Nottingham Forest vs West Ham United Prediction 1/6/2026 Today’s EPL Picks

In this article, we will formulate a Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Prediction for this English Premier League Week 21 matchup on Tuesday, January 6th, at the London Stadium. Let’s take a look at the prediction for this English Premier League matchup.

West Ham Preview

West Ham has 14 points this season, with a 3-10-4 record, and are sitting in 18th place in the Premier League standings. They have a 2-7-0 home record and a 1-3-4 away record. West Ham is coming off a 0-3 loss against Wolves on the road, where they had 33% possession of the ball and 7 total shots, 0 of them on target. They had 78% completed passes, and fewer expected goals, with 0.25 compared to Wolves’s 1.87.

West Ham is scoring 1.05 goals per game, which ranks 19th in the Premier League, while allowing 2.05 goals per game, which is 20th. Jarrod Bowen is West Ham’s top scorer with 6 goals, followed by Lucas Paquetá and Callum Wilson with 4 goals each, Tomáš Souček and Mateus Fernandes with 2 goals each and Kyle Walker-Peters, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Soungoutou Magassa with one goal each. El Hadji Malick Diouf is West Ham’s top passer, with 3 assists.

Nottingham Forest Preview

Nottingham Forest has 18 points this season, with a 5-9-3 record, and are sitting in 17th place in the Premier League standings. They have a 3-6-1 home record and a 2-3-2 away record. Nottingham Forest is coming off a 1-3 loss against Aston Villa on the road, where they had 27% possession of the ball and 10 total shots, 5 of them on target. They had 71% completed passes, and fewer expected goals, with 0.89 compared to Aston Villa’s 1.59.

Nottingham Forest is scoring 0.95 goals per game, which ranks 20th in the Premier League, while allowing 1.70 goals per game, which is 18th. Morgan Gibbs-White is Nottingham Forest’s top scorer with 4 goals, followed by Callum Hudson-Odoi with 3 goals, Ibrahim Sangaré, Chris Wood and Nicolò Savona with 2 goals each and Neco Williams, Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos and Elliot Anderson with 1 goal each. Ibrahim Sangaré and Omari Giraud-Hutchinson are Nottingham Forest’s top passers, with 2 assists each.

Why West Ham will win

·        Nottingham has lost three of its last four EPL night matches as a favorite.

·        Nottingham has lost each of its last four EPL matches.

·        Nottingham has lost five of its last six EPL matches.

·        Nottingham has lost each of its last three EPL away matches.

·        The home team has won six of the last eight league matches between West Ham and Nottingham.

·        West Ham has won three of its last four EPL matches against Nottingham following a league loss.

Why Nottingham Forest will win

·        West Ham has lost four of its last five EPL matches.

·        West Ham has lost three of its last four EPL home matches.

Total Points Facts

·        The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in four of West Ham’s last five EPL matches.

·        The ‘Under 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in four of Nottingham’s last five EPL matches as a favorite.

·        The ‘Over 3.5 Goals’ market has hit in four of West Ham’s last six EPL home matches.

·        The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in seven of West Ham’s last nine EPL night matches as a home underdog.

Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Prediction

In their previous meeting earlier this season, West Ham won 3-0 on the road but both teams are tied 5-5 in their last 10 meetings. Over is 5-1 in their last 6 meetings.

In this Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Prediction, Forest is coming as +125 road favorites. Forest has been the better team this season but they have been struggling lately with four consecutive losses. West Ham has also been terrible lately with four losses and one draw in its last 5 games, so I see no value on either side. Both teams have terrible defenses this season, conceding 3.75 goals per game combined and are 9-3 to the over in their last 12 games combined. Take the over in this one.

Nikos Lagouretos's Pick: Over 2.5