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Nottingham Forest vs Leeds predictions: Forest should see off poor travellers Leeds

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Sean Dyche is the third manager to take charge at Nottingham Forest this season
Sean Dyche is the third manager to take charge at Nottingham Forest this season
  • Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White missed a penalty in Thursday's 0-0 draw with Sturm Graz in the Europa League 

  • Leeds have lost four of their first five away matches on their return to the Premier League

  • Recommended bet: Nottingham Forest to win

Nottingham Forest enjoyed a dream start to the Premier League season, racing into a 3-0 half-time lead in their opening-weekend win over Brentford at the City Ground.

Since then, though, Forest have sacked managers Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou and won only one of their 14 matches in all competitions.

New boss Sean Dyche should be heartened by last weekend's 2-2 draw with Manchester United and Forest face a Leeds side who have struggled away from home on their return to the top flight.  

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Team news

Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood (knee) and winger Callum Hudson-Odoi (thigh) may not be risked. Ola Aina, Dilane Bakwa, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Angus Gunn and Douglas Luiz remain sidelined.

Leeds forward Wilfried Gnonto and right-back Jayden Bogle have been passed fit. Striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin and centre-back Sebastiaan Bornauw will be assessed. 

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The stats

Both teams have scored in only one of Nottingham Forest's last six games Forest have lost six of their last eight Premier League matches to nil

The Tricky Trees have scored only one first-half goal in their last nine league games Leeds have lost four of their five away league fixtures to nil this season Five of Leeds's last six league games featured over 2.5 goals 

Leeds have conceded the opening goal in six of their last seven top-flight matches

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Prediction

Sean Dyche's first game as Nottingham Forest manager was an impressive 2-0 Europa League win over Porto at the City Ground but picking up points in the Premier League is the priority for the new gaffer.

Forest lost 2-0 at Bournemouth in their first league fixture under Dyche before a promising performance in last weekend's 2-2 draw with Manchester United.

The resurgent Red Devils needed a late goal from Amad Diallo to deny Forest, who would have been worthy winners according to the expected-goals data.

A home fixture against Leeds is a great opportunity for Forest, who made plenty of changes for Thursday's goalless stalemate against Sturm Graz in Austria.

That result might have been very different if Morgan Gibbs-White had converted a first-half penalty but Forest's defenders had a comfortable evening.

The Tricky Trees have little to fear from a misfiring Leeds attacking unit who failed to score in defeats at Arsenal, Fulham, Burnley and Brighton.

Last season's Championship winners have been impressive at Elland Road but their early away results have done little to enhance their survival prospects.

Leeds's only win on the road came against bottom club Wolves at Molineux, where they fell behind in the eighth minute before responding with three goals of their own.

Slow starts are a concern for manager Daniel Farke, whose side have conceded the first goal in six of their last seven games. They were outclassed in last weekend's 3-0 defeat at Brighton and face another tough trip to Forest. 

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