West Ham vs Nottingham Forest — Premier League 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 34+ matches
West Ham46%
Nottingham Forest30%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
West Ham creates 28% more chances
Season form · 36 home / 34 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over55
- Under45
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes57
- No43
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
West Ham ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
West Ham at home — creates 1.36, concedes 1.52 · 36 matches
Nottingham Forest away — creates 1.00, concedes 1.86 · 34 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
West Ham attack 1.36 + Nottingham Forest defence 1.86 → ÷2 → 1.61
Nottingham Forest attack 1.00 + West Ham defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.26
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 46%?"
West Ham at 46% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 46% does not mean "West Ham will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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West Ham host Nottingham Forest on Sunday, 18 May 2025 at 13:15. The match is part of the Premier League 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: West Ham vs Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest beat West Ham 2-1 in Premier League on May 18, 2025.
Goals: M. Gibbs-White (11'), N. Milenković (61'), J. Bowen (86').
West Ham controlled possession (61%) and registered 16 shots to 10.
The match was played at London Stadium in London.