Nottingham Forest have won both of their Premier League home games against West Ham since their return to the division in 2022. They last won more consecutively against the Hammers between 1969 and 1978 (4).
West Ham have lost two of their last four Premier League games against Nottingham Forest (W2), having lost just one of their previous 15 against them in the top-flight (W7 D7).
Nottingham Forest have won their last two Premier League games – they last won three in a row in the top-flight in May 1999.
Only Liverpool (5) have conceded fewer Premier League goals than Nottingham Forest this season (7). It’s their fewest goals conceded at this stage of a league season since 2014-15 (7 in the Championship) and fewest in the top-flight since 1978-79 (7).
West Ham have won two of their last three Premier League games (L1), as many as they had in their previous 12. They’re looking to win back-to-back league games for the first time since March.
West Ham have kept a clean sheet in just one of their last 24 Premier League games played outside of London, conceding in each of their last 15 since a 4-0 win at Bournemouth in April 2023.
In the Premier League last season, Nottingham Forest were behind for 32% of the time, with only two non-relegated sides spending a longer share in a losing position. This season, they’ve been behind for just 8% of their match time, with only Arsenal trailing for less (5%).
Against no side has Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood scored more Premier League goals than he has against West Ham (7). However, those seven strikes all came in his first eight appearances against them, failing to score in any of his last four against the Hammers.
Chris Wood has scored seven Premier League goals this season, already the most by a Nottingham Forest player in their first 10 games in a single campaign in the competition. Overall, he’s scored 22 Premier League goals for the Tricky Trees, with only Bryan Roy netting more (24).
Jarrod Bowen’s winning penalty against Manchester United last time out was his 78th Premier League goal involvement for West Ham (46 goals, 32 assists), with only Michail Antonio (101) and Mark Noble (82) registering more for the Hammers (Paolo Di Canio also 78).
