Nottingham Forest vs Burnley Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th September 2023

Nottingham Forest go up against Burnley at City Ground, Nottingham this coming Monday in a thrilling Premier League match.

Nottingham Forest have piled up six points from the first four matches played. This puts them at number 9 in the Premier League table, with Burnley having six points less to show off. This qualifies the latter to a ranking as number 20.

Burnley are rock bottom having failed to claim a single point from three matches during this campaign. Following their four encounters Nottingham Forest collected six which hands them number 9 in the Premier League standings.

Burnley will play the match against Nottingham Forest hoping to gain some ground on the latter in Premier League standings. A positive result could be more than important for their upcoming challenges this season.

Nottingham Forest scored 18 while allowing 15 goals against in the past ten matches. They claimed two clean sheets on the way.

Burnley hit the target 11 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.1 goals a game. They conceded 1.9 goals per match for a total of 19 goals, while claiming two clean sheets as well.

This is the first time Nottingham Forest squares up against Burnley in the Premier League in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.

Nottingham Forest vs Burnley Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

In their last three games, Nottingham Forest lost 3-2 against Manchester United, got defeated 0-1 by Burnley before winning 0-1 against Chelsea. In their last six Premier League home matches, Nottingham Forest won four times. They've drawn once and lost once, while scoring 11 and conceding eight goals.

Burnley naturally hope for a a top half position come reckoning day next spring, but experts foresee a tough battle ahead in the lower regions of the Premier League.

Burnley Form

Burnley are currently a little too inconsistent for their own good. Against Aston Villa, they lost 1-3, before winning 0-1 against Nottingham Forest. They came out on the losing end once again in a 2-5 defeat against Tottenham. Burnley managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring eight time and letting in four.

Burnley naturally hope for a a top half position come reckoning day next spring, but experts foresee a tough battle ahead in the lower regions of the Premier League.

Burnley will be looking for a good result at City Ground, Nottingham, but backing Nottingham Forest in current form looks the value bet on Monday.

Nottingham Forest vs Burnley Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

The 43-year-old coach of the home team, Steve Cooper, will select the lineup against Burnley from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Ethan Horvath (0/0), Matt Turner (0/4), Odisseas Vlachodimos (0/0), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Andrew Omobamidele (0/0), Felipe (0/0), Giulian Biancone (0/0), Gonzalo Montiel (0/1), Harry Toffolo (0/0), Joe Worrall (0/4), Moussa Niakhate (0/2), Murillo (0/0), Neco Williams (0/2), Nuno Tavares (0/1), Ola Aina (0/3), Scott McKenna (0/4), Serge Aurier (0/4), Willy Boly (1/4), Andrey Santos (0/0), Brandon Aguilera (0/0), Cheikhou Kouyate (0/4), Danilo (0/4), Harry Arter (0/0), Ibrahim Sangare (0/0), Jonjo Shelvey (0/0), Morgan Gibbs-White (0/4), Nicolas Dominguez (0/0), Orel Mangala (0/3), Ryan Yates (0/4), Alex Mighten (0/0), Anthony Elanga (1/4), Callum Hudson-Odoi (0/0), Chris Wood (1/4), Divock Origi (0/0), Emmanuel Dennis (0/0), Taiwo Awoniyi (3/4).

Burnley Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 37 year-old Burnley manager Kompany will select his starting XI from these players:

Arijanet Muric (0/0), Denis Franchi (0/0), James Trafford (0/3), Lawrence Vigouroux (0/0), Ameen Al Dakhil (0/3), Charlie Taylor (0/0), Connor Roberts (0/3), Conrad Egan-Riley (0/0), Dara O'Shea (0/3), Hannes Delcroix (0/2), Hjalmar Ekdal (0/0), Jordan Beyer (0/2), Owen Dodgson (0/0), Vitinho (0/1), Aaron Ramsey (0/1), Dara Costelloe (0/0), Darko Churlinov (0/0), Han-Noah Massengo (0/0), Jack Cork (0/1), Johann Berg Gudmundsson (0/2), Josh Brownhill (1/2), Josh Cullen (0/3), Luca Koleosho (0/3), Manuel Benson (0/2), Nathan Redmond (0/3), Samuel Bastien (0/0), Sander Berge (0/3), Wilson Odobert (0/0), Zeki Amdouni (0/3), Anass Zaroury (0/1), Enock Agyei (0/0), Jacob Bruun Larsen (0/3), Jay Rodriguez (0/1), Lyle Foster (2/3), Michael Obafemi (0/0), Mike Tresor (0/0).

Nottingham Forest vs Burnley Team News

Nottingham Forest could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Burnley. There is no need for Joe Worrall to show up in the Nottingham Forest dressing room, as he is suspended.

Giulian Biancone and Wayne Hennessey are all absent from the Nottingham Forest squad that faces Burnley at City Ground, Nottingham.

Burnley are juggling with five absent players on on Monday when travelling to Nottingham Forest.

Burnley need to do without Hjalmar Ekdal, Aaron Ramsey, Vitinho, Darko Churlinov and Michael Obafemi, who are not fit enough to travel to City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest vs Burnley Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Burnley H2H

This will be the inaugural meeting between Nottingham Forest and Burnley in the Premier League in this century, thus providing a completely unprecedented situation for both teams. Nottingham Forest picked up one win in their previous ten matches against Burnley, while the latter claimed five wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 13/5.

Nottingham Forest vs Burnley Results

Nottingham Forest vs Burnley Betting Tips

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

In their last 10 matches at City Ground, Nottingham across all tournaments Nottingham Forest won four times, drew one and lost five times. Burnley claimed five wins, three draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Nottingham Forest only managed one clean sheets in their last 10 matches at their own ground, while Burnley racked up four clean sheets in their last 10 away games.

In Nottingham Forest's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in five of them. They managed to average 0.8 goals goals per match across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Burnley, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.