Nottingham Forest v Burnley

Nottingham Forest vs Burnley Preview

The Monday night fixture in this weekend's slate of fixtures in the Premier League features this upcoming clash in the east midlands between hosts, Nottingham Forest, and the bottom of the table visitors, Burnley, when the two teams meet at the City Ground with the hosts looking to pick up where they left off just before the international break.

Nottingham Forest signed off with an impressive and potentially crucial 1-0 win away from home at beleaguered Chelsea to hand The Tricky Trees their second win of this new English top flight season after Steve Cooper's men sealed all three points with a previous 2-1 home win against newly promoted Sheffield United.

Despite also being handed two defeats so far in their opening four games of this new term which saw Forest felled against Arsenal and Manchester United, it should be noted that both of these losses were incurred on their travels and the bigger picture shows that the hosts have lost just twice in their last eight matches overall.

Form and results on home soil though continue to impress as Nottingham Forest have lost just twice in their last 16 matches at the City Ground whilst also winning their last four home games on the trot, thus making the City Ground resemble a veritable fortress.

By contrast, Burnley have had to endure a tough and ultimately disappointing return to the Premier League after achieving automatic promotion from the Championship at a canter at the end of last season, as The Clarets have lost each of their opening three league matches on the trot.

Defeats at the hands of Manchester City, Aston Villa and Tottenham have been bad enough but to make matters worse, each of these losses were dealt out to Vincent Kompany's side on home soil at Turf Moor and this suggests that this upcoming trip to the City Ground looks fraught with danger for the Lancashire club.

If Burnley are to preserve their Premier League status this season and achieve survival, then the visitors will need to improve upon results away from home in their previous campaign in the top flight which yielded just two wins on the road throughout the whole of that fateful campaign which resulted in relegation for The Clarets.

Burnley did register a 1-0 win away at Nottingham Forest earlier this season though in the League Cup which brings them hope for this upcoming clash.

Nottingham Forest v Burnley Verdict

It's true that Burnley possess a steady record against Nottingham Forest in previous exchanges between the two clubs as the visitors are unbeaten in the last eight encounters including that 1-0 win in the League Cup but Forest have been a tough side to beat at home in the Premier League and the hosts may just get the nod here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Nottingham Forest win @ 2.20

Other side bets worth considering:

Nottingham Forest win & Under 2.5 goals @ 5.00

Correct score: Nottingham Forest 2-0 @ 12.00