In this week 7 match, on Monday Sep 12th, Nottingham Forest will travel to Leeds to battle Leeds United in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Leeds United recorded a 2-5 loss against Brentford. Ivan Toney struck first for Brentford in the 30th minute from the penalty spot, then Ivan Toney added another in the 43rd minute. Leeds United is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 19th placed Nottingham Forest, recorded a 2-3 loss against AFC Bournemouth. Cheikhou Kouyaté struck first for Nottingham Forest in the 33rd minute on a feed from Morgan Gibbs-White, then Brennan Johnson added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot Finally they completed the comback in the 87th minute on a goal by Jaidon Anthony to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Nottingham Forest’s top weapon lately has been Brennan Johnson, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Rodrigo has been the most prolific scorer on Leeds United in his last 5 matches with 3 goals
Jesse Marsch’s squad will be without Junior Firpo, Stuart Dallas, Luke Ayling, Patrick Bamford and Liam Cooper, while Steve Cooper’s squad will be without Moussa Niakhaté, Omar Richards and Orel Mangala.