Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest: Prediction, betting tips and predicted line-ups

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest betting tips

Ange Postecoglou takes his Nottingham Forest side to Newcastle on Sunday, still looking for his first win in charge of the club since taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo (2pm, Sky Sports Main Event).

The former Spurs boss has been in charge of six games, in all competitions, and he’s overseen two draws and four defeats, with their latest outing ending in an embarrassing home loss to FC Midtjylland in the Conference League.

The Aussie is now the favourite in the next Premier League manager to leave market and betting sites are not holding out much hope of their form improving when they head to Newcastle.

Newcastle have also had a mixed start in the league, with just one win from their opening six games and that came against Wolves when Nick Woltemade scored the only goal of the game.

However, they go into Sunday’s game on the back of their first Champions League win of the season, a 4-0 win away at Union Saint-Gilloise, thanks to two penalties from Anthony Gordon and goals from Woltemade and Harvey Barnes.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest preview: Magpies to fly

Newcastle have won six of their last seven league meetings with Nottingham Forest, including their last three in a row since a 3-1 defeat in December 2023.

In last season’s league meetings, Newcastle scored three or more goals on both occasions. They won the first match 3-1 at the City Ground thanks to second-half goals from Alexander Isak, Joelinton and Harvey Barnes.

They scored four goals in the return match at St James’ Park to complete the double with a 4-3 win.

One thing this fixture usually provides is goals with both sides scoring in 11 of the last 12 meetings, while over 3.5 goals has landed in four of the last five.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest prediction 1: Newcastle to win & BTTS - 12/5 Bet365

Woltemade to keep on scoring

Nick Woltemade is fast becoming a fan favourite at Newcastle, following his arrival from Stuttgart at the end of August.

He has scored in his last two games at St James’ Park, the winner against Wolves and the opening goal against Arsenal last weekend, before two late goals gave the Gunners a 2-1 win.

He also opened the scoring in Belgium on Wednesday to take his Newcastle tally to three in four appearances for the season.

All three of the 23-year-old’s goals for the Magpies have opened the scoring and football betting sites are offering 5/1 on him scoring first on Sunday, although we prefer the anytime goalscorer bet.

Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest prediction 2: Woltemade to score at any time - 6/4 Bet365

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Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest free bet offers

Virgin Bet are giving customers the chance to claim a free bet builder bet for Sunday’s game at St James’ Park .

Simply log in to your account and accept a free bet, the value of which will vary between customers. The free bet can only be used on a bet builder for a football game being played this Sunday.

It may take two hours for the free bet token to appear, so allow plenty of time before Newcastle against Forest, if that’s your chosen game.

Next, head to the match market and put together a bet builder with odds of evens or greater. Once the wager is on your betslip, select the free bet box to use your free bet token.

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