Nottingham Forest vs Coventry predictions: Forest should shut out struggling visitors
James Milton
Nottingham Forest strikers Liam Delap and Igor Jesus scored in last weekend's 2-1 win at Aston Villa
Coventry were thumped 5-0 at home by Brighton in their last Premier League fixture
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Coventry are enduring a tough return to the Premier League, failing to score a goal in defeats to Arsenal, Hull, Manchester City and Brighton.
Frank Lampard's men face another tricky test at Nottingham Forest, who drew with Liverpool and Tottenham before beating Aston Villa 2-1 at Villa Park last weekend.
Team news
Nottingham Forest will assess the fitness of defender Jair Cunha (thigh). Centre-back Nikola Milenkovic and full-back Nicolo Savona are injured.
Coventry are missing former Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi, who is suspended after his red card against Brighton. Fellow forward Haji Wright remains sidelined along with Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Josh Eccles, Luke Woolfenden and Aurele Amenda.
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The stats
Nottingham Forest have lost only two of their last 14 Premier League games.
Four of Forest's five league games this season were goalless at half-time.
Forest's Dan Ndoye has committed eight fouls in 262 minutes of league action this season.
Coventry have lost their first four Premier League matches to nil.
Defender Bobby Thomas had eight shots in his last two league games for Coventry.
Ephron Mason-Clark averages one foul every 27 minutes for Coventry this term.
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Prediction
Coventry were a cut above their rivals in last season's Championship but Frank Lampard's side have struggled with the step up to the Premier League.
The Sky Blues have not been helped by a brutal fixture list, sending them to champions Arsenal and Manchester City in their first two away games.
But they also lost 1-0 at home to survival rivals Hull before last weekend's 5-0 drubbing by Brighton on their own patch.
That scoreline was harsh on Coventry, who played most of the second half with 10 men, but they face another difficult trip to Nottingham Forest.
Backing one or both teams not to score and Forest to win is a solid foundation for the Bet Builder — effectively a bet on the hosts to win to nil.
The Tricky Trees were impressive in a 2-2 draw at Liverpool and drew 0-0 with Tottenham in their last home game before last weekend's 2-1 win at Aston Villa.
They finished last season strongly, losing only one of their last 10 league games and reaching the Europa League semi-finals.
Oliver Glasner has an exciting attacking unit, having signed Liam Delap and wing-back Daniel Munoz in the summer, and star man Morgan Gibbs-White is well worth backing to score against Coventry.
Gibbs-White was outstanding last season and 14 of his 18 goals in all competitions came after the turn of the year.
Score prediction: Nottingham Forest 2-0 Coventry
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