Nottingham Forest will be aiming to heap more misery on Coventry City when the two sides meet in the Premier League on Saturday evening.
Forest picked up their first win of the Oliver Glasner era with a 2-1 victory away at Aston Villa last weekend and the Tricky Trees will now be targeting three points in front of their own fans having failed to score in their previous two home fixtures against Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur.
Visitors Coventry have endured a sobering return to the Premier League with four consecutive defeats and no goals scored. Frank Lampard's side were convincingly beaten by the reigning champions Arsenal and lost 1-0 at home to fellow newly promoted side Hull City, and while they took plenty of encouragement from their 1-0 defeat to Manchester City, the Sky Blues were humiliated by Brighton in a chastening 5-0 loss.
The City Ground hasn't been a happy hunting ground for Coventry in the past either, with the Sky Blues losing in each of their last six visits.
It makes for an intriguing encounter, and the team at Football Betting Club have merged forces to deliver a 40/1 Bet Builder for the clash in the East Midlands.
Nottingham Forest v Coventry City Prediction & Tips
Bet Builder:
- James McAtee to be Booked
- Caleb Yirenkyi to be Booked
- Morgan Gibbs-White to Score or Assist
Pays 40/1
On his selection of James McAtee to be carded, Matthew O'Regan explained: "I think he's a massive price to be booked. At Manchester City he was a regular goalscoring 10 and was seen as the next Phil Foden, but he was converted to playing in the pivot under Oliver Glasner at Forest.
"He had a poor season last year and I don't think any Forest could predict how good he could become in Glasner's system. The Austrian likes to play the 5-2-3 and McAtee's been going along nicely next to Xaver Schlager.
"McAtee has been getting involved in a lot of the action. He made four fouls against Spurs and he was booked, made three versus Villa and was booked, so 15/2 seems a large price for a central midfielder, regardless of how poor the visitors are."
For the second leg of the Bet Builder, Gavin Horsfall selected Coventry's Caleb Yirenkyi to be carded.
He said: "I think patience is beginning to run out with the fans and Lampard is going to be brave if he doesn't start Yirenkyi here, who cost £23million.
"Yirenkyi is a busy player. He came on after an hour against Arsenal and was booked almost immediately. As soon as I watched him in a couple of pre-season friendlies, I looked at the lad that sits next to me and we both shook our heads and said 'this is a yellow card magnet'.
"He's desperate to make an impact, this is his big move and he chases everything down, but I think he's just found the pace too quick for him.
"We haven't seen much of him since the opening game at Arsenal, and I imagine he will probably start on Saturday night where he will be desperate to make an impression. He's a good player that likes getting his foot in and getting in and around players."
Completing the Bet Builder, Nathan Joyes included Morgan Gibbs-White to score or assist, adding: "I think the score or assist market is underrated and I've gone with Gibbs-White, which might be an obvious candidate but he's hard to overlook.
"Last season he got 19 goal contributions in 37 league matches; Thomas Tuchel didn't want to know, but I definitely do this week because he's had three in four already this season.
"A goal and an assist at Anfield where he was responsible from 12 yards, and then a wonderful flick to tee up Forest's winner in the last minute against Aston Villa last week.
"In that number 10 role he just has so much freedom, so much opportunity and I think Coventry might be distracted by either Igor Jesus or Liam Delap.
"Gibbs-White relishes these kind of games and this is where he could really show that he should be an England international.
"I was looking for him to score, but given how he could carve Coventry open, I think 4/5 for him to either score or assist is good value, especially if Forest win as the betting suggests."
Key Match Stats
Seven of the eight goals in Forest’s Premier League games this season were scored after half-time
11 of Forest’s last 12 home league games produced under 2.5 goals
Coventry have conceded two goals in each of their last five visits to the City Ground - the last in April 2022
Forest rank 15th and Coventry 17th for shots on target per match this season
Forest have committed the most fouls in the Premier League
No player has created more big chances than Morgan Gibbs-White in England's top-flight
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