
West Ham have won five of their six Premier League home games against Nottingham Forest, with the exception being a 1-0 defeat in January 1997.
Nottingham Forest have won their last two league games against West Ham and are looking to complete their first league double over the Hammers since 1983-84.
West Ham haven’t lost their final home league game in any of the last seven campaigns (W5 D2), since a 4-0 loss against Liverpool in 2016-17.
Nottingham Forest beat Burnley 2-1 last season, but haven’t won their final away league game in consecutive campaigns since 2006-07/2007-08 as a League One side.
West Ham won 2-0 at Manchester United last time out, only once this season winning consecutive Premier League games (v Arsenal and Leicester in February). Their last three at home have all finished level, with the Hammers last drawing four consecutive top-flight home games in April 1985.
Nottingham Forest have won just one of their last six Premier League games (D2 L3), a run that has seen them slip from third to seventh in the table.
Only champions Liverpool (11) have won more Premier League away games than Nottingham Forest (9) this season. Victory for Forest here would be the fourth time they’ve reached double figures for away wins in a top-flight campaign after 1977-78, 1978-79 and 1994-95 (10 each time, all in 22-team leagues).
Against no side has Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood scored more Premier League goals than he has vs West Ham (8). However, six of these eight strikes came in his first five games against the Hammers, netting just two in his last eight.
West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen has been involved in six goals in his last six Premier League games (4 goals, 2 assists), scoring in each of his last three at the London Stadium. The last Hammers player to score in four consecutive home league games was Jesse Lingard in April 2021.
Anthony Elanga has provided 10 assists in the Premier League this season – the only Nottingham Forest player with more in a single campaign is Bryan Roy (11 in 1994-95).