Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd February 2025

Newcastle enjoy home advantage, when visitors Nottingham Forest swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Two places behind the league-leaders, Nottingham Forest claimed 47 points from 25 rounds, while Newcastle amassed 41 points. They now rank as number 7 in the Premier League standings.

Both Newcastle and Nottingham Forest aim to show their respective set of fans they are the better side this coming Sunday, and we are bound to see an exciting game.

Newcastle are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Premier League, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.3 goals on average per match, or 23 goals in total, while allowing 12 goals against, for an average of 1.2 per outing. They managed five clean sheets along the way.

Nottingham Forest are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the Premier League, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous ten games. The visitors scored 2.2 times on average per match, for a total of 22 goals. They also let in 11 goals, leaving an average of 1.1 per match. They fought their way to five clean sheets.

Newcastle go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-2 and 3-1 the last two times they played Nottingham Forest.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Newcastle Form

Newcastle are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Arsenal by 2-0, before beating Birmingham by 2-3. The winning streak came to an end against Manchester City, who ran out 4-0 winners. Newcastle won three of their previous six matches at St James' Park in the Premier League. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring 15 goals to nine against.

Nottingham Forest Form

In their previous three matches, Nottingham Forest won 7-0 against Brighton, drew 2-2 with Exeter before losing 2-1 against Fulham. Nottingham Forest claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, as well as no draw but two defeats. They also banged in 11 goals, whilst conceding nine.

Bookmakers have Newcastle down as rather big favourites for the win, when Nottingham Forest arrive at St James' Park. While it might prove problematic, we still believe they will come through and deliver.

Newcastle fought their way to two wins and nine points from their last eight games against teams inside the top six. They were on target 11 times in these matches, but also let in 16 goals. Nottingham Forest won three of their last 13 matches against teams from the top half of the Premier League table, scoring 17 and conceding 23 goals. They collected 13 points from these. Newcastle claimed 12 wins, five draws as well as eight defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest have a record of 14 wins, five draws and six defeats in the Premier League.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Newcastle Squad

Howe will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Nottingham Forest from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

John Ruddy (0/0), Mark Gillespie (0/0), Martin Dubravka (0/10), Nick Pope (0/15), Odisseas Vlachodimos (0/0), Daniel Burn (0/24), Emil Krafth (0/4), Fabian Schaer (2/21), Jamaal Lascelles (0/0), Kieran Trippier (0/15), Matt Targett (0/1), Sven Botman (0/3), Valentino Livramento (0/24), Bruno Guimaraes (2/25), Jacob Murphy (4/22), Joelinton (4/23), Joseph Willock (0/22), Lewis Hall (0/25), Lewis Miley (0/6), Sandro Tonali (1/23), Sean Longstaff (0/19), Alexander Isak (17/23), Anthony Gordon (6/24), Callum Wilson (0/5), Garang Kuol (0/0), Harvey Barnes (5/20), Trevan Sanusi (0/0), William Osula (0/9).

Nottingham Forest Squad

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

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/25), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Alex Moreno (0/13), Harry Toffolo (0/3), Morato (0/18), Murillo (1/24), Neco Williams (1/22), Nikola Milenkovic (2/24), Ola Aina (2/25), Willy Boly (0/5), Danilo (0/3), Elliot Anderson (1/24), Ibrahim Sangare (0/5), Morgan Gibbs-White (5/21), Nicolas Dominguez (0/21), Ramon Sosa (1/14), Ryan Yates (1/22), Anthony Elanga (3/25), Callum Hudson-Odoi (3/21), Chris Wood (18/25), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/2), Joel Ndala (0/0), Jota Silva (1/24), Taiwo Awoniyi (1/19).

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Newcastle could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Sunday.

Jamaal Lascelles and Sven Botman are missing from the squad, Newcastle will field against Nottingham Forestthis coming Sunday.

Nottingham Forest are juggling with three absent players on on Sunday when travelling to Newcastle. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White sit this one out for Nottingham Forest, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Newcastle.

Danilo is too injured to face Nottingham Forest.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Newcastle go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-2 and 3-1 the last two times they played Nottingham Forest. Newcastle have a 80% win rate against Nottingham Forest, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 4-0-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Results

In the past five matches between home side Newcastle and Nottingham Forest both teams found the back of the net four times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 8/13.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

It is difficult to look past Chris Wood, when searching for a goalscorer, as he is seems in wonderful shape. He hit the target seven times in recent Premier League matches for Nottingham Forest, with a total for the season saying 18 goals scored in this Premier League campaign. With five goals lately for Newcastle in the Premier League, Alexander Isak is also a player to look out for.

Newcastle claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Nottingham Forest won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing four in this series of matches. Both teams scored in four of the last 10 home league matches for Newcastle. Both teams also found the back of the net four times in the previous 10 league games away for Nottingham Forest.

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last five encounters between these two teams. Newcastle managed an average of 2.2 goals, with Nottingham Forest averaging 1.4 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Newcastle’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of two goals during this run. In the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.2 times goals per game themselves.