After suffering opening weekend defeats, both West Ham United and Nottingham Forest will be looking pick up their first points when the two sides meet at the City Ground. West Ham lost to Manchester City at the London Stadium after an Erling Haaland brace while Forest lost to Newcastle United.
The Irons are 7/8 favourites with Betway ahead of their trip while Forest are 16/5 and a draw is 13/5 ahead of their Premier League clash.
The Hammers had a tough match last weekend against the reigning Premier League champions as they fell to a 2-0 defeat as Haaland made his mark on his league debut.
Steve Cooper surprised many after leading Forest from the relegation zone to Championship play-off winners last season but now has the difficult challenge staying up in the Premier League. Forest have made 11 new signings to the first-team and will need to gel quickly if they have a fighting chance.
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Players to watch
Keep an eye out on Gianluca Scamacca as he looks to make his impact for the Irons after his £35million transfer from Serie A side Sassuolo. The Italy international picked up 16 goals in 36 league outings last season which was enough to convince West Ham of a big transfer.
While David Moyes has said he needs to wait his turn, I can see Scamacca getting his chance at the County Ground and wanting to impress. He might not start with Michail Antonio the preferred choice for the moment but the Italian striker might get his chacne from the bench.
For the otherside, it has to be Jesse Lingard for Forest with many looking to see how the former West Ham loanee does at his new club. He had a debut to forget at St James' Park last weekend but that could soon change under Cooper.
H2H
This will be the 117th meeting between the two sides and the first one since they last met in the 2014 FA Cup which Forest won 5-0. The Irons have picked up 46 wins, 26 draws and 44 defeats against their opponents.
The two sides have not met each other in the top tier of English football since the 1998/99 season.
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