Preview: West Ham United vs Nottingham Forest – Prediction, Team News, Line-ups

West Ham United will look to end the season on a high as they aim for back-to-back wins when they welcome Nottingham Forest to the London Stadium on Sunday. 

The Hammers sealed an excellent 2-0 victory over Manchester United last weekend, while Forest played out a 2-2 draw with Leicester City. 

Match Preview 

It has been a massively disappointing season for West Ham, who expected improvement after parting company with David Moyes last summer. 

However, the reverse happened as they made a dreadful start under Julen Lopetegui. 

The East Londoners replaced the Spaniard with Graham Potter in January, but their struggles have also continued under the 49-year-old. 

A win percentage of 23.5 is terrible, but Potter will be encouraged by their recent success against Manchester United. 

West Ham ended their eight-game unbeaten run at Old Trafford after goals in either half from Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen. 

On the other hand, Forest received a huge blow to their Champions League qualification hopes as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Leicester City. 

The Tricky Trees went 2-1 ahead after strikes from Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood, but Facundo Buonanotte netted a late equaliser to ensure the spoils were shared. 

Team News 

The good news for West Ham supporters is that there are no fresh injury concerns following their success at Old Trafford. So, Michail Antonio and Crysencio Summerville will be the only two absentees for Sunday’s home encounter. 

Meanwhile, Taiwo Awoniyi has been ruled out for the rest of the campaign after his abdominal injury against Leicester. There are also doubts about the availability of Murillo and Callum Hudson-Odoi this weekend. 

West Ham United vs Nottingham Forest potential line-ups 

West Ham United: Areola; Cresswell, Kilman, Todibo; Coufal, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Wan-Bissaka; Paqueta; Bowen, Kudus

Nottingham Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Dominguez; Wood

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West Ham United vs Nottingham Forest prediction 

Forest will be desperate for victory this Sunday to keep alive their diminishing hopes of Champions League football. West Ham will be playing in front of their home crowd, but their recent performances don’t give a lot of encouragement. 

It will not be a one-sided affair and the Hammers will score, but Nuno Espirito Santo’s side should edge the contest in the end. 

West Ham United 1-2 Nottingham Forest