Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 31st August 2025

West Ham head over to the City Ground, Nottingham on Sunday to face title favourites Nottingham Forest in a round 3 match in the Premier League.

Looking at the current standings in the Premier League, the two teams are separated by four points.

With four points to show for the first two matches it has been a decent opening to the new campaign for Nottingham Forest, who aim for three more points this time around.

Nottingham Forest took down West Ham in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Sunday.

Nottingham Forest are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 12 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.2 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 13 goals, or an average of 1.3 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.

West Ham are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 20 goals, and while The Irons claimed one clean sheets, they conceded an average of two goals per match.

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

Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

In their last three matches, Nottingham Forest lost 0-1 against Chelsea, won 3-1 against Brentford, before drawing 1-1 against Crystal Palace. 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 one and lost three, as they scored six and conceded seven goals.

West Ham Form

West Ham endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 3-0 by Sunderland, before Chelsea ran out 1-5 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Wolverhampton, who came out 3-2 winners. West Ham claimed two wins against zero draws and four defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and eight scored.

They usually throw caution to the wind, when clashing with each other, and with both Nottingham Forest and West Ham scoring freely over the past weeks, we expect a highly entertaining match.

Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

The 51-year-old coach of the home team, Nuno Espirito Santo, will select the lineup against West Ham 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), Matz Sels (0/2), David Carmo (0/0), Jair Cunha (0/0), Morato (0/0), Murillo (0/2), Neco Williams (0/2), Nikola Milenkovic (0/2), Ola Aina (0/2), Omar Richards (0/0), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/0), Douglas Luiz (0/0), Elliot Anderson (0/2), Ibrahim Sangare (0/2), James McAtee (0/1), Josh Bowler (0/0), Morgan Gibbs-White (0/2), Nicolas Dominguez (0/0), Omari Hutchinson (0/1), Ryan Yates (0/2), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (0/1), Callum Hudson-Odoi (1/2), Chris Wood (2/2), Dan Ndoye (1/2), Emmanuel Dennis (0/0), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/0), Igor Jesus (0/2), Jota Silva (0/1), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/0).

West Ham Squad

Listed below is the full squad of West Ham players that the manager Graham Potter will choose from for the upcoming game:

Alphonse Areola (0/0), Krisztian Hegyi (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/2), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (0/2), Emerson (0/0), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/2), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/1), Max Kilman (0/2), Nayef Aguerd (0/2), Andy Irving (0/1), Crysencio Summerville (0/0), Freddie Potts (0/1), George Earthy (0/0), Guido Rodriguez (0/1), James Ward-Prowse (0/2), Lucas Paqueta (1/2), Luis Guilherme (0/0), Malick Diouf (0/2), Mohamadou Kante (0/0), Oliver Scarles (0/0), Tomas Soucek (0/2), Callum Marshall (0/0), Callum Wilson (0/2), Jarrod Bowen (0/2), Lewis Orford (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/0), Niclas Fuellkrug (0/2).

Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Team News

Nottingham Forest could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Sunday. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White can't be called up by the Nottingham Forest-manager, with both serving a ban.

West Ham seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to City Ground, Nottingham to face Nottingham Forest. Nayef Aguerd is ineligible for selection in the West Ham squad, as he is suspended.

Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs West Ham H2H

Nottingham Forest won the last two meetings against West Ham, as they followed up a 3-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score. Nottingham Forest go into their upcoming match against West Ham with a 67% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-0-2 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 West Ham Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out two times in the last six matches between Nottingham Forest and West Ham.

Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Betting Tips

Chris Wood has three strikes in six Premier League matches for Nottingham Forest, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with West Ham. The visitors are looking to Jarrod Bowen, who has provided his team with four Premier League goals.

Nottingham Forest won just one of their last 10 games at home, while drawing four. They lost five at City Ground, Nottingham in this run of matches. West Ham won four of their last 10 away games, whilst drawing zero and losing six. Nottingham Forest have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at City Ground, Nottingham. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just zero wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last six encounters between these two teams. Nottingham Forest managed an average of 1.66 goals, with West Ham averaging 1.34 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet two times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in two of Nottingham Forest’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for West Ham. They performed an average of 1.6 goals in these.