Leicester vs Nottingham Forest: Preview, Predictions, Lineups

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This week, Leicester hosts Nottingham Forest. So, join us for our Leicester vs Nottingham Forest preview, featuring our predictions and lineups.

Leicester City have put together back-to-back wins for the first time under Steve Cooper. They beat Bournemouth before the October international break and followed it up by beating Southampton after the break.

Next up, they face an East Midlands derby in Leicester vs Nottingham Forest. It is a fixture which is sentimental to Steve Cooper, being the former boss of Nottingham Forest.

However, he is the Leicester boss now. So, he will hope to make it three wins on the bounce in the Premier League, even at the expense of his former club.

Alas, here is the Leicester vs Nottingham Forest preview.


Leicester vs Nottingham Forest: Preview, Predictions, Lineups

Steve Cooper, Leicester City
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What time does Leicester vs Nottingham Forest kick off?

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest kicks off on Friday 25 October at 20:00 BST.

  • When is kick off? Friday 25 October, 2024
  • What time is kick off? 20:00 BST
  • Where is it played? King Power Stadium, Leicester

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest head to head record

In the last five Leicester vs Nottingham Forest fixtures, Nottingham Forest has won three, Leicester has won one and there has been one draw.

Date

Result

Competition

14 January 2023

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Leicester

Premier League

3 October 2022

Leicester 4-0 Nottingham Forest

Premier League

6 February 2022

Nottingham Forest 4-1 Leicester

FA Cup

19 February 2014

Nottingham Forest 2-2 Leicester

Championship

9 November 2013

Leicester 0-2 Nottingham Forest

Championship

Is Leicester vs Nottingham Forest on TV?

In the UK, Leicester vs Nottingham Forest is on Sky Sports. In the USA, Leicester vs Nottingham Forest is on fuboTV.

Country

TV Channel / Live Stream

United Kingdom

Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD

United States of America

fuboTV, NBC Sports

Leicester team news

For the Foxes, Patson Daka and Hamza Choudhury are currently ruled out through injury. Other than this, Steve Cooper has a clean bill of health so he is able to field a strong lineup for the derby.

Predicted Leicester lineup vs Nottingham Forest: Hermansen; Justin, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Winks; Fatawu, Buonanotte, Ayew; Vardy

Nottingham Forest team news

Ibrahim Sangare and Danilo are missing from action for the visitors.

On the other hand, they will travel to the King Power with Morgan Gibbs-White and James Ward-Prowse back, after serving their suspensions already.

Predicted Nottingham Forest lineup vs Leicester: Sels; Aina, Murillo, Milenkovic, Moreno; Yates, Ward-Prowse; Hudson-Odoi, Anderson, Elanga; Wood

Leicester vs Nottingham Forest score prediction

Go on. We have to be confident for this one, right?

Leicester have shown great improvements in recent weeks. They have what it takes to get a result at home against Forest. I will go with an optimistic Leicester 1-0 Nottingham Forest.


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