As part of the 21st round of the Premier League, West Ham will play Nottingham Forest on January 6. We are facing a battle of direct competitors in the struggle to maintain registration in the Premier League. Who has the best chance of scoring the important three points today and which reliable bets to choose? - the answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
West Ham United
Current form
West Ham's winless streak has reached the nine-match mark. There were five defeats and four draws in this unfortunate stretch. The appointment of Nuno Santo did not help, after 20 rounds, the hammers are in the relegation zone and are four points behind the saving 17th line, where today's opponent is located. The upcoming match, therefore, is of key importance in terms of the fight for survival. In the last round, the Londoners played away with Wolverhampton, who had been winless since the start of the season, and lost by a score of 0:3. West Ham's defense raises a lot of questions, 41 goals conceded is the worst result in the Premier League.
Disqualifications and injuries
Fabianski is still injured. Diouf and Van Bissaka are in the national team, but Todibo's appearance is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
In three of the last five matches, West Ham have not lost in the first half.
West Ham have conceded at least two goals in four of their last five Premier League matches.
Nottingham Forest, like their upcoming opponent, is currently on a decent decline, as evidenced by a series of four consecutive defeats in the Premier League. So far, it has been possible to stay out of the relegation zone with a handicap of four points, but largely due to the fact that the competitor is not succeeding. In the last round, Sean Dyche's team could not match Aston Villa on the road, they lost with a score of 1:3. Since the beginning of the season, the foresters have won only two away matches, and in the last three away matches they lost with a total score of 1:7.
Disqualifications and injuries
Out of the game due to injuries to Wood and Yates. Pain, Sangare in the national team. Hudson-Odoi, Ndoye and Victor are questionable.
Interesting betting trends
In the last ten matches in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest has never drawn
On the road in the Premier League, the Foresters failed to win in eight of the last ten matches.
Provisional squad: Sels – Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams – Anderson, Douglas Louis – Bakwa, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson – Jesus.
The upcoming match is of fundamental importance not only from the point of view of the struggle for survival, but also because today Nuno Santo will play with his players against the former team, with which he achieved great success last season. The current West Ham coach knows perfectly well all the weaknesses of the foresters, which can definitely help break the nine-match unbeaten streak today. Plus, Nottingham Forest is definitely no better than the Londoners right now, and they've lost three matches in a row. We do not think that the foresters deserve the status of the favorite that the bookmakers have given them.
Our prediction is that West Ham will win with an Asian handicap (0) for a coefficient of 2.30
West Ham is not famous for its reliable defense, it is the worst team in the Premier League in terms of missed goals, and it is unlikely that they will be able to win back to zero today. At the same time, Nottingham Forest managed to concede 16 goals in 10 matches on the road. There is a high probability that a goal exchange will take place today.
The second bet is that both will score with a coefficient of 1.73
Betting on corners
On the road, Nottingham Forest does not have high corner scores. So, in eight of the ten previous matches in the Premier League, the foresters did not make more than five passes from the corner flag. We don't think the guests will spend much time at other people's gates today.
Betting Tip – Nottingham Forest's total corners are less than 5.5 with a coefficient of 1.71
xG (from English "expected goals" translates as "expected goals") is the sum of the probabilities of scoring chances, a mathematical value calculated taking into account the parameters of potential scoring chances, which include shots on goal and dangerous moments without finishing shots.
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