On Saturday Apr 1st, in week 29, Nottingham Forest plays host to Wolverhampton Wanderers in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Nottingham Forest is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Newcastle United. Emmanuel Dennis scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 26th minute, then Alexander Isak got the equalizer for Newcastle United in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Joseph Willock Finally they completed the comback victory in the 93rd minute on a penalty goal by Alexander Isak to cap off a wild match. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Wolverhampton Wanderers is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Leeds United. Jack Harrison struck first for Leeds United in the 6th minute on a feed from Degnand Gnonto, then Luke Ayling added another in the 49th minute on a feed from Marc Roca. Wolverhampton Wanderers is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers last played eachother at the Molineux Stadium on Oct 15th. Wolverhampton Wanderers was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over zero thousand fans. Rúben Neves struck first for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 56th minute on a penalty shot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Nottingham Forest couldn’t muster any offence and Wolverhampton Wanderers ran away with the shutout win.
Wolverhampton Wanderers is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Pablo Sarabia and Adama Traoré each only have 1 goal in their last five. Brennan Johnson has been the most prolific scorer on Nottingham Forest in his last 5 matches with two goals
Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest squad will be without Scott Mckenna, Chris Wood, Giulian Biancone, Willy Boly, Dean Henderson and Omar Richards, while Wolverhampton Wanderers will be without Diego Costa, Jonny Castro, Matheus Luiz and Hugo Bueno.