West Ham are without a win in nine league matches
Nottingham Forest have lost four league games in a row
Recommended bet: Under 2.5 goals
West Ham's clash with Nottingham Forest is a contest that is going to shape the Premier League relegation battle with defeat for West Ham going to leave them at serious risk of a first Championship campaign since 2011-12.
The Hammers currently sit third bottom and they are four points adrift of Nottingham Forest, who will be looking to ease their relegation fears with a vital victory at the London Stadium.
Pressure must be mounting on West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo as he gets to face former club Forest on the back of a nine-game winless run.
For Sean Dyche's Forest, they head to the capital following four straight league defeats and they have lost three in a row on the road at Everton, Fulham and Aston Villa.
Given the circumstances and the desperation for both to claim maximum points, there is sure to be plenty of tension and it could take a moment of brilliance to separate them.
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Team news
West Ham will be sweating on the fitness of influential Brazilian Lucas Paqueta, who missed Saturday's 3-0 loss at Wolves due to a back injury.
Jean-Clair Todibo is nursing a groin injury and looks set to miss out, while full-backs El Hadji Malick Diouf and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are away on Africa Cup of Nations duty. Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski remains sidelined.
Forest shot-stopper John Victor went off injured in their latest 3-1 defeat at Aston Villa, so Matz Sels is likely to regain the number one position.
Callum Hudson-Odoi and Dan Ndoye both face late fitness tests, while Chris Wood and Ryan Yates are sidelined through, and Willy Boly and Ibrahim Sangare are at AFCON.
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The stats
West Ham lost 11 home league games in 2025, their joint-most ever in a calendar year.
Having won 3-0 at the City Ground in August, the Hammers are looking to complete their first league double over Nottingham Forest since 2011-12.
West Ham are winless in their last nine Premier League games (D4 L5), handing Wolves their first league win of the season last time out.
Nottingham Forest have lost their last four Premier League games and they have failed to score in four of their last eight top-flight matches.
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Prediction
Both West Ham and Nottingham Forest come into this crunch clash in woeful form and keeping mistakes to a minimum will surely be at the forefront of their minds.
No team has failed to score in more Premier League games this season than Nottingham Forest, having fired blanks in ten of their 20 top-flight fixtures, and only rock-bottom Wolves have been less prolific than them in front of goal.
West Ham, meanwhile, failed to register a single shot on target in their 3-0 loss at Wolves at the weekend and confidence is at an all-time low following their nine-match winless run.
If Paqueta isn't fit to feature, then a lot of West Ham's creativity is lost, and they have failed to score in three of their last four league games, one of which was a 1-0 loss at home to Fulham.
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