Nottingham Forest vs Fulham Matchday Stats Preview

Nottingham Forest vs Fulham Matchday Stats Preview 

Nottingham Forest won this exact fixture 3-1 last season, ending a run of four straight home league defeats against Fulham. They last won consecutive home league games against the Cottagers in 2014/2015.

Fulham have won more league games against Nottingham Forest than they have vs any other opponent in their league history (42). They’ve won eight of their last 11 against the Tricky Trees (L3).

Nottingham Forest are one of four sides who remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season (also Man City, Arsenal, Brighton). Forest last avoided defeat in their opening six matches of a league campaign in 2014-15 in the Championship (first 11).

Only Man City (36), Spurs (35) and Liverpool (34) have had more shots on target in the Premier League this season than Fulham (28). Their current average of 5.6 shots on target per game is their best in a Premier League campaign.

Each of Nottingham Forest’s last four league wins have all come away from home – Forest are winless in five at the City Ground (D3 L2), last enduring a longer winless home run in the Premier League between September 1998 and April 1999 (16 games).

Only Manchester City (3.67) and Liverpool (3.89) have a lower expected goals against figure than Nottingham Forest in the Premier League this season (4.05). The four goals they’ve conceded is their fewest at this stage of a top-flight campaign since 1994-95 (3).

Fulham’s Adama Traoré has been involved in five goals in his last six Premier League appearances (2 goals, 3 assists). His previous three assists before this run came over a period of 76 matches.

Since Nuno Espírito Santo’s first game in charge on December 23 last year, only five players have scored more Premier League goals than Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood (14 in 21 games), with Wood converting 29% of his shots in that time (14/48).

In the Premier League in 2024, only Kevin De Bruyne (74) has created more chances than Fulham’s Andreas Pereira (66), with 41 of those coming via set plays, the most of any player. It’s the most chances created by a Fulham player in a year since 2011 (Danny Murphy, 74).

Fulham’s Reiss Nelson scored his fifth Premier League goal in their 3-1 win over Newcastle United, with each of his last four all coming as a sub, including two against Nottingham Forest in October 2022 for Arsenal. All five goals have been netted on home soil, however, with Nelson playing 24 away games without a goal in the Premier League.