Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Predictions

• Liverpool have lost seven of their last 10 matches across all competitions.
• Nottingham Forest took four points off Liverpool last season.
• Morgan Gibbs-White has scored three goals since Sean Dyche’s arrival at Forest.

Defending champions yet to find form

After losing six matches in seven across all competitions, Liverpool appeared to turn a corner after back-to-back victories over Aston Villa and Real Madrid, but a resounding 3-0 loss at Manchester City before the international break set Arne Slot’s side back once again.

The defending Premier League champions are certainly faltering in their title defence, sitting eighth heading into the weekend, a full eight points behind leaders Arsenal.

The last thing Liverpool need is a visit from an improving Nottingham Forest, who took four points off the Reds last season, including being the only side to leave Anfield with a league victory following their 1-0 success in September 2024.

Forest improving under Dyche

Forest also drew 1-1 with Liverpool at the City Ground in January, but both of last season’s results came under the now-departed Nuno Espirito Santo.

Ange Postecoglou succeeded Nuno in the Forest dugout, but an eight-game winless run under the Australian saw him quickly given the boot, with Sean Dyche coming in to replace him.

Dyche has helped steady the ship, losing just one of his five matches in charge across all competitions, and Forest are fresh from a 3-1 home success over Leeds before the international break.

With questions remaining over Liverpool’s form, Forest are capable of leaving Merseyside with a positive result, and with the home side’s defence also looking shaky, this could finish in a high-scoring draw.

Gibbs-White delivering once again

Morgan Gibbs-White will have been disappointed to have been left out of the England squad over the international break, but that should mean he is refreshed and chomping at the bit for Saturday’s game.

Like many Forest players, Gibbs-White endured a tough start to the season, but he has scored three in five since Dyche’s arrival, including goals in successive Premier League games against Manchester United and Leeds.

The 25-year-old has previous at Anfield – scoring and assisting in a 3-2 defeat for Forest at the venue in April 2023 – and he could prove to be a thorn in Liverpool’s side once again.