West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th January 2026

The Hammers and Nottingham Forest are desperate for points to improve their standings in the table, with relegation looming. The teams clash this coming Tuesday at London Stadium, with much riding on the outcome in this Premier League battle.

West Ham are placed 18th with 14 points after 20 matches. Nottingham Forest occupy a position as 17th in the league on 18 points.

The match this coming Tuesday has all the makings of a tight battle as West Ham and Nottingham Forest look to bag a crucial win in the process.

The Hammers only average a modest 1.1 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 11 goals. They also conceded 20 for an average of two per game. They kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Nottingham Forest managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

West Ham beat Nottingham Forest by 3-0 in their most recent match, while Nottingham Forest claimed a 2-1 win in the match prior to that.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

West Ham Form

Only a single draw prevents West Ham from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 0-1 defeat against Fulham, before drawing 2-2 with Brighton. They came up empty-handed once again when Wolverhampton ran out as 3-0 winners. West Ham 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 ten and conceded 11 goals.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest were unable to pick up a single good result in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 1-2 by Manchester City. Next up, Everton won 0-2, before losing 3-1 against Aston Villa. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying nine goals conceded and five scored.

We trust neither defence to be able to keep their opponent at bay, when West Ham welcome Nottingham Forest this coming Tuesday. Goals should be flowing at both ends of the pitch.

West Ham recorded seven points following two wins from their last five games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored nine goals, but also conceded nine. Nottingham Forest earned seven points from their last five games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored five goals in those matches, but also allowed seven goals against on their way to two wins. West Ham are looking at a record of three wins, five draws and 12 defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest have a record of five wins, three draws and 12 defeats in the Premier League.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Squads

West Ham Squad

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

Alphonse Areola (0/16), Krisztian Hegyi (0/0), Lukasz Fabianski (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/4), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (0/12), Ezra Mayers (0/4), Igor Julio (0/4), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/14), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/13), Kyle Walker-Peters (1/15), Max Kilman (0/18), Soungoutou Magassa (1/14), Andy Irving (0/7), Crysencio Summerville (0/15), Freddie Potts (0/15), George Earthy (0/0), Guido Rodriguez (0/5), James Ward-Prowse (0/5), Lucas Paqueta (4/17), Luis Guilherme (0/5), Malick Diouf (0/16), Mateus Fernandes (2/18), Mohamadou Kante (0/3), Oliver Scarles (0/6), Tomas Soucek (2/17), Callum Marshall (0/2), Callum Wilson (4/17), Jarrod Bowen (6/20), Pablo (0/0).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Nottingham Forest players that the manager Sean Dyche will choose from for the upcoming game:

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/5), Matz Sels (0/16), Cuiabano (0/0), Jair Cunha (0/1), Jimmy Sinclair (0/0), Morato (0/9), Murillo (1/14), Neco Williams (1/20), Nicolo Savona (2/14), Nikola Milenkovic (0/20), Ola Aina (0/4), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/5), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/0), Douglas Luiz (0/8), Elliot Anderson (1/20), Ibrahim Sangare (2/13), James McAtee (0/7), Morgan Gibbs-White (4/20), Nicolas Dominguez (0/11), Omari Hutchinson (1/15), Ryan Yates (0/11), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (0/9), Callum Hudson-Odoi (3/18), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/15), Dilane Bakwa (0/7), Igor Jesus (1/19), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/7).

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Apparently, Nottingham Forest have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Tuesday. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Nottingham Forest travelling party for their next match.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Nottingham Forest were knocked out cold when West Ham took a 3-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 2-1 defeat, Nottingham Forest handed out in the game before. West Ham won three times, while Nottingham Forest won four times of their last seven encounters, meaning not a single one of these ended in a stalemate. The home win gets you odds at 21/10 with the bookmakers, while the best betting odds on the visitors at full-time are at 6/5.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Results

Of the last seven encounters between West Ham Nottingham Forest over 2.5 goals came out two times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 10/11 with bookies.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

West Ham won two of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing seven as well. Nottingham Forest won three from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost five in this run. Goals are usually flowing for West Ham 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 three times for Nottingham Forest in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past seven encounters between West Ham and Nottingham Forest, with the latter scoring 1.44 goals on average in these. West Ham managed an average of 1.57 goals as both teams scored two times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of West Ham’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, who scored 1.1 times on average in these matches.