The Stats Point Towards a Difficult Afternoon for Nottingham Forest as they Meet Liverpool

Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool - 02/03/2024

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We are going to see many relegation vs title challenger games as we approach the business end of the season and this preview is a perfect example.

The match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool will take place on the 2nd of March at the City Ground. The hosts begin this round of games in 17th place on 24 points while the visitors are top of the table on 60 points.

Nottingham Forest come into this match on the back of a 1-0 defeat at home against Manchester United in the FA Cup on Wednesday night.

With the match approaching 90 minutes, thoughts were beginning to turn to extra time but Manchester United scored the winning goal in the 89th minute.

The defeat against Manchester United means Nottingham Forest have won only 1 of their 4 most recent fixtures in all competitions.

The win came at home against West Ham United in the Premier League but there have also been 3 defeats.

In addition to the loss in the FA Cup, Nottingham Forest have been beaten by Newcastle United at home and Aston Villa away in the Premier League.

Statistics show Nottingham Forest have won just 1 of their last 9 matches in all competitions, although they did beat Bristol City on penalties in the FA Cup following a 1-1 draw.

Nottingham Forest have found the back of the net in each of their last 9 Premier League games, with both teams scoring in 8 of their 9 most recent league fixtures.

Liverpool make the trip to the City Ground on the back of a 3-0 home win over Southampton in the FA Cup.

Liverpool opened the scoring shortly before half time and added a second goal in the 73rd minute. The third goal came with 2 minutes left on the clock.

The victory over Southampton means Liverpool have won each of their last 5 fixtures in all competitions.

There have been wins over Burnley and Luton Town at home plus Brentford away in the Premier League and a 1-0 success over Chelsea to win the League Cup.

Trends show there are no losses for Liverpool in 48 of their most recent 52 games in all competitions.

Liverpool have won by 2 or more goals in their last 3 league matches and have scored at least one goal in each of their last 17 away Premier League games.

Looking ahead to the team news and Nottingham Forest have five players in the treatment room, with Nuno Tavares, Willy Boly, Ibrahim Sangare, Ola Aina, and Chris Wood likely to miss out.

Liverpool have a significant injury list including Ryan Gravenberch, Darwin Núñez, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Alisson.

Despite their injury problems, Liverpool have continued to win games and they must be considered favourites for this match. Nottingham Forest can score goals but keeping them out is proving to be a problem. We expect to see an away win, with both teams scoring.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

Coef.

Score

Live
coef.

EPL

Nottingham Forest Liverpool 02/03/2024 16:00

191467

2

1 - 3

3.25

6°

1.50

5.75 4.33 1.50 no no no

FT

0 - 1(0 - 0)

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