Jarrod Bowen has been West Ham’s only consistent player this season. He’s registered 18 goal contributions in the Premier League this campaign which is unsurprisingly the most of any West Ham player this season.

Bowen has had 34 shots on target across his 32 Premier League appearances this season (1.09 per 90). He enters this game with plenty of momentum having registered a goal contribution in each of his last four games, scoring three goals across this period.

Bowen has found the target in four of his last five Premier League matches. He’s been playing up front under Graham Potter which aids this selection as we should see West Ham’s top scorer this season in plenty of positions to find the target against a Nottingham Forest side that have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last five Premier League matches.

Elanga has won 40 fouls across his 36 Premier League appearances this season (1.55 per 90). He’s been a crucial part of Nottingham Forest’s game plan this season which has been focused on catching sides out on transition, mainly through the speed of Elanga and Hudson-Odoi in the wide areas.

Elanga was fouled in the initial meeting between these sides at the City Ground in a game which saw Nottingham Forest run out 3-0 winners. He was up against Emerson on that occasion but is more likely to line up against Aaron Wan-Bissaka here who is averaging 0.73 fouls committed per 90 in the Premier League this season.

West Ham are averaging 11.7 fouls committed per game in the Premier League this season which is a record only bettered by four sides in the top flight this campaign. Forest should have plenty of opportunities to find their danger man in wide areas which should create 1v1 opportunities for Elanga.

West Ham have seen BTTS in four of their last five games in the Premier League. They‘ve only kept one clean sheet in this time, which was against Manchester United last time out. 

Nottingham Forest have seen BTTS in three of their last five games, including in each of their last two away games which also happened to be in London against Crystal Palace and Tottenham. BTTS didn’t land in the initial meeting between these sides but the game state was heavily impacted by a first half red to West Ham with Edson Alvarez being sent off.

West Ham will take confidence from the fact that Nottingham Forest have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last five Premier League matches. Forest’s backline is just faltering a little at this crucial stage of the season which has seen Forest have to rely on more than just their solid defensive structure to get them through games.

Gibbs White had a hand in both goals against Leicester last time out, scoring the first before setting up the second but it wasn’t enough to secure Forest all three points leaving their Champions League hopes in the balance. 

Only Chris Wood (23) and Anthony Elanga (16) have registered more goal contributions for Nottingham Forest than Morgan Gibbs White this season (14). 

Gibbs White is only one goal contribution away from matching his tally in the Premier League last season (15) and could be afforded the opportunity here against a West Ham side that have conceded 32 goals across their 18 home games this season (1.7 per game).

Matz Sels is having to make 3.19 saves per 90 in the Premier League this season. He was forced into making four saves against Leicester last time out and has had to be more reliable in recent weeks with Forest not showing the same defensive resolve we were used to seeing earlier in the season.

West Ham only drew one save from Sels in the initial meeting between the sides but it’s worth noting that West Ham played for over 45 minutes with 10 men following Edson Alvarez’s sending off so we should see a slightly more positive attacking display from the Hammers here.

West Ham are averaging 3.8 shots on target per game in the Premier League this season but can take confidence to improve on this record following their 2-0 win over Manchester United last time out which brought an end to a run of eight games without a win for Graham Potter’s side.

Elliot Anderson has picked up eight yellow cards this season, with two of these coming in his last five Premier League appearances.

Only Nicolas Dominguez (9), Morgan Gibbs White (9) and Ryan Yates (10) have picked up more yellow cards for Nottingham Forest this season than Elliot Anderson. The midfielder is averaging 1.58 fouls committed per 90 in the Premier League this season which reinforces the suggestion that can be quite reckless.