Nottingham Forest v West Brom Betting Tips – Championship, 7th August 7.45pm
This fixture was originally pencilled in for August 22nd, but that was going to clash with the Trent Bridge cricket Test Match between England and India, so it gets moved up. Forest was out on the road at Bristol City on the weekend, earning a 1-1 draw. West Brom, pre-season favourites for promotion, failed to collect a point in their opener, surprisingly losing at home to Bolton.
Nottingham Forest News and Form
Daryl Murphy equalised for Forest out at Bristol City on the weekend just after halftime but Forest couldn’t push on and settled for the 1-1 draw. That’s a solid enough start on the road in what was a tricky fixture and if they can add three points to their tally from this game, then that’s a nice start. Last season Forest recorded a W10 D3 L10 record on home soil in the Championship and only averaged just over a goal per game. Because of that, we are going under 2.5 goals for our Nottingham Forest v West Brom prediction in this one at 4/6 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on August 5th, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.). Forest looked pretty solid through pre-season and have now returned three clean sheets in their last five games including pre-season. What we like about Forest is the positive moves last month in the transfer market that they made with Lewis Grabban, Costel Pantilimon, Jack Colback and Luke Steel coming into the club.
West Brom News and Form
West Brom, after their drop from the Premier League, got the worst start possible to the second tier as they were beaten 2-1 at home by Bolton. The Baggies were the preseason favourites to win the Championship outright but conceded an 89th goal which sunk them. So that was the last thing they needed after all the frustrations of the last term and now there is pressure on them ahead of this game out on the road. No points after two games would be a horrible return for them. The Baggies were pretty solid through their pre-season as they were scoring well, but there do appear to be question marks over their attack, whether or not it is good enough really to get them as far as they want to go. 20-year-old midfielder Harvey Lewis Barnes upstaged his established teammates by scoring their goal on the weekend. West Brom has a lot of experience in their squad and they need to call on all of that in this one. This is no easy game now for them and we are going to back both teams not to score actually at 5/6 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on August 5th, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.) considering the quick turnaround in games.
Nottingham Forest v West Brom Head to Head
This is the first meeting between the two sides since the 2009/10 Championship season when they traded away wins. Actually five of the last six meetings have been won by the away game, but that is looking back a fairly long way.
Nottingham Forest v West Brom Betting Odds*
Notts Forest 11/8
West Brom 9/4
Draw 12/5
* (Betting Odds were taken on August 5th, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.)
Nottingham Forest v West Brom Predictions
Nottingham Forest to win: We are going with the home side to come up with the goods in this one. That loss on the weekend will have rocked the Baggies and Forest are at least good enough to avoid defeat. We like the option of a -0.25 Asian Handicap on Forest at 21/20 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on August 5th, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.) as that is only a half stake loss if they draw.
