Struggling Nottingham Forest will host Leeds United in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire on matchday 22 of 38 in the Premier League. The venue: The City Ground Stadium, kick-off: 15:00, date: 05/02/2023.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Match outcome: Leeds United to win — 2.71
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Both teams to score: YES — 1.71
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Total goals: Over 2.5 — 1.97
Although both teams haven’t met this season so far, there’s a chance Leeds United could get a tight win over Nottingham Forest away from home because the Whites have lost only one of their last four games, unlike Nottingham, who lost three games in their last six matches.
There’s a huge chance both teams could get on the scoreboard today because Nottingham Forest had kept only one clean sheet in their last six matches and the same for Leeds United.
Although only one of Nottingham Forest’s last five matches ended with over 2.5 goals, this game is likely to produce at least three goals before the last whistle. This is because five of Leeds United’s last six matches ended with over 3.5 goals.
The Tricky Trees crashed out of the Carabao Cup following back to back defeats to Manchester United in a two-legged semi-final. Before both defeats, Nottingham Forest were in decent form, having lost just once in their last six matches including a 1-1 draw against Chelsea at home. Having crashed out of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup, Nottingham will now turn their entire focus on finishing outside the relegation zone. They are in the 13th position in the Premier League with 21 points after 20 matches.
The Whites have not been bad either as they have only lost two of their last eight matches across all competitions after the World Cup break. Leeds United thrashed Cardiff City 5-2 in the FA Cup and beat Accrington Stanley 3-1 away from home in the same competition. They are slowly finding their feet again in the second part of the season and in their last five matches, they won two and drawn two. So they will look to avoid a defeat against the newly-promoted Premier League side this Sunday in order to stay afloat.
The Tricky Trees will look to bounce back to winning ways after losing two cup games on a bounce to Manchester United but Leeds United will be too much for them to break down, hence expecting the visitors to return home without a defeat.
Leeds United to win without a clean sheet.
Leeds United are good goalscoring side, hence expecting them to score at least one goal.
Goalkeeper: Hennessey
Defenders: Lodi, Boly, Worrall, Aurier
Midfielders: Mangala, Freuler, Yates
Forwards: Gibbs-White, Wood, Johnson
Goalkeeper: Meslier
Defenders: Ayling, Koch, Wober, Struijk
Midfielders: Adams, Roca, Gnonto
Forwards: Aaronson, Rodrigo, Harrison
This match will be played at The City Ground (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
The starting whistle will sound on February 5th, 2023. 14:00 UTC.