Nottingham Forest vs West Ham United Predictions

• Both teams have scored in eight of West Ham’s last ten league matches.
• Five of West Ham’s last seven games have featured at least three goals.
• Forest have won five of their last seven games against the Hammers.

Hammers struggling to strike a blow

West Ham have been doing a lot of soul-searching over the last week, but the pressure will intensify on Hammers manager Graham Potter is his team suffer a fourth successive defeat when they head to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

The signs do not look good for a team who have conceded 11 goals in three matches if you include their 3-2 reverse at Wolves in the EFL Cup on Tuesday and they head to the Midlands to face a team in confident mood.

One thing that should be guaranteed if that the Hammers should at least press forward, but that will leave their shaky defence exposed and could spell disaster, so it is difficult to see them leaving the banks of the River Trent with anything.

Forest showing signs for optimism

While the EastEnders have been toiling, Forest should be pretty content with the way things are going, especially as they look forward to their campaign in this season’s Europa League.

Turmoil behind the scenes never seems far away but that seems to have calmed down in the last week and there has been plenty for manager Nuno Espirito Santo and owner Evangelos Marinakis to be satisfied with.

There are even signs of potential improvement with some shrewd-looking signings over the summer and strong performances after they took just one point from their final four home games of last season, with their only win in their concluding six games of the season coming at the London Stadium.

They saw off Brentford 3-1 and there looks a strong case for a repeat of that scoreline on Sunday, with the main bet being forest to win a match that features at least three goals.

Wood remains main man for Reds

City Ground loyalists will be delighted that striker Chris Wood is off the mark for the season and he can boost his confidence against a team who conceded three times against both Sunderland and Wolves and on five occasions at home to Chelsea.

The New Zealand striker scored twice in the victory over the Bees and can be expected to find the net again this weekend.