Comments and predictions for Nottingham vs West Ham: The host's rage

Latest Nottingham vs West Ham team information

Coach Santo continues to face questions about the conflict at the top, but in terms of personnel, Nottingham Forest only miss Nicolas Dominguez (knee injury, will need a few weeks to recover). New signing Dan Ndoye - who assisted against Palace - could become the first player in Forest history to have a direct hand in a goal in each of the first three Premier League matches.

West Ham have just announced the signing of Mateus Fernandes from Southampton. The 21-year-old midfielder – the third most expensive signing in the club’s history – is eligible to make his debut this weekend.

In addition, manager Potter confirmed that the squad will not change much from the defeat to Wolves. George Earthy (ankle), Crysencio Summerville (thigh) and Luis Guilherme (shoulder) are still absent. Lucas Paqueta - who just ended a 14-game Premier League goalless streak with a superb goal against Chelsea - will almost certainly continue to be with the team after the summer transfer window.

Latest predicted lineup for Nottingham vs West Ham

Nottingham Forest:

Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Anderson, Yates; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood

West Ham United:

Hermansen; Todibo, Kilman, Aguerd; Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Diouf; Paqueta, Fernandes; Bowen

Latest Nottingham vs West Ham football review

Some have suggested that last weekend's trip to Crystal Palace could be Santo's "last act" as Nottingham Forest manager, especially after he publicly admitted his rift with chairman Evangelos Marinakis in a press conference.

A personal feud with director Edu was said to be the main reason for the breakdown, but Forest players put aside the behind-the-scenes noise to take a vital point away to Crystal Palace – the reigning FA Cup champions and Europa League rivals. The game, which needed no “warm-up” due to recent European feuds, ended 1-1 when Callum Hudson-Odoi equalised after Ismaila Sarr’s opener.

Since then, Forest fans have found out who their Europa League opponents will be but Santo’s long-term future remains unclear. His immediate task is to help the team end their poor defensive run in the Premier League: Forest have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 games – only Fulham (11) have kept more. However, they also have the chance to win both of their opening home Premier League games for the first time in their history.

While Forest were looking for a positive milestone, West Ham were setting a sad record: their worst start to a Premier League season in the club’s history after two games. A 3-1 defeat to newly promoted Sunderland and a crushing 5-1 loss to Chelsea left them in crisis, not to mention a 3-2 defeat to Wolves in the League Cup. Captain Jarrod Bowen even argued with the crowd, adding to the gloomy atmosphere.

Since Graham Potter took over in January, West Ham have picked up just 20 points in the Premier League – the fewest of any team in that period. Against Nottingham Forest, their record is also dismal, losing their last three Premier League meetings. Remarkably, West Ham have not scored at the City Ground in the Premier League since 1996.

Latest Nottingham vs West Ham score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Nottingham vs West Hamas follows:

• Sportsmole:Nottingham 2-1 West Ham

• WhoScore:Nottingham 2-0 West Ham
• Our newspaper predicts:Nottingham 3-1 West Ham

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