LiontipsNottingham Forest vs West Ham. Prediction and Betting Tips for 2022-2023 English Premier League (August 14, 2022).
Command Analysis
For the first time since 1999, Nottingham Forest are back in the Premier League. A successful 2021-2022 season led them to a 4th place finish in the Championship standings. In the play-offs, the Tricky Trees prevailed over Sheffield United and Huddersfield, thus securing promotion to the Premier League.
Nottingham signed Taiwo Awoniyi 920.5 million), Neco Williams (20 million), and Moussa Niakhaté (10 million) in the offseason in attempt to strengthen the team. Nottingham Forest lost their first match of the season to Newcastle United (0:2).
Today the hosts will be without Richardsand Yates.
Since West Ham's new sponsors came on board, they have been able to spend more on transfers, as a result of which they are achieving better results and playing more interesting football. It was an exciting European campaign for the Hammers - they reached the semifinals of the Europa League, but lost to Eintracht. In the English Premier League, West Ham collected 56 points from 38 games and finished in 7th place.
In the summer, West Ham spent 112 million on transfers. Gianluca Scamacca from Sassuolo (36 million), Nayef Aguerd from Rennes (35 million) and Maxwel Cornet from Burnley (20.7 million) have joined the squad. The team started the new season with a defeat to Man City (0:2).
Aguerd, Dawson, Fabianski, and Ogbonna have been ruled out of this match.
Trends
СтавкаCorrect score 1:2
The Hammers won 4 of the last 5 head-to-head games.
СтавкаGoals in both halves - yes
In 3 of the last 5 games of the visitors, goals were scored in both halves.
СтавкаCorners: total over 9.5
In 3 of the last 5 games of the hosts, this bet won.
Tip and bets
This will be a difficult game for the visitors. Nottingham Forest proved that they can fight the Premier League giants when they knocked Arsenal and Tottenham out of the FA Cup last season. The hosts will definitely put up a fight and hope to earn their first points in the Premier League. However, the Hammers are a better team on paper and should win.
Our prediciton — West Ham to win
It promises to be an exciting match with many attacks from both sides. In the last five head-to-head games, the opponents scored at least three goals, and we expect similar performance in the upcoming fixture.
Second bet — total over 2.5 goals
