Nottingham vs West Ham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-11-01 15:00.
[p]While it may still be early, Nottingham Forest are enjoying a stellar 2024/25 campaign, with a 3-1 win over Leicester helping them into the Premier League top-seven. With just one loss across their opening nine league games this season (W4, D4), Nuno EspĂrito Santo’s men have cast aside the relegation fears of the previous two seasons, and will now look to continue their impressive form by winning a third straight home league H2H against West Ham for the first time since March 1978![/p]
[p]Each of their prior two such victories against the Hammers came since they returned to the top-flight, and the Tricky Trees will be confident of another here as they’ve conceded just seven goals in the Premier League this campaign. That’s helped by the fact that they haven’t conceded multiple goals in any of their four matches at the City Ground to this point, though a return of five points from those four matches can be improved upon (W1, D2, L1). [/p]
[p]Unlike their opponents this weekend, West Ham haven’t enjoyed the start to this campaign that their fans would have been hoping for, though a last gasp 2-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday will have lifted spirits significantly. That alleviated some of the pressure on under-fire manager Julen Lopetegui despite his tenure still being in its infancy, mostly because it was just their third win in the league all season (D2, L4).[/p]
[p]The Hammers will now look to win successive league matches for the first time since early March, and could do with some defensive improvements to make that happen. Pre-round, only five teams have conceded more than West Ham’s 16 goals, whilst their two clean sheets in total across 2024 are the joint-fewest amongst all ever-present Premier League clubs.  [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Nottingham Forest’s Ryan Yates netted his first goal of the season last time out, which extended his side’s unbeaten run to 16 league games when he found the back of the net (W11, D5). West Ham’s Crysencio Summerville also opened his account at the weekend, with four of his last five club goals arriving after the 60th minute. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Each of West Ham’s last five matches have seen both teams score, with three of those witnessing 5+ goals in total. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]