
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool Prediction and Betting Tips: Our best two bets for City Ground clash

The outlook for the two teams set to do battle at the City Ground on Saturday could not be more different, as Nottingham Forest prepare to plunge into the relegation zone and Liverpool look to maintain their quadruple bid.
The hosts famously won the corresponding fixture last season, but much water has passed under the Trent Bridge since then, as Nuno Espirito Santo has been unable to elicit the dogged displays Forest previously produced under Steve Cooper.
A wobbling Manchester United side survived a City Ground scare in the FA Cup on Wednesday, but Jurgen Klopp's Reds will present a tougher test as they march on in search of more silverware.
And Klopp could be getting some key senior players back for this clash as the Merseysiders' injury crisis eases in time for their return to Premier League action.
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Espirito Santo rested Nicolas Dominguez and Callum Hudson-Odoi in midweek and both could return to the line-up this weekend, while Matz Sels is expected to step back in for Matt Turner in goal.
The Forest boss' selection of Moussa Niakhate at left-back in last weekend's 4-2 defeat at Aston Villa raised eyebrows, with Harry Toffolo likely to replace the Senegal defender in the back four this time around.
Liverpool will still be without Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota, but they could welcome Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai back into the squad after injury.
Wataru Endo missed Wednesday's FA Cup win over Southampton with a knock, but the Japan international should be ready to play alongside Alexis Mac Allister, who came off the bench for half an hour in midweek, in Liverpool's engine room.
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool Predicted XIs
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Sels; Williams, Felipe, Murillo, Toffolo; Danilo, Dominguez; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Awoniyi.
Liverpool (4-3-3): Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Endo, Szoboszlai; Diaz, Gakpo, Elliott.
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool Tips
Liverpool's relentless march towards success in Klopp's final season increasingly seems to be built on stirring second-half shows.
The Reds turned it on after the interval to see off Southampton on Wednesday and finishing as the stronger side has become a theme for them of late.
They have outscored their opponents in the second half in seven of their last eight Premier League games by a combined tally of 19 goals to six.
Meanwhile, Forest have been vulnerable after the break in their recent games.
They have lost six of their last eight home league games and in five of those they were outscored in the second half.
Striker Taiwo Awoniyi does not look to be fully fit at the moment and their pressing dropped off alarmingly as Wednesday's game wore on.
United dominated possession in the second period and produced vastly better attacking numbers than them after what had been a fairly even first half.
After goals in his last two Premier League matches, against Brentford and Luton, Cody Gakpo looks like the forward to follow in anytime goalscorer betting.
The Dutchman fired off an incredible eight shots in the Luton game, hitting the target with four of them and he took aim at Southampton's goal a further four times on Wednesday night.
Salah and Nunez are the only two Liverpool players currently ahead of him in terms of expected goals (xG) per 90 minutes in the Premier League and he will want to make Klopp think twice about dropping him once all the German's attacking options are fully fit.
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