Premier League preview: Can West Ham United edge out victory against Nottingham Forest?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Stadium (66000 seats)

West Ham United have some catching up to do from their 18th place, and the first chance is against Nottingham Forest. Read more!

Insights:
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League

This looks to be an appealing match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!

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West Ham United form and stats

West Ham United have collected 14 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-2-5.

West Ham lost their last game at Tottenham Hotspur (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through three league rounds. Midfielder Souček was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Souček hit one key pass.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Chelsea.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from West Ham United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 14 league games, 11 have had zero, one or two goals.

The manager Moyes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Manchester United in only four days.

The West Ham United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. West Ham have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

There's been little loot from Nottingham Forest's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Nottingham Forest only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Nottingham Forest's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Manchester City that finished 1-1. The draw against Manchester City came from a losing position. The Nottingham Forest manager Cooper brought on Wood as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

A 0-2 defeat away at Fulham before that.

Few goals the story here? 12 of this side's last 15 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Nottingham's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Nottingham Forest, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H game ended Nottingham Forest - West Ham 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): West Ham United three wins, zero draws and Nottingham Forest two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
5 goals
West Ham UnitedJ. Bowen
J. Bowen
4 goals
Nottingham ForestT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
4 goals

West Ham United missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

West Ham United Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 5 11 23
5 4 0 Won W 1 1 6
5 2 1 Drew D 2 3 7
13 5 3 Lost L 2 7 10
19 12 2 Scored S 3 3 18
29 13 7 Conceded C 7 25 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
74% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 70%
22% 18% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 36% 30%
13% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 17%
39% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 18% 35%
17% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 30%
43% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 73% 39%
 
5 4.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 3
4.8 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 7.2 6.3
1.3 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.8 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 13.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.3 10
3.5 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.2 2.9
23% 27% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 12% 27%
 
11.6 10.1 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 16.7 14.5
3.7 3.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 6 4.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of West Ham United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • West Ham United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nottingham Forest have scored away.
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 23 17 3 3 51 23 11 8 2 1 27 14 12 9 1 2 24 9 28 54
2 Manchester City 24 16 4 4 60 24 12 10 1 1 41 13 12 6 3 3 19 11 36 52
3 Manchester United 24 15 4 5 41 28 12 9 2 1 24 8 12 6 2 4 17 20 13 49
4 Tottenham Hotspur 24 13 3 8 44 35 12 8 0 4 24 15 12 5 3 4 20 20 9 42
5 Newcastle United 23 10 11 2 35 15 12 6 5 1 19 8 11 4 6 1 16 7 20 41
6 Fulham 24 11 5 8 35 30 12 6 3 3 20 16 12 5 2 5 15 14 5 38
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 10 5 7 39 29 11 5 2 4 17 11 11 5 3 3 22 18 10 35
8 Liverpool 22 10 5 7 38 28 11 7 3 1 25 9 11 3 2 6 13 19 10 35
9 Brentford 23 8 11 4 37 30 12 6 5 1 24 11 11 2 6 3 13 19 7 35
10 Chelsea 23 8 7 8 23 23 11 5 3 3 13 8 12 3 4 5 10 15 0 31
11 Aston Villa 23 8 4 11 28 38 12 5 2 5 19 19 11 3 2 6 9 19 -10 28
12 Crystal Palace 23 6 8 9 21 31 12 4 4 4 12 17 11 2 4 5 9 14 -10 26
13 Nottingham Forest 23 6 7 10 18 38 12 5 4 3 15 13 11 1 3 7 3 25 -20 25
14 Leicester City 23 7 3 13 36 41 11 3 3 5 15 13 12 4 0 8 21 28 -5 24
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 6 5 12 17 32 12 4 2 6 9 15 11 2 3 6 8 17 -15 23
16 Everton 23 5 6 12 17 30 12 4 2 6 11 14 11 1 4 6 6 16 -13 21
17 AFC Bournemouth 23 5 6 12 21 44 11 3 4 4 11 12 12 2 2 8 10 32 -23 21
18 West Ham United 23 5 5 13 19 29 11 4 2 5 12 13 12 1 3 8 7 16 -10 20
19 Leeds United 23 4 7 12 28 39 11 3 4 4 15 16 12 1 3 8 13 23 -11 19
20 Southampton 23 5 3 15 19 40 11 1 3 7 10 19 12 4 0 8 9 21 -21 18

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.