Nottingham Forest vs West Ham United Preview

January 5, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

Sam Allardyce

Sunday afternoon’s FA Cup third round action kicks off at the City Ground as Championship promotion hopefuls Nottingham Forest face Premier League strugglers West Ham United.

The hosts, who have won the prestigious competition twice in their history, have lost just once in their last ten games, to rise to fifth place in the second tier with another play-off finish under manager Billy Davies looking well and truly on the cards.

Darius Henderson is set to return to the Reds’ starting line-up following suspension while midfielders David Vaughn and Djamel Abdoun will both face late fitness tests ahead of the game having both missed the New Year’s Day draw at Reading through injury.

Bet Victor have Henderson at 8.0 (7/1) to get the first goal of the game, with Greg Halford – who has three goals in his last three games a 11.0 (10/1) shot with the same firm.

Forest are favourites to win the match, with Bet 365 offering 2.1 (11/10) for the home win while the same firm have odds of 3.5 (5/2) for the draw. West Ham are priced at 4.0 (3/1) with Bet Victor.

The Hammers go into the match on a run which has seen them win just once in their last thirteen league games, though they also won in their League Cup quarter final against Tottenham Hotspur to set up last four clash with Manchester City.

The three-time FA Cup winners will be without captain Kevin Nolan for this game as he begins a four match suspension while fellow midfielder Mark Noble joins a long list of injuries in the visitors’ squad which could see manager Sam Allardyce include several youth players in his starting line-up.

Carlton Cole is priced at 9.0 (8/1) to open the scoring with Bet Victor, with Modibo Maiga a 11.0 (10/1) chance.

Forest have kept four clean sheets in their last six games, conceding just two goals in total in that time, while West Ham have failed to score in five of their twelve away games this so far this season.

With this in mind you may want to take advantage of Bet Victor’s offer 3.5 (5/2) for the two-time European Champions to win to nil.

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