Will Alves (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/8), Bobby Reid (0/6), Jamie Vardy (3/8), Jordan Ayew (1/8), Odsonne Edouard (0/5), Patson Daka (0/0), Stephy Mavididi (2/8).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Below is the full team squad of Nottingham Forest. The manager Santo will pick his starting XI against Leicester from these players:

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/8), Alex Moreno (0/5), Andrew Omobamidele (0/0), Harry Toffolo (0/1), Morato (0/4), Murillo (0/8), Neco Williams (0/8), Nikola Milenkovic (0/7), Ola Aina (0/8), Willy Boly (0/2), Danilo (0/1), Elliot Anderson (0/8), Ibrahim Sangare (0/3), James Ward-Prowse (0/5), Morgan Gibbs-White (1/6), Nicolas Dominguez (0/6), Ramon Sosa (1/4), Ryan Yates (0/8), Anthony Elanga (0/8), Callum Hudson-Odoi (1/8), Chris Wood (5/8), Emmanuel Dennis (0/0), Jota Silva (0/7), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/5).

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Nottingham Forest just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Leicester at the King Power Stadium. Nikola Milenkovic is ineligible for selection in the Nottingham Forest squad, as he is suspended.

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Leicester were defeated by 2-0 in their last encounter with Nottingham Forest, but did win the reverse match 4-0, though. Leicester have a 50% win rate against Nottingham Forest, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 1-0-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Results

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Facundo Buonanotte has three strikes in six Premier League matches for Leicester, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Nottingham Forest. The visitors are looking to Chris Wood, who has provided his team with four Premier League goals.

Leicester claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing three. Nottingham Forest won five of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost two of the games in this run. Keep an eye out for both teams not to score at King Power Stadium, as BTTS only came out seven times in the previous 10 Premier League matches here for Leicester. Both teams scored in six of the previous 10 away games for Nottingham Forest.

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Leicester, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in two of the last ten outings for Nottingham Forest, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.