Nottingham Forest vs Luton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st October 2023

Bookmakers favour Nottingham Forest to be victorious against Luton in their upcoming Premier League encounter. Despite their recent unconvincing form, a win for the former seems likely this coming Saturday. They should not underestimate Luton, though.

Nottingham Forest approach the next Premier League round as number 13 in the table, having claimed nine points this season so far. With eight games behind them, Luton amassed four points, placing them as number 17 before their next fixture.

Nottingham Forest will be looking to open a further gap in the table on Luton when clashing in the Premier League this coming Saturday. The visitors will be eager to prevent exactly that from happening and they will surely want to keep tap on their upcoming opponent.

Nottingham Forest scored ten goals, conceded 11 and fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Luton scored six goals, conceded 15 and kept their opponents from scoring zero times in ten matches.

This is the first time that Nottingham Forest and Luton face each other in the Premier League since the 21st century began, so any previous head-to-head records stem from cup matches or friendlies.

Nottingham Forest vs Luton Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest claimed two points in their previous three matches, where they lost 2-0 against Manchester City. They took a point in a1-1 draw with Brentford, before also drawing 0-0 with Crystal Palace. Nottingham Forest put four wins on the board in their previous six Premier League matches at the City Ground, Nottingham. They drew twice while losing none, scored 12 goals while conceding seven.

Luton Form

Luton have only one win in their last three matches, as they did beat Everton by 1-2. Disappointment followed, going down 1-2 against Burnley, and 0-1 against Tottenham. Luton managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing three, while scoring nine time and letting in three.

Nottingham Forest are really tough to break down, but as the expense of scoring only few goals themselves. A low scoring encounter is on the menu on Saturday, when Luton come visiting.

Luton earned three points from their last two games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored three goals in those matches, but also allowed three goals against on their way to one wins. Nottingham Forest have a record of two wins, three draws and three defeats in the Premier League this season. Luton put one win, one draw and six defeats on the board in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Luton Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

The 43-year-old Cooper will select the starting eleven against Luton from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Ethan Horvath (0/0), Matt Turner (0/8), Odisseas Vlachodimos (0/0), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Andrew Omobamidele (0/0), Felipe (0/0), Gonzalo Montiel (0/4), Harry Toffolo (0/2), Joe Worrall (0/5), Moussa Niakhate (0/4), Murillo (0/2), Neco Williams (0/2), Nuno Tavares (0/3), Ola Aina (0/5), Scott McKenna (0/5), Serge Aurier (0/7), Willy Boly (1/7), Andrey Santos (0/0), Brandon Aguilera (0/0), Cheikhou Kouyate (0/6), Danilo (0/4), Harry Arter (0/0), Ibrahim Sangare (0/4), Morgan Gibbs-White (0/8), Nicolas Dominguez (1/3), Orel Mangala (0/7), Ryan Yates (0/6), Anthony Elanga (1/8), Callum Hudson-Odoi (1/4), Chris Wood (1/8), Divock Origi (0/4), Taiwo Awoniyi (3/7).

Luton Squad

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

James Shea (0/0), Thomas Kaminski (0/8), Tim Krul (0/0), Amari'i Bell (0/7), Daniel Potts (0/0), Gabriel Osho (0/0), Issa Kabore (0/7), Joseph Johnson (0/0), Mads Juel Andersen (1/6), Reece Burke (0/7), Teden Mengi (0/3), Tom Lockyer (1/7), Albert Sambi Lokonga (0/2), Alfie Doughty (0/8), Jacob Brown (0/8), Jake Burger (0/0), Luke Berry (0/2), Marvelous Nakamba (0/8), Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu (0/8), Ross Barkley (0/3), Ryan Giles (0/4), Tahith Chong (0/6), Carlton Morris (3/8), Cauley Woodrow (0/6), Chiedozie Ogbene (0/8), Elijah Adebayo (1/8), Jordan Clark (0/0), Sam Anderson (0/0).

Nottingham Forest vs Luton Team News

Nottingham Forest could have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with Luton this coming Saturday. There is no need for Joe Worrall to show up in the Nottingham Forest dressing room, as he is suspended.

Taiwo Awoniyi, Ola Aina, Nuno Tavares, Felipe and Danilo are missing from the squad, Nottingham Forest will field against Lutonon Saturday.

Luton have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Nottingham Forest this coming Saturday.

Luton need to do without Amari'i Bell, Daniel Potts, Jordan Clark and Gabriel Osho, who are not fit enough to travel to City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest vs Luton Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Luton H2H

Nottingham Forest picked up three wins in their previous nine matches against Luton, while the latter claimed four 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 Luton Results

Nottingham Forest vs Luton Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Willy Boly will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Luton hope Carlton Morris can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

City Ground, Nottingham saw Nottingham Forest winning four, drawing two and losing four of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Luton won three of their 10 most recent away games, drew two and lost five. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in recent matches. While Nottingham Forest managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the games at City Ground, Nottingham, Luton kept their hosts from scoring in one of their last 10 away games.

Nottingham Forest saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Luton's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.9 goals in these matches.