Nottingham Forest vs West Ham Prediction: Bowen to show his mettle for Irons

Nottingham Forest have taken four points from their opening two games of the Premier League season and the Tricky Trees enjoyed a seventh-place finish in the top-flight last term. However, all is not well at the City Ground if reports of a rift between manager Nuno Espirito Santo and owner Evangelos Marinakis are to be believed.

West Ham have lost their opening three games of the campaign and a 5-1 loss to Chelsea was an alarming result, so Graham Potter will hope for better for his Hammers side on their trip to Forest on Sunday.

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Nicolas Dominguez is the only absentee for Forest, who have an otherwise fully fit squad to pick from.

The visitors have new signing Mateus Fernandes available for selection, but George Earthy, Crysencio Summerville and Luis Guilherme are sidelined.

Lucas Paqueta has been linked with a move away from the London Stadium and may miss out.

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Nottingham Forest are 7/10 to take three points at the City Ground, while West Ham are 9/2 chances and the draw is available at 11/4.

West Ham or draw double chance @ 23/20

West Ham would have hoped for more transfer action in the summer and the Hammers faithful would have certainly been looking for a better start to the campaign on the pitch.

The Irons have lost their opening three matches of the season and a 5-1 hammering against rivals Chelsea was a particularly sore spot.

However, things are seldom as bad as they may seem and the Irons look a decent bet to avoid defeat at Nottingham Forest.

Potter’s men didn’t play as poorly as a 3-0 defeat at Sunderland suggests, they took the lead against Chelsea and the east Londoners really should have beaten Wolves in the League Cup on Tuesday night.

Forest registered only one shot on target in a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace last weekend and that’s not the firepower you would like from 7/10 chances.

Taking West Ham and the draw on the double chance market looks the best way to play the City Ground tie.

Jarrod Bowen to score first @ 17/2

Jarrod Bowen has yet to open his account this season, but the England international has been deployed in a central position and the 28-year-old can strike against Forest.

Bowen netted 13 Premier League goals for the Hammers last term and 17/2 about the West Ham man opening the scoring at the City Ground is attractive.

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