Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th August 2026

As the early season favourites, Liverpool will look to justify their title credentials on Saturday when they take on Nottingham Forest for a round 2 match in the Premier League.

Liverpool are placed tenth with one point after one match. Nottingham Forest occupy a position as 15th in the league on zero points.

Liverpool failed to win their Premier League opening match, when they settled for a single point on the board.

The last time Liverpool played Nottingham Forest, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Saturday.

Liverpool step into their next home match on Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 17 goals, while also allowing 16 goals against. That is an average of 1.6 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet one times in those matches.

Nottingham Forest show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target two times on average per game. They scored 20 goals and conceded nine, an average of 0.9 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in three of these.

Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest by 1-0 in their most recent match, while Nottingham Forest claimed a 3-0 win in the match prior to that.

Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Liverpool Form

Liverpool claimed two draws in their previous three matches, where they lost 4-2 against Aston Villa. Afterwards, they recorded a 1-1 draw with Brentford, before also drawing 2-2 with Newcastle. Liverpool won three of their previous six matches at Anfield in the Premier League. They drew three as well, but suffered no defeats, scoring 13 goals to six against.

Nottingham Forest Form

In their previous three games, Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 with Bournemouth, then lost 0-1 against Leeds and 0-2 against Leeds. Nottingham Forest managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored 16 while also conceding eight times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

Both Liverpool and Nottingham Forest seem a little too focused on not losing than actually chasing a win, and as such, the draw is a tasty value bet from our perspective.

Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Liverpool Squad

The 44-year-old coach of the home team, Andoni Iraola, 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:

Alisson Becker (0/1), Freddie Woodman (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/0), Harvey Davies (0/0), Vitezslav Jaros (0/0), Conor Bradley (0/0), Giovanni Leoni (0/0), Jeremie Frimpong (0/1), Jeremy Jacquet (0/1), Joseph Gomez (0/0), Konstantinos Tsimikas (0/0), Milos Kerkez (0/1), Ronald Araujo (0/1), Virgil van Dijk (0/1), Alexis Mac Allister (0/1), Dominik Szoboszlai (1/1), Federico Chiesa (0/0), Florian Wirtz (0/1), Harvey Elliott (0/0), Ryan Gravenberch (0/1), Stefan Bajcetic (0/0), Trey Nyoni (0/0), Wataru Endo (0/0), Alexander Isak (0/1), Cody Gakpo (1/1), Hugo Ekitike (0/0), Rio Ngumoha (0/1), Victor Munoz (0/1).

Nottingham Forest Squad

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

John Victor (0/0), Matz Sels (0/1), Steven Benda (0/0), Grady McDonnell (0/0), Jair Cunha (0/1), Luca Netz (0/1), Morato (0/0), Murillo (0/1), Neco Williams (0/1), Nicolo Savona (0/0), Nikola Milenkovic (0/1), Ola Aina (0/1), Ousmane Diomande (0/0), Tyler Bindon (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/0), Ibrahim Sangare (0/1), James McAtee (0/1), Morgan Gibbs-White (0/1), Nicolas Dominguez (0/0), Omari Hutchinson (0/0), Ryan Yates (0/0), Xaver Schlager (0/1), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (0/0), Callum Hudson-Odoi (0/0), Chris Wood (0/1), Dan Ndoye (0/1), Dilane Bakwa (0/0), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/0), Igor Jesus (0/1).

Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Liverpool could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment on Saturday. Liverpool have to alter their line-up, as both Alexis Mac Allister and Ronald Araujo get a day in the shade.

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

Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest by 1-0 in their most recent match, while Nottingham Forest claimed a 3-0 win in the match prior to that. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their nine recent outings against each other. Liverpool managed five wins, while Nottingham Forest grabbed all three points three times in these eight matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 9/20 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 19/4.

Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Results

Both teams to score only came out two times in the previous eight games between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 1/1 with the bookies.

Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Virgil van Dijk, who is performing well for The Reds. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Nottingham Forest.The visitors will be looking to Morgan Gibbs-White to find the net once again, after managing three Premier League goals for Nottingham Forest in recent matches.

Liverpool claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing three. Nottingham Forest won five of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost four of the games in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Anfield since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Liverpool. The same occurred in five of the last 10 league games away from home for Nottingham Forest.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past eight encounters between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, with Liverpool scoring 1.15 goals on average per game. Nottingham Forest averaged 1.02 goals, while both teams scored two times. Liverpool saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in three of the last ten matches that Nottingham Forest played across all tournaments. They scored 1.1 times on average in the process.