Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th May 2025

Nottingham Forest welcome Leicester at City Ground, Nottingham in round 36 of the Premier League campaign. Only three matches remain this season, and important points are at stake this coming Sunday.

Sitting bottom of the table, The Foxes have claimed 21 points after 35 rounds, while Nottingham Forest have amassed 61 points. This places the latter as number 6 in the Premier League at the moment.

Aiming for a place inside the top six, Nottingham Forest need to strut their stuff against Leicester this coming Sunday. The latter might not look like a team currently possessing the qualities to stop the home side from claiming a win, but they will be eager to spring a surprise.

Nottingham Forest only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded 13 for an average of 1.3 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Leicester are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net four times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.4 goals a game in which they conceded 21 times, an average of 2.1 per game. They managed one clean sheets in these.

Nottingham Forest had a good reading on Leicester in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 3-1, respectively.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest only added a single draw to their account in their last three games, where they lost 0-2 and 0-2 against Manchester City and Brentford respectively. At least they managed a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. Nottingham Forest won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League, while also drawing one. They suffered two defeats, while they scored nine and conceded three goals.

Leicester Form

Leicester suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Liverpool in a 0-1 defeat. Wolverhampton also proved too hard to handle as they won 3-0, before Leicester were able to strike back in a 2-0 win against Southampton. Leicester didn't manage a single away win in their last six Premier League matches, but managed one draws, while suffering five defeats. They conceded 14 and scored two goals themselves.

They went into the season as candidates for the drop, and unfortunately for Leicester, they have lived up to expectations. As the season draws to a close, they are still in with a chance of escaping relegation, though.

Both Nottingham Forest and visitors Leicester seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.

Nottingham Forest took 41 points from their last 18 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to 13 wins after scoring 31 times and conceding 14. Leicester won zero and claimed zero points in their 11 most recent games against teams inside the top six. They scored five conceded 27 goals. Nottingham Forest claimed 18 wins, seven draws as well as ten defeats in the Premier League this season. Leicester are looking at five wins, six draws and 24 defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

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

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/35), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Alex Moreno (0/15), Harry Toffolo (0/4), Morato (0/24), Murillo (2/34), Neco Williams (1/32), Nikola Milenkovic (4/34), Ola Aina (2/32), Willy Boly (0/6), Zach Abbott (0/0), Danilo (0/7), Elliot Anderson (2/34), Ibrahim Sangare (0/10), Morgan Gibbs-White (5/31), Nicolas Dominguez (0/31), Ramon Sosa (1/19), Ryan Yates (2/32), Anthony Elanga (6/35), Callum Hudson-Odoi (5/29), Chris Wood (19/33), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/2), Joel Ndala (0/0), Jota Silva (3/28), Taiwo Awoniyi (1/25).

Leicester Squad

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

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/7), Mads Hermansen (0/27), Conor Coady (0/19), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (2/33), Jannik Vestergaard (0/18), Luke Thomas (0/11), Memeh Caleb Okoli (1/18), Ricardo Pereira (0/8), Victor Kristiansen (0/28), Wout Faes (1/31), Woyo Coulibaly (0/0), Bilal El Khannouss (2/30), Boubakary Soumare (0/28), Facundo Buonanotte (4/29), Harry Winks (0/22), Jake Evans (0/0), Kasey McAteer (0/15), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/21), Wilfred Ndidi (0/26), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/23), Jamie Vardy (8/33), Jeremy Monga (0/0), Jordan Ayew (5/28), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/21), Stephy Mavididi (4/30).

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Team News

Nottingham Forest could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Leicester. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White can't be called up by the Nottingham Forest-manager, with both serving a ban.

Sidelined with an injury, Nottingham Forest can't field Danilo this coming Sunday against Leicester.

Apparently, Leicester have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Sunday.

Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira all face a spell on the sidelines for Leicester due to various injuries.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester H2H

Nottingham Forest had a good reading on The Foxes in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 3-1, respectively. Nottingham Forest have a 67% win rate against Leicester, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 2-0-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Results

In the last three matches between Nottingham Forest and Leicester, both teams to score came up one time.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Betting Tips

Despite having scored only one times in his last 6 league matches, Chris Wood has actually netted 19 goals during this Premier League season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Leicester should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Chris Wood to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Nottingham Forest claimed four wins, drew three and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Leicester won one, drew one and lost eight of their last 10 games away. Nottingham Forest will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet on Sunday, as Leicester have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to four clean sheets in their last 10 games on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came out two times in the last three encounters between these two teams. Nottingham Forest managed an average of 1.67 goals, with Leicester averaging 1.66 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet one time in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Nottingham Forest, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Leicester, who managed to score 0.4 times in those matches.