West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Match Stats Preview

West Ham vs Nottingham Forest Match Stats Preview

West Ham have won four of their five Premier League home games against Nottingham Forest, with the exception being a 1-0 loss in January 1997.

Nottingham Forest have won just two of their last 17 top-flight meetings with West Ham (D7 L8), with both wins coming by a 1-0 scoreline in January 1997 and August last season.

West Ham picked up 10 points in their opening four Premier League games this season (W3 D1) but have since won just five points in their last seven games (W1 D1 L5), their only win in that time coming against promoted side Sheffield United in September.

Since the start of last season, Nottingham Forest have lost more away Premier League games than any other side (17). They’ve also failed to score in 13 away games in that time, two more than any other team.

West Ham United have won just six of their last 34 Premier League matches against sides who aren’t newly promoted to the division that season (D8 L20), with two of those wins coming against sides relegated last season (1-0 vs Southampton in April, 3-1 vs Leeds in May).

Nottingham Forest scored two goals from outside the box in their 2-0 win over Aston Villa on MD11. In the Premier League this season, they have scored three goals from 40 shots from outside the box, while last season they only scored two goals from 130 attempts outside the area.

West Ham have lost their last three Premier League games, last enduring a longer losing run at the end of 2022, when they lost their final five games of last year.

In their 2-0 win over Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos became only the third ever Greek goalkeeper to make a Premier League appearance, along with Konstantinos Chalkias (2005, Portsmouth) and Orestis Karnezis (2017-18, Watford). No Forest goalkeeper has kept a clean sheet in both of their first two Premier League appearances.

Among managers to take charge of at least 25 Premier League matches, only Nigel Worthington (21.2%) and Brian McDermott (21.7%) have won a lower percentage of their points in away games than Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper (12/51, 23.5%).

West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen has been involved in 10 goals in his last 12 Premier League starts (8 goals, 2 assists), although only three of those have come at the London Stadium (2 goals, 1 assist).