Nottingham Forest host West Ham United on the Metropolis Floor this afternoon for the matchweek 3 fixture of the 2025-26 English Premier League, with the 2 golf equipment experiencing vastly totally different begins to the season.
Nottingham Forest began their season on a good word. Of their opening match, the Garibaldis defeated Brentford with ease. They then secured a draw towards Crystal Palace within the very subsequent league fixture.
Whereas Forest’s on-field kind is great, the match is performed towards a backdrop of continued uncertainty over the way forward for supervisor Nuno Espírito Santo.
Nottingham Forest have gained their previous three league video games towards West Ham. They’ve additionally gained the previous 4 conferences on the Metropolis Floor throughout all competitions.
Nottingham Forest confirmed Lineup:
Beginning XI: Sels, Williams, Murillo, Sangaré, Hudson-Odoi, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Wooden, Ndoye, Milenkovic, Aina
Subs: Gunn, Morato, Douglas Luiz, Kalimuendo, Jesus, Hutchinson, Yates, McAtee, Boly
Your Forest XI to face West Ham. 📋 pic.twitter.com/QWxfFbQ0xi
— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) August 31, 2025
For West Ham, the stress on boss Graham Potter is already immense. The Hammers have made their worst begin to a league season in 71 years and have misplaced their final three Premier League battles with Forest.
The Hammers had been effectively crushed by newly-promoted Sunderland away from house, providing little of their 3-0 defeat. They then confronted Chelsea on the London Stadium final Friday and suffered a 5-1 defeat, a relatively humiliating loss.
West Ham confirmed Lineup:
Beginning XI: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf, Ward-Prowse, Fernandes, Paquetá, Souček, Bowen, Füllkrug
Subs: Areola, Summerville, Wilson, Rodríguez, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka, Scarles, Potts, Irving
Our XI to face Forest ⚒️ pic.twitter.com/J9oqakqz9t
— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 31, 2025
