Wolves v Nottingham Forest

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Following recent back-to-back defeats away from home with losses incurred on the road at Fulham and Arsenal respectively, Wolves finally caught a break back on home soil at Molineux with a 1-0 victory over strugglers, Burnley, and Gary O'Neill's side will be looking for more of the same when a poor-travelling and floundering Nottingham Forest outfit pay a visit to the west midlands on Saturday.

Despite league wins being more occasional rather than occurring on a regular basis, Wolves have produced a much more promising campaign this time around under O'Neill and had it not been for a couple of controversial VAR incidents in two games on the trot, Wolves may have found themselves occupying a higher place than their current position of 13th spot.

Victories picked up against Everton, Manchester City, Bournemouth, Tottenham and Burnley along with points picked up in draws with Luton Town, Aston Villa and Newcastle United have enabled the west midlands club to keep themselves at arms length from the relegation battle raging below them in the Premier League table.

In addition, three of Wolves' five wins to date have been achieved on home soil at Molineux where, after a shaky start to this campaign, Wolves have since put together a promising five-match unbeaten sequence.

Nottingham Forest slipped to a fourth league defeat on the trot in midweek when they were handed a particularly heavy and humiliating 5-0 thrashing away from home at Craven Cottage against Fulham and the Tricky Trees face another potentially tough road trip to the west midlands where they'll take on a resurgent Wolves outfit at Molineux.

Previous losses at the hands of West Ham, Brighton and Everton have done little to ease Forest's relegation fears, nor appease the increasing supporters unrest regarding manager, Steve Cooper, as his side have managed to capture just a solitary win from their previous 11 games in the English top flight.

That rare highlight came in the form of a 2-0 home win against Aston Villa and indeed had it not been for Forest's solid and stubborn form at their City Ground, it's likely that the east midlands club could have found themselves amongst the bottom three in the table.

As it is, Nottingham Forest have registered just one win so far on their travels which was gained at Stamford Bridge against a disappointing and disjointed Chelsea outfit, while also slipping to six defeats within their eight outings on the road this term.

Results away from home though in general have been Forest's achilles heel since returning to the Premier League as the visitors have recorded just two wins from their last 27 away games and have been handed no fewer than 19 defeats in the process.

Wolves v Nottingham Forest Verdict

An improving Wolves side with home advantage at a noisy Molineux should be too strong for a Forest side in decline.

Therefore, our main bet will be Wolves @ 1.85

Other side bets worth considering:

Wolves win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.00

Correct Score: Wolves 2-0 @ 9.50