Nottingham Forest look to continue their strong form against West Ham at the City Ground.
If Arsenal and Brighton both fail to win elsewhere, victory would see Forest climb to third in the table.
West Ham could go eighth with a win if Bournemouth and Newcastle both lose elsewhere.
Team News
Midfielder, James Ward-Prowse is ineligible for Forest due to being on loan from West Ham.
Elliott Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White (both ankle), Jota Silva and Chris Wood (both knock) are doubts.
Ibrahim Sangare (hamstring) and Danilo (ankle) remain sidelined.
West Ham have no fresh injury concerns to report following their win over Manchester United.
Mohammed Kudus (suspension) and Niclas Fullkrug (calf) both remain ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Forest host West Ham at the City Ground on Saturday 2 November at 3pm GMT, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Forest have won three of their last seven Premier League meetings against West Ham (W3, D1, L3).
- West Ham have won one of their last six Premier League visits to Forest’s City Ground (W1, D3, L2).
- Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi scored in both appearances against West Ham last season.
- Five of Forest’s last seven goals have been scored by Chris Wood.
- This is West Ham’s first league game this season to take place outside of London.
Prediction
Having dominated Leicester last weekend in a comfortable East Midlands derby win, Forest just need to continue playing like they’ve done because they are currently one of the more underrated teams at present.
West Ham meanwhile were simply clinical in their home win over Man Utd but a gutsy defensive effort in the first-half was key, but that victory doesn’t disguise the fact that they’re still in evolution as a team.
Julen Lopetegui’s Hammers though will be motivated by the fact that this is their first league game this season outside of London, but Forest should just have too much if keep up their current momentum.
Prediction: Nottingham Forest 2-1 West Ham
Result: Nottingham Forest 3-0 West Ham
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