Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th December 2023

Despite a rather curious form recently, The Magpies have a good opportunity to be victorious in round 19 of the Premier League season. They meet Nottingham Forest this coming Tuesday at the St James' Park, where they hope to frustrate the visitors.

Newcastle approach the next Premier League round as number 7 in the table, having claimed 29 points this season so far. With 18 games behind them, Nottingham Forest amassed 14 points, placing them as number 17 before their next fixture.

With both Newcastle and Nottingham Forest coming off disappointing defeats in their previous outing, we could be in for a cautious battle. Both will be eager to get back to winning ways sooner rather than later.

Newcastle step into their next home match on Tuesday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing 13 goals against. That is an average of 1.3 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet four times in those matches.

Nottingham Forest scored 11 goals, conceded 23 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Newcastle go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-0 and 2-1 the last two times they played Nottingham Forest.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Newcastle Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from Newcastle at the moment. Against Fulham, they came out on top in a 3-0 win, before drawing 1-1 against Chelsea. Most recently, they were left reeling in a 1-0 defeat against Luton. Newcastle took six wins in their last six Premier League matches on home soil, as they scored 15 and let in one goals.

Nottingham Forest Form

In their previous three games, Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 with Wolverhampton, then lost 0-2 against Tottenham and 2-3 against Bournemouth. In their last six Premier League away matches, Nottingham Forest failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn two and lost four, scoring three while also conceding 14 times.

Going forward, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest are both in decent form, while at the same time being generous in defence. We are confident, both teams will find the back of the net on Tuesday.

Newcastle took 16 points from their last nine encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to five wins after scoring 20 times and conceding eight. Nottingham Forest claimed two wins and six points from their last nine encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring ten goals to 18 against. Newcastle so far pulled off a record of nine wins, two draws and seven defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest put three wins, five draws and ten defeats on the board 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):

Loris Karius (0/0), Mark Gillespie (0/0), Martin Dubravka (0/5), Nick Pope (0/14), Daniel Burn (2/13), Emil Krafth (0/4), Fabian Schaer (0/18), Jamaal Lascelles (1/13), Javier Manquillo (0/0), Kieran Trippier (0/17), Matt Targett (0/3), Paul Dummett (0/0), Sven Botman (1/7), Valentino Livramento (0/12), Bruno Guimaraes (1/17), Elliot Anderson (0/9), Harvey Barnes (1/6), Jacob Murphy (1/5), Joelinton (2/14), Joseph Willock (0/3), Lewis Hall (0/5), Matt Ritchie (0/7), Miguel Almiron (3/18), Sandro Tonali (1/8), Sean Longstaff (2/15), Alexander Isak (7/13), Anthony Gordon (6/17), Callum Wilson (7/13), Lewis Miley (1/7).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 49 year-old Nottingham Forest manager Santo will select his starting XI from these players:

Ethan Horvath (0/0), Matt Turner (0/13), Odisseas Vlachodimos (0/5), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Andrew Omobamidele (0/0), Felipe (0/3), Gonzalo Montiel (0/4), Harry Toffolo (1/12), Joe Worrall (0/6), Moussa Niakhate (0/12), Murillo (0/12), Neco Williams (0/9), Nuno Tavares (0/0), Ola Aina (1/12), Scott McKenna (0/5), Serge Aurier (0/12), Willy Boly (1/14), Andrey Santos (0/0), Brandon Aguilera (0/0), Cheikhou Kouyate (0/9), Danilo (0/11), Harry Arter (0/0), Ibrahim Sangare (0/10), Morgan Gibbs-White (1/18), Nicolas Dominguez (1/9), Orel Mangala (1/17), Ryan Yates (0/15), Anthony Elanga (4/18), Callum Hudson-Odoi (1/9), Chris Wood (4/16), Divock Origi (0/9), Taiwo Awoniyi (4/10).

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Newcastle are sweating on the fitness of no less than nine players before their match this coming Tuesday. For their upcoming match in round 19, Newcastle are unable to call upon Sandro Tonali, who is suspended.

Newcastle-players Javier Manquillo, Joelinton, Nick Pope, Joseph Willock, Matt Targett, Elliot Anderson, Harvey Barnes, Joelinton and Javier Manquillo won't be playing in the upcoming match against Nottingham Forest at St James' Park due to nursing various injuries.

Nottingham Forest will have to make do without a group of five missing from their roster prior to their upcoming match on Tuesday against Newcastle. Scott McKenna, Joe Worrall and Joe Worrall racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Nottingham Forest travelling party for their next match.

Serge Aurier and Taiwo Awoniyi all face a spell on the sidelines for Nottingham Forest due to various injuries.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, The Magpies came away with a 1-2 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at St James' Park, but face stern opposition, of course. Newcastle have a 100% win rate in the against Nottingham Forest, who won zero of these matches. The total record reads 2-0-0, 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 last two matches between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, both teams to score came up one time.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Joelinton managed to hit the target twice recently for Newcastle, while Anthony Elanga, added two strikes in Premier League for Nottingham Forest in his last six outings.

Newcastle won eight of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing two times. Nottingham Forest won one of their last 10 games away from home, with three draws and six defeats as well. Keep an eye out for both teams not to score at St James' Park, as BTTS only came out three times in the previous 10 Premier League matches here for Newcastle. Both teams scored in five of the previous 10 away games for Nottingham Forest.

Over 2.5 goals came up one time in the previous two encounters between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, as Newcastle scored two goals on average per game and Nottingham Forest averaging 0.5 goals. Both teams scored in one time of these matches. Newcastle witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.2 goals a game. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Nottingham Forest-matches would have returned some winnings in six of them. Nottingham Forest managed to score an average of 1.1 times goals per game.