📏 Form Guide

Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest prepare for this match following on from a 1-1 Premier League draw vs Crystal Palace.

In that match, Nottingham Forest managed 59% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Nottingham Forest was Chris Wood (61'). For their opponents, Crystal Palace got 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Jean-Philippe Mateta (11') was the scorer for Crystal Palace.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Nottingham Forest have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Nottingham Forest have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 8 goals during that time. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be continued on here.

A look at their previous results shows us that Nottingham Forest:

• have not emerged victorious against Fulham in their last 3 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Fulham

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In their previous game, Fulham drew 3-3 in the Premier League tie with Sheffield United.

In that match, Fulham had 74% possession and 24 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Fulham, goals were scored by João Palhinha (62'), Bobby De Cordova-Reid (86') and Rodrigo Muniz (93'). At the other end, Sheffield United got 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Ben Brereton Díaz (58', 70') and Oli McBurnie (68') scored for Sheffield United.

Over the course of their last 6 clashes, Fulham have bagged the sum of 13 goals. Fulham have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 6 goals scored by their opponents.

Pre-game facts show that Fulham:

• remain unbeaten by Nottingham Forest when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. A very decent away record against them.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 07/07/2020 tells us that Nottingham Forest have won 1 of them and Fulham 5, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

An aggregate of 18 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for The Reds and 15 being from The Cottagers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Premier League match day 15 on 06/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Fulham 5-0 Nottingham Forest.

On that occasion, Fulham managed 64% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Alex Iwobi (30', 73'), Raúl Jiménez (34', 54') and Tom Cairney (86').

Nottingham Forest got 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Joshua Smith.

📋 Team News: Nottingham Forest

Ibrahim Sangaré (Knee injury), Willy Boly (unknown injury) and Ola Aina (unknown injury) will not be taking part for Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo.

It seems likely that The Reds should opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, beginning the first half with Matz Sels, Neco Williams, Andrew Omobamidele, Murillo, Harry Toffolo, Ryan Yates, Nicolas Dominguez, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood.

ℹ️ Team News: Fulham

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Fulham manager Marco Silva has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.

There’s a good chance that The Cottagers could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Bernd Leno, Kenny Tete, Tosin Adarabioyo, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson, Joao Palhinha, Tom Cairney, Harry Wilson, Andreas Pereira, Alex Iwobi and Rodrigo Muniz.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Fulham and Nottingham Forest should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. We therefore see a close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of this game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:01 02/04/2024