West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th May 2025

Round 37 of the Premier League serves up an encounter between West Ham and Nottingham Forest taking place at London Stadium on Sunday.

While Nottingham Forest could be closing on the top 6 with a win here, West Ham will be hoping to add some distance to the lower regions. Of these two possible scenarios, the former definitely looks more likely than the latter.

West Ham only average a modest 1.2 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 12 goals. They also conceded 12 for an average of 1.2 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Nottingham Forest managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 11 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.1 goals an average per game.

Nottingham Forest beat West Ham twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-0 and 2-0, respectively.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

West Ham Form

West Ham have seen it all in their last three matches. First, they went down 3-2 against Brighton, before picking up a 1-1 draw against Tottenham. Their latest match brought a 0-2 win in their encounter with Manchester United. West Ham just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the London Stadium. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded six goals.

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

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest only managed two draws in their last three matches. They started by losing 0-2 at the hands of Brentford, before drawing 1-1 with Crystal Palace. They secured another draw in their latest encounter against Leicester resulting 2-2. Nottingham Forest claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads 12 goals conceded and 12 scored.

West Ham, as well as Nottingham Forest, have been keeping things tight in recent matches with goals few and far between. This suggests a close encounter shy on goals is on the cards this coming Sunday.

Nottingham Forest claimed ten wins from 24 goals scored and ten conceded in the previous 11 encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. This earned them a total of 31 points. West Ham are looking at a record of ten wins, ten draws and 16 defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest enjoy a record of 18 wins, eight draws and ten defeats in the Premier League.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Squads

West Ham Squad

Potter 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 (0/25), Lukasz Fabianski (0/13), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Cresswell (0/16), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (2/34), Emerson (2/31), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/25), Kaelan Casey (0/0), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/32), Max Kilman (0/36), Vladimir Coufal (0/20), Andy Irving (0/10), Carlos Soler (1/30), Crysencio Summerville (1/19), Edson Alvarez (0/26), Guido Rodriguez (0/21), James Ward-Prowse (0/22), Lucas Paqueta (4/31), Luis Guilherme (0/11), Mohammed Kudus (4/30), Oliver Scarles (0/14), Tomas Soucek (9/33), Danny Ings (1/15), Evan Ferguson (1/21), Jarrod Bowen (11/32), Lewis Orford (0/0), Michail Antonio (1/14), Niclas Fuellkrug (3/16).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Nottingham Forest players that the manager Nuno Espirito Santo will choose from for the upcoming game:

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/36), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Alex Moreno (0/15), Harry Toffolo (0/4), Morato (0/25), Murillo (2/34), Neco Williams (1/33), Nikola Milenkovic (4/35), Ola Aina (2/33), Willy Boly (0/6), Zach Abbott (0/0), Danilo (0/7), Elliot Anderson (2/35), Ibrahim Sangare (0/11), Morgan Gibbs-White (6/32), Nicolas Dominguez (0/32), Ramon Sosa (1/19), Ryan Yates (2/33), Anthony Elanga (6/36), Callum Hudson-Odoi (5/29), Chris Wood (20/34), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/2), Joel Ndala (0/0), Jota Silva (3/29), Taiwo Awoniyi (1/26).

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Team News

West Ham seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Sunday. There is no need for Edson Alvarez to show up in the West Ham dressing room, as he is suspended.

West Ham are unable to field Michail Antonio on Sunday against Nottingham Forest, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Nottingham Forest have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against West Ham this coming Sunday. 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.

Danilo won't be travelling with Nottingham Forest this time, as he nurses an injury.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Nottingham Forest beat West Ham twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-0 and 2-0, respectively. West Ham have a 40% win rate against Nottingham Forest, who won three of these matches. The total record reads 2-0-3, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Results

In the last five matches between West Ham and Nottingham Forest, both teams to score came up one time.

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

It is a great season for Jarrod Bowen, who currently has 11 league goals to his name during this season. The Irons will rely on his services to gun down Nottingham Forest.

West Ham won two of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at London Stadium. They drew four and lost four as well, while Nottingham Forest won three of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost four. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. West Ham managed a clean sheet in one of their games at home, Nottingham Forest kept a clean sheet in two of their last 10.

In the last five encounters between West Ham and Nottingham Forest over 2.5 goals came out three times, as West Ham averaged 1.4 goals a game. Nottingham Forest scored an average of 1.6 goals in these, while both teams scored one time. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for West Ham, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Nottingham Forest's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.1 goals in these matches.