📊 Form Guide
Nottingham Forest LLWLLD
Nottingham Forest enter this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Premier League stalemate against Crystal Palace.
In that match, Nottingham Forest managed 51% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nottingham Forest was Murillo (64'). At the other end, Crystal Palace got 20 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Eberechi Eze (60') scored for Crystal Palace.
It’s not been often in recent games where Nottingham Forest haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Nottingham Forest have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 9 goals on the way.
Analysis of their past results shows that Nottingham Forest:
- have not lost a league tie with Leicester City in their previous 2 games.
- are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.
Leicester City LLDLLW
Leicester City head into the meeting after a 2-0 Premier League win against Southampton in their most recent outing.
In that game, Leicester City managed 49% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Leicester City, the goalscorers were Jamie Vardy (17') and Jordan Ayew (44'). Southampton had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
The strike force from Leicester City have struggled for goals in their past 6 games, contributing the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those fixtures, The Foxes have also seen the overall goal aggregate of their opponents equal 11. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Leicester City:
- haven't beaten Nottingham Forest in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
- are without an away win for the past 6 league games.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A review of their past head to head clashes going back to 09/11/2013 tells us that Nottingham Forest have won 4 of these and Leicester City 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
In all, 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 13 from The Reds and 8 netted by The Foxes. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.
The previous league encounter between these sides was Premier League match day 9 on 25/10/2024 when the final score was Leicester City 1-3 Nottingham Forest.
That time, Leicester City had 64% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer was Jamie Vardy (23').
At the other end, Nottingham Forest got 20 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Ryan Yates (16') and Chris Wood (47', 60') scored.
The match was refereed by Craig Pawson.
ℹ️ Team News: Nottingham Forest
Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Thigh problems) is sidelined.
In our view, The Reds will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 system for this one, handing starts to Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Neco Williams, Ibrahim Sangare, Elliot Anderson, Nicolas Dominguez, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga and Chris Wood.
📋 Team News: Leicester City
Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has a number of players out of action. Ricardo Pereira (Muscle injury), Stephy Mavididi (unknown injury), Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Muscle injury), Mads Hermansen (Groin injury), Issahaku Fatawu (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Harry Souttar (Achilles tendon rupture) will not be playing here.
We are inclined to think that The Foxes will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Jakub Stolarczyk, James Justin, Conor Coady, Wout Faes, Luke Thomas, Wilfred Ndidi, Oliver Skipp, Kasey McAteer, Jordan Ayew, Bilal El Khannouss and Jamie Vardy.
✨ Prediction
We envisage that Nottingham Forest have it within them to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
Conversely, Leicester City will not find it easy getting on the scoresheet but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be converting at least once.
We reckon that it will be a 3-1 winning score for Nottingham Forest at full-time.