Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th January 2023

Nottingham Forest enjoy home advantage, when visitors Leicester City swing by on Saturday for a Premier League clash. Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Nottingham Forest played against Leicester City. It finished 4-0 in a great match between the pair.

Nottingham Forest are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Leicester City in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride.

Nottingham Forest scored seven goals, conceded 13 and fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Leicester City managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded nine goals in total, and while claiming five clean sheets, they conceded 0.9 goals an average per game.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

In the last three outings, Nottingham Forest beat Southampton by 0-1, lost 4-1 against Blackpool, before drawing 1-1 with Wolverhampton. Nottingham Forest only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Premier League matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew three and lost one, as they scored eight and conceded seven goals.

Leicester City Form

In their previous three outings, Leicester City lost 0-1 against Fulham, beat Gillingham 0-1 and lost 2-0 against Newcastle. Leicester City won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored 12 while also conceding ten times.

Recent history between Nottingham Forest and Leicester City suggests the value bet lies with at least one side managing a clean sheet.

Nottingham Forest won seven points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won two, scored five and let in five goals. Leicester City earned 12 points from their last six games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored 14 goals in those matches, but also allowed four goals against on their way to four wins. Nottingham Forest so far pulled off a record of four wins, five draws and nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Leicester City put five wins, two draws and 11 defeats on the board in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City Team News

Nottingham Forest could have as many as eight players on the injured and absent list, when they face up to Leicester City on Saturday.

Neco Williams, Taiwo Awoniyi, Tyrese Fornah, Jesse Lingard, Cheikhou Kouyate, Giulian Biancone, Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards are missing from the squad, Nottingham Forest will field against Leicester Cityon Saturday.

Leicester City could have up to eight players on the injured and absent players for their match on Saturday atCity Ground, Nottingham

Names like Boubakary Soumare, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Dennis Praet, Jonny Evans, James Maddison, James Justin, Ricardo Pereira and Ryan Bertrand most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City H2H

It was an enormously entertaining 4-0 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well this coming Saturday. Nottingham Forest go into their upcoming match against Leicester City with a 0% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 0-0-1 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City Results

Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City Betting Tips

Look no further than Morgan Gibbs-White, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, while Harvey Barnes managed two goals in the last half dozen matches for Leicester City in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Nottingham Forest 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. Leicester City won five of their last 10 games away, drew zero and lost five of the games in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Nottingham Forest on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened four times for Leicester City in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Nottingham Forest, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Leicester City, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.