Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th May 2026

Nottingham Forest welcome Newcastle 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.

With three wins on the bounce, Nottingham Forest are ready to take on anyone, let alone Newcastle, who'll be eager not to be the next victim in line.

Nottingham Forest scored an average of 1.9 goals in ten matches or a total of 19 while allowing eight goals against. This is an average of 0.8 goals against per match with four clean sheets along the way.

Newcastle scored 14 goals, conceded 15 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The Magpies won 2-0 and 4-3 in the two most recent meetings with Nottingham Forest, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Aston Villa by 1-0, before winning 1-3 against Chelsea. The streak ended in a recent 4-0 defeat against Aston Villa. Nottingham Forest only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at City Ground, Nottingham in the Premier League. They also drew four and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded four goals.

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

Newcastle Form

In their last three matches, Newcastle lost against Bournemouth and Arsenal by 1-2 and 1-0, respectively, and beat Brighton by 3-1. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Newcastle won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying ten goals conceded and six scored.

Nottingham Forest and Newcastle looks like an equal pairing, and since it's difficult to separate one from the other currently, we wouldn't be surprised by a draw.

Nottingham Forest won 19 points from their last ten encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won five, scored 16 and let in eight goals. Newcastle earned six wins and 20 points from their past ten matches against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored 16 and allowed ten goals against on their way. Nottingham Forest claimed 11 wins, nine draws as well as 15 defeats in the Premier League this season. Newcastle have a record of 13 wins, six draws and 16 defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

The 57-year-old coach of the home team, Vitor Pereira, will select the lineup against Newcastle from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/5), Matz Sels (0/28), Stefan Ortega (0/3), Jair Cunha (0/6), Jimmy Sinclair (0/0), Luca Netz (0/4), Morato (0/18), Murillo (1/25), Neco Williams (2/34), Nicolo Savona (2/14), Nikola Milenkovic (0/35), Ola Aina (0/18), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/3), Elliot Anderson (3/35), Ibrahim Sangare (2/26), James McAtee (0/11), Morgan Gibbs-White (13/35), Nicolas Dominguez (1/24), Omari Hutchinson (1/28), Ryan Yates (0/20), Callum Hudson-Odoi (3/30), Chris Wood (3/12), Dan Ndoye (1/24), Dilane Bakwa (0/12), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/0), Igor Jesus (6/34), Lorenzo Lucca (0/0), Taiwo Awoniyi (4/14).

Newcastle Squad

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

Aaron Ramsdale (0/12), John Ruddy (0/0), Mark Gillespie (0/0), Max Thompson (0/0), Nick Pope (0/24), Alex Murphy (0/1), Daniel Burn (1/26), Emil Krafth (0/1), Fabian Schaer (0/16), Kieran Trippier (0/19), Leo Shahar (0/0), Lewis Hall (1/27), Malick Thiaw (4/32), Sven Botman (1/22), Valentino Livramento (0/17), Alfie Harrison (0/0), Bruno Guimaraes (9/26), Jacob Murphy (3/30), Jacob Ramsey (2/25), Joelinton (2/26), Joseph Willock (0/22), Lewis Miley (1/23), Sandro Tonali (0/33), Sean Neave (0/0), Anthony Elanga (0/30), Anthony Gordon (6/26), Harvey Barnes (6/34), Nick Woltemade (7/30), William Osula (5/21), Yoane Wissa (1/16).

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle Team News

Nottingham Forest seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Sunday. Nottingham Forest have to alter their line-up, as both Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White get a day in the shade.

Newcastle face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Sunday against Nottingham Forest. Anthony Gordon and Malick Thiaw racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Newcastle travelling party for their next match.

Sven Botman won't be travelling with Newcastle this time, as he nurses an injury.

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle H2H

Newcastle got the better of Nottingham Forest in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 2-0 and 4-3, respectively. All in all, Newcastle have a fine reading on Nottingham Forest in previous seasons with a 6-0-1 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Newcastle to win this match at best price odds of 8/5.

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle Results

Of the last seven encounters between Nottingham Forest Newcastle over 2.5 goals came out two times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 8/11 with bookies.

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle Betting Tips

Morgan Gibbs-White has five strikes in six Premier League matches for Nottingham Forest, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Newcastle. The visitors are looking to William Osula, who has provided his team with three Premier League goals.

Nottingham Forest claimed all three points three times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Newcastle won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing six in this series of matches. Nottingham Forest should feel good about scoring on Sunday, since Newcastle managed a clean sheet only once in their previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past seven encounters between Nottingham Forest and Newcastle, with the latter scoring 2.44 goals on average in these. Nottingham Forest managed an average of 1.43 goals as both teams scored five times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Nottingham Forest’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.1 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Newcastle, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.3 times goals per game themselves.