Nottingham Forest
A very few would have foreseen Nottingham Forest slipping into the relegation zone when they beat Brentford at City Ground in their opening match this season. They were a stable side under Nuno Espirito Santo, but the Portuguese surprisingly left the club after three matches because of differences with the club’s hierarchy. Since then, results have gone downhill.
Ange Postecoglou, who guided Spurs to Europa League glory last season, was brought in as the new man at the helm. But his tenure was short-lived. The club management showed him the door only eight matches in.
Now Sean Dyche has taken over. Despite Forest’s defeat to Bournemouth, there are encouraging signs, not least their 2-0 Europa League win over Porto. It might just tempt a few punters to back them on football betting sites.
Team News: Ola Aina is the only notable injury absentee for the hosts in this match.
Predicted Lineup: Sels; Savona, Murillo, Morato, Milenkovic, Williams; Anderson, Sangare, Luiz; Gibbs-White, Wood.
Manchester United
“We believe we can respond to challenges and solve problems on the pitch, and that confidence helps us win games. But three weeks ago, things looked very different, and it can change again just as quickly,” Amorim said ahead of this match.
The United boss can sense that the team feels different from all the doom and gloom a few weeks back. But, he wants to be cautiously optimistic. All the progress can collapse like a house of cards if they run into some bad results again.
United have now won three Premier League matches in a row, and broke into the top-six after hovering around the relegation zone earlier in the season. These are still early days, but betting apps in NZ are showing more faith in them in recent weeks.
Team News: Harry Maguire remains a doubt with a knock.
Predicted Lineup: Lammens; De Ligt, Dorgu, Shaw; Amad, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dalot; Mbeumo, Cunha; Sesko.
