PREVIEW | West Ham vs Nottingham Forest - team news, lineups, predictions

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·4 January 2026

PREVIEW | West Ham vs Nottingham Forest - team news, lineups, predictions

West Ham and Nottingham Forest face off this Tuesday at the London Stadium in Premier League. The match will be broadcast live at 20:00 on Sky Sports Main Event.

West Ham have picked up 14 points and currently lie in 18th position. In their last fixture, Nuno Espírito Santo's team suffered a 3-0 reverse against Wolverhampton (Premier League 2025/26).

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Nottingham Forest currently have 18 points and lie in 17th position. In their last game, Sean Dyche's team lost 3-1 against Aston Villa (Premier League 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with West Ham winning 3-0.

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West Ham

Aaron Wan-Bissaka - Called Up To National Team
El Hadji Diouf - Called Up To National Team
Lukasz Fabianski - Back Injury

Nottingham Forest

Chris Wood - Injury
Ryan Yates - Injury
Dan Ndoye - Knock

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West Ham ( vs Wolverhampton 2026-01-03): Alphonse Aréola, Kyle Walker-Peters, Kostas Mavropanos, Max Kilman, Oliver Scarles, Soungoutou Magassa, Freddie Potts, Jarrod Bowen, Mateus Fernandes, Crys Summerville, Callum Wilson

Nottingham Forest ( vs Aston Villa 2026-01-03): John Victor, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Nicolás Domínguez, Dilane Bakwa, Elliot Anderson, Igor Jesus

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MANAGERS

Nuno Espírito Santo has faced Sean Dyche on nine occasions, recording three wins, two draws, and four losses
Sean Dyche has faced West Ham on 19 occasions, recording five wins, four draws, and ten losses
Nuno Espírito Santo has faced Nottingham Forest on two occasions, recording one win and one loss

TEAMS

Away from home, Nottingham Forest has been conceding goals in four consecutive games.
Away from home, Nottingham Forest comes from two consecutive games without a win.
Away from home, Nottingham Forest comes from two consecutive losses.
Nottingham Forest currently has one draw in the last 13 games.
Nottingham Forest has been conceding goals in four consecutive games.
Nottingham Forest comes from four consecutive games without a win.
Nottingham Forest comes from four consecutive losses.
At home, West Ham has been conceding goals in ten consecutive games.
At home, West Ham comes from four consecutive games without a win.
West Ham currently has one win in the last ten games.
West Ham has been conceding goals in 17 consecutive games.
West Ham comes from nine consecutive games without a win.

HEAD TO HEAD

West Ham and Nottingham Forest have faced each other 123 times, with West Ham having an advantage: 49 wins, against 48 wins for Nottingham Forest.
At London Stadium, West Ham has an advantage in duels against Nottingham Forest: 38 wins in 60 games. Nottingham Forest has 12 wins.
In the English League, there have been 67 matches between the two teams, with 24 wins for West Ham, 14 draws, and 29 wins for Nottingham Forest.