Can Nottingham Forest defeat West Ham United in The City Ground clash?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Match week two of the Premier League season and the squads have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's our Nottingham Forest - West Ham United preview:

This could be an engrossing match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Last season, Nottingham Forest's league stats were 23 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses, producing 4th position in the Championship. During these 46 matches they scored 73 goals and gave away 40. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Nottingham Forest produced 13-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 43 goals and 22 conceded.

Nottingham are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Newcastle United. Henderson had a busy but productive day in the Newcastle United match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Huddersfield Town.

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West Ham United form and stats

Let's have a look at how West Ham United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 27/25 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Manchester City with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Midfield player Rice was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.21/10. Rice had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Brighton & Hove Albion wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the preceeding four meetings): Nottingham Forest won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and West Ham United managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zero

Nottingham Forest missing players

West Ham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest West Ham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
11 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
23 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 14
9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Nottingham Forest Last season West Ham United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
49 24   Played P   19 38
25 13   Won W   7 16
11 4   Drew D   3 8
13 7   Lost L   9 14
77 44   Scored S   27 60
43 24   Conceded C   25 51
94% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
78% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 74%
47% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 58%
18% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 39%
6% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 24%
49% 50%   BTTS BTTS   47% 63%
37% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 21%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   42% 21%
 
5.5 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.3
4.5 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.3
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
3 3   Red cards R C   3 3
 
12.4 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.2
37% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 38%
 
10.7 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   16.1 14.4
3.5 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 AFC Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Brentford 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Fulham 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
13 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 29 6 3 99 26 19 15 2 2 58 15 19 14 4 1 41 11 73 93
2 Liverpool 38 28 8 2 94 26 19 15 4 0 49 9 19 13 4 2 45 17 68 92
3 Chelsea 38 21 11 6 76 33 19 9 7 3 37 22 19 12 4 3 39 11 43 74
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 22 5 11 69 40 19 13 1 5 38 19 19 9 4 6 31 21 29 71
5 Arsenal 38 22 3 13 61 48 19 13 2 4 35 17 19 9 1 9 26 31 13 69
6 Manchester United 38 16 10 12 57 57 19 10 5 4 32 22 19 6 5 8 25 35 0 58
7 West Ham United 38 16 8 14 60 51 19 9 5 5 33 26 19 7 3 9 27 25 9 56
8 Leicester City 38 14 10 14 62 59 19 10 4 5 34 23 19 4 6 9 28 36 3 52
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 15 11 42 44 19 5 7 7 19 23 19 7 8 4 23 21 -2 51
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 15 6 17 38 43 19 7 3 9 20 25 19 8 3 8 18 18 -5 51
11 Newcastle United 38 13 10 15 44 62 19 8 6 5 26 27 19 5 4 10 18 35 -18 49
12 Crystal Palace 38 11 15 12 50 46 19 7 8 4 27 17 19 4 7 8 23 29 4 48
13 Brentford 38 13 7 18 48 56 19 7 3 9 22 21 19 6 4 9 26 35 -8 46
14 Aston Villa 38 13 6 19 52 54 19 6 5 8 29 29 19 7 1 11 23 25 -2 45
15 Southampton 38 9 13 16 43 67 19 6 7 6 23 24 19 3 6 10 20 43 -24 40
16 Everton 38 11 6 21 43 66 19 9 2 8 27 25 19 2 4 13 16 41 -23 39
17 Leeds United 38 9 11 18 42 79 19 4 6 9 19 38 19 5 5 9 23 41 -37 38
18 Burnley 38 7 14 17 34 53 19 5 6 8 18 25 19 2 8 9 16 28 -19 35
19 Watford 38 6 5 27 34 77 19 2 2 15 17 46 19 4 3 12 17 31 -43 23
20 Norwich City 38 5 7 26 23 84 19 3 3 13 12 43 19 2 4 13 11 41 -61 22

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 AFC Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Brentford 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Fulham 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
13 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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