Nottingham Forest vs Ferencvaros Prediction: Tricky Trees stumped?

With three points between them and the top eight in the Europa League table, it feels as though Nottingham Forest have too much ground to make up for an automatic qualification spot as we enter the final gameweek. 

They host Ferencvaros, who are looking good in seventh, and below you can find my Nottingham Forest vs Ferencvaros predictions for Thursday's game (20:00 GMT, TNT Sports 3).

Team News

Taiwo Awoniyi and Jair Cunha were not named in Nottingham Forest’s Europa League squad so are not available here, while Chris Wood and John Victor are out injured. Elliot Anderson will be missed after he was sent off against Braga, and Douglas Luiz looks set to rejoin Aston Villa. 

Ryan Yates may therefore play with Ibrahim Sangare in midfield, with Igor Jesus set to lead the line given a lack of other options. 

Robbie Keane is without Barnabas Varga after he joined AEK Athens, so Ferencvaros will play a combination of Bamidele Yusuf, Kristoffer Zachariassen, Zsombor Gruber and Leny Joseph up top.

Tom Raemaekers is suspended, Stefan Gartenmann is injured but Krisztian Lisztes is back in contention to start. 

Football Odds

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Nottingham Forest vs Ferencvaros Odds

Nottingham Forest are 3/5 to win this home game, giving them an implied win probability of 63% for this one at the City Ground. The Hungarians are 9/2, a draw is 3/1 and over 2.5 goals is 4/5.

Both teams to score is 10/11 and there’s plenty of other Price Boosts which you can find on the link above. 

Both teams to score @ 10/11

Both teams have scored in six of Ferencvaros’ last seven games in this competition, and Keane’s men like to go for the jugular where possible. Nottingham Forest will likely look like a very attacking outfit given a draw is not much use for them in terms of chasing the top eight, but they do want to make sure they stay in the top 24 and make it through to the next round.

With Jesus and Morgan Gibbs-White likely to play in the attacking third I’m happy to back Forest to find the net, while Ferencvaros have scored 12 goals in seven UEL games this season. 

Ferencvaros to win @ 9/2 

Ferencvaros are unbeaten in the Europa League this season and it feels as though Sean Dyche may be wary of the spectre of Premier League relegation hovering over his shoulder. Nottingham Forest have won just two games in their last nine, and I just have a feeling they may slip up in this home game. 

We’ve got a big price here on Keane’s men to cause a big shock, against a Forest outfit that have been hit and miss - and mainly miss - so far this season. A shock away win could be on the cards. 

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