Nottingham vs West Ham Prediction, 8:00 p.m. August 31: The Miserables

TPO - Football analysis Nottingham vs West Ham, Premier League - Team information, expected lineup, form, history of confrontation. Nottingham Forest and West Ham will face each other in round 3. Although the scores of the two teams are very different, the fate of the two teams' coaches is very similar.

Pre-match comments Nottingham vs West Ham

It is a battle for survival between two managers. Forest's Nuno Espirito Santo and West Ham's Graham Potter are both under pressure despite their very different points tallies. Nuno Santo has helped his team to 4 points from 2 games and sits comfortably at the top of the table with the strong clubs.

However, he is still being threatened by the club owner because he is not satisfied with the way the team is being managed. The fans are on his side, but if he cannot help the team maintain good form, this coach can still completely lose his job.

On the other side of the front line, West Ham is at the bottom of the table with 0 points. Graham Potter and his students have played 3 matches and lost all 3 matches, and all of them were heavy losses. The defense is Graham Potter's problem. They defend very loosely, allowing the opponent to easily score. So, even though he has only been at West Ham for half a year, there is no guarantee that Graham Potter will keep his seat if he continues to play so badly.

As for Nuno Santo, there are reports that he is facing the risk of losing his job during FIFA Days. And now is his chance to prove that the Nottingham board will regret taking action against him.

West Ham are on the decline

Form, head-to-head history Nottingham vs West Ham

If anyone needs a bounce back right now, it’s West Ham. They started the season with three defeats. This is the club’s worst start to a season in 80 years. For nearly a century now, they have never lost all three of their opening games, conceding 11 goals like they are now.

Their defence remains a major issue, with West Ham conceding 11 goals in just three competitive games. West Ham lost 5-1 at home to Chelsea in their most recent match on 22 August. Chelsea outshot West Ham by 11 shots on target. Having given their goalkeeper 11 tries, it is clear that West Ham’s defenders are to blame.

A particularly deplorable statistic for Graham Potter, as he is the manager with the fewest points in the Premier League since January 2025 (20 points, not counting managers of relegated teams).

Things got even worse for West Ham as their players even threatened to beat up their own fans. That was Jarrod Bowen when he threatened to throw himself at West Ham fans after his team lost to Wolves in the League Cup midweek.

In fact, West Ham have been beaten by Nottingham Forest in their last three Premier League games. Nottingham Forest have not conceded a goal at home to West Ham in 11 years, winning four of those games by scores of 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 and 5-0.

Through the above analysis, it can be seen that this trip could be a big challenge for the away team, can they overcome it?

Expected lineup Nottingham vs West Ham

Nottingham: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, William s; Anderson, Yates; Ndoye, GiWest Hams-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood

West Ham: Hermansen; Todibo, Mavropanos, Kilman; Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Diouf; Bowen, Fernandes; Fullkrug.

Score prediction: Nottingham 2-0 West Ham

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