Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United: Premier League Preview & Odds

Newcastle United travel to the City Ground on Saturday where they take on Nottingham Forest in the Premier League’s late kick-off

Newcastle United travel to the City Ground on Saturday where they take on Nottingham Forest in the Premier League’s late kick-off. As both sides hope to get back to winning ways, here at betting.bet we have all the action covered, providing the best odds and betting tips from popular bookmakers, Betfred.

Form

Newcastle United have fallen away in the race for the top four in recent weeks following a sequence of just two wins in the last nine league games. The Magpies were involved in a thoroughly entertaining 4-4 at home to Luton Town last time out; a match we were expecting them to win.

Away from St James Park, Newcastle United have won three successive matches in all competitions, including a 3-1 win at Aston Villa in their most recent Premier League away fixture. Ahead of this weekend’s action, Newcastle United are 9th in the Premier League table with 33 points from their 23 matches.

Saturday’s hosts, Nottingham Forest currently occupy 16th spot in the Premier League with a return of 21 points from their own 23 matches. Nottingham Forest have taken just one point from their last three Premier League fixtures; a 1-1 draw away at AFC Bournemouth last weekend.

Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United: head-to-head

A hat-trick at St James Park for former Newcastle United forward, Chris Wood guided Nottingham Forest to a 3-1 win on Boxing Day in the reverse fixture. Newcastle United had actually taken the lead through all-time record scorer, Alexander Isak.

That win for Nottingham Forest ended a run of three straight league defeats against Newcastle United. The corresponding fixture at the City Ground last season saw Newcastle United claim all three points. Alexander Isak was once again on target for Newcastle United, scoring both goals as The Magpies came from a goal down to win 2-1.

Betting tips

Nottingham Forest have not kept a clean sheet in the Premier League since November 5th and come up against a side whose last four league games have produced an astonishing 23 goals. Both teams to score will prove popular at 8/13 whilst our bet of the day is over 2.5 match goals at a very backable price of 8/11.

In the last two matches between Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United, Newcastle United have scored three times and Alexander Isak has scored them all. The Swedish international already has ten goals in the Premier League this season and has to be considered in any goalscorer market. Isak is priced at 7/2 to score first on Saturday or 7/5 to score at any time. Don’t forget that Betfred’s ‘Double Delight & Hat-trick Heaven’ promotion will be in play on Saturday. If you successfully back the first goalscorer and the same player goes on to net a second, your first goalscorer odds will be doubled. If your selection scores a hat-trick, you get triple the odds!

It isn’t just goals that we’ve seen an abundance of during Newcastle United’s Premier League fixtures, Eddie Howe’s side possess two of the three players to have received the most bookings in the league this season. Bruno Guimaraes has been handed a league-high 9 yellow cards already this season whilst Anthony Gordon has picked up eight bookings. Guimaraes and Gordon are 15/8 or 9/4 respectively to be carded at the weekend.

Match odds