Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Nottingham Forest have been strong throughout the season but they are in danger of it fizzling out as they welcome relegated Leicester City to the City Ground for an east midlands derby.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 11th May, 2025: UK – 2:15pm / US ET – 9:15am / US PT – 6:15am
How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – USA Network
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Telemundo
Nottingham Forest Preview: Saving the season
Nottingham Forest come into this one on the back of a 1-1 draw with FA Cup finalists Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in their most recent outing last weekend in a game in which Palace took the lead via an Eberechi Eze penalty before Murillo equalised shortly after.
Nuno Espirito Santo has enjoyed an impressive stint in charge of Forest and they remain in the hunt for a top five finish and potential UEFA Champions League qualification but the hosts have now managed just one victory in their last six matches across all competitions.
Leicester Preview: Forgettable Foxes
Leicester City have endured a miserable campaign as they sit firmly in the bottom three and the relegation places, counting down the games left this season as they try and get through to the summer to rebuild once again for another Championship season.
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Foxes did earn themselves their fifth victory of the campaign at the King Power Stadium last weekend as they defeated Southampton by two goals to nil with Jamie Vardy scoring his 199th goal for the club before Jordan Ayew also notched.
Nottingham Forest Team News: Still no CHO
Last week’s goal scorer Murillo is a doubt for this weekend but Nuno Espírito Santo has said that he is ‘hopeful’ on his return. England international winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, remains sidelined, though.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams; Dominguez, Yates; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Anderson; Wood
Unavailable: Hudson-Odoi (Injured)
Questionable: Murillo (Injured), Da Silva Moreira (Injured)
Leicester Team News: Several injuries
Ruud van Nistelrooy has a few fresher injury issues to deal with such as Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira and Bobby Decordova-Reid. However, he has confirmed that Facundo Buonanotte has passed through concussion protocols so will be available this weekend.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Stolarczyk; Justin, Coady, Faes, Thomas; Ndidi, Skipp; McAteer, Ayew, El Khannouss; Vardy
Unavailable: Hermansen (Injured), Pereira (Injured), Fatawu (Injured), Decordova-Reid (Injured), Mavididi (Injured)
Questionable: Winks (Out of favour), Buonanotte (Injured)
Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Prediction
Nottingham Forest still have a brilliant chance to qualify for the UEFA Champions League with games against poor teams in Leicester City and West Ham United before a final day showdown against Chelsea at the City Ground. They face a Leicester side that may well be showing some pride in the final few weeks of the campaign with that win against Southampton but it was at home to a Southampton side that have just 11 points in 35 games, equal to the lowest ever points tally in Premier League history set by Derby County in the 2007/08 campaign. Forest should get themselves a much-needed victory here.
Nottingham Forest vs Leicester Tip: Nottingham Forest to win
