Nottingham Forest vs Leeds Prediction: Tricky Trees to stand tall at home

Nottingham Forest will look to win only their second game under new manager Sean Dyche when his side host Leeds United at the City Ground on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League (14:00 GMT, Sky Sports Premier League). Dyche's side remain in the bottom three after 10 games, and they have won only one match. That sole victory in the league came on the first weekend of the season against Brentford, and Dyche will hope to end his wait after replacing Ange Postecoglou last month.

Leeds are 16th and five points better off than Forest, but they go into the contest following a chastening 3-0 defeat to Brighton. Read on for my Nottingham Forest vs Leeds predictions.

Team News

Dyche has already confirmed that Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood will miss out this weekend.

The duo join Douglas Luiz, Ola Aina, Angus Gunn, Dilane Bakwa and Oleksandr Zinchenko in the treatment room.

Premier League Odds

Leeds manager Daniel Farke has revealed that striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin is a slight doubt due to an adductor strain.

Centre-back Sebastiaan Bornauw is also nursing a knee injury, but winger Willy Gnonto has been back in full training for the last two weeks.

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Nottingham Forest vs Leeds Odds

Nottingham Forest are 13/10 to pick up all three points on Sunday at home, while the draw is 23/10 and Leeds are considered 9/4 outsiders.

Over 2.5 goals is available at 11/10, while both teams to score can be backed at 4/5.

Forest striker Igor Jesus is 15/8 to score anytime, closely followed in the market by Calvert-Lewin at 21/10.

Nottingham Forest to win @ 13/10

Nottingham Forest fans have not enjoyed themselves this season, but there have been signs that things are slowly improving since Dyche stepped into the dugout.

While the Tricky Trees have won only two games out of 15 this season in all competitions, they have lost just one of their last four.

Since Dyche replaced Postecoglou, Forest have lost just once, and that defeat was a 2-0 reverse to Bournemouth away from home. In front of their own fans, they have beaten Porto in the Europa League and drawn with Manchester United, while they also picked up a point in Austria against Sturm Graz on Thursday.

Leeds have just one win in their last five matches in all competitions, and they have lost three in four. Away from Elland Road, they have won only once, and with their other four away contests ending in defeat, the three points should go the way of the hosts.

Under 2.5 goals @ 8/11

Forest's defence has been a liability this season, but they are bound to improve at the back under Dyche.

The Tricky Trees have conceded 10 goals in five home matches, but the arrival of Leeds should mean they have a chance of a clean sheet.

Farke's side have scored just three goals away from home, and they all came in the same match against Wolves.

Leeds' xG against numbers are a respectable 12.0, with only four teams bettering that number, so they should not be carved open in what is expected to be a tight affair

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