Nottingham Forest vs Hull City predictions, betting tips & match preview

An interesting friendly will take place on Saturday 30th July. Nottingham Forest versus Hull City is at the centre point of our attention. Both sides are unbeaten in pre-season with only wins and draws to their name.

Forest have played 3 and won 3 this summer. All 3 wins being highly impressive. 3-0 away to Braga, 2-0 away at Port Vale and finally 2-1 away to hard working city rivals, Notts County.

Hull City have played 2 more games than Forest since returning to training. 3 wins and 2 draws is their record so far. All 5 games have been played at their opposition’s ground. It started with a 0-0 draw at Grimsby Town. Then on to a 2-0 victory at North Ferriby. Following that, they won 1-0 at Mansfield, 2-0 at Scunthorpe and finally a 2-2 draw at Barnsley on Tuesday night.

7 in and 7 out to keep a balanced squad at Forest. No real coups or devastating sales as yet but August 31st is still a long way away from now. Only 2 have signed on at Hull for the moment. Antiguan born Calaum Jahraldo-Martin has signed from Leyton Orient and Greg Luer from Stevenage Town. Sone Aluko has left Hull after a long stint since joining from Rangers. Chuba Akpom and Isaac Hayden have both returned to parent club, Arsenal, after season long loans.

Main goal threat Nelson Oliviera has gone back to Benfica this summer after a season at Forest. He was their top scorer in the league last year netting 9 times in 28 games. Phillipe Montanier, head coach of Nottingham Forest, will now have to turn to 1 of his 10 strikers in his 1st team squad to replace what Oliviera gave in 2015/16.

Abel Hernandez certainly found his feet in a Hull shirt last season. He managed to score 21 goals in 42 games in 2015/16. It will be he, as well as Mohamed Diame and Sam Clucas, who the club look to, to find the goals that will keep The Tigers in the Premier League this coming season.

Forest have scored 7 goals in their 3 wins in 3 games. Conceding only 1. On average they have scored 2.33 goals a game and only conceded 0.33 per match. Hull have scored 7 goals in 5 games this term to date. That is 1.40 goals on average per match. They have conceded only 2 goals in those same 5 matches. 0.40 goals per game.

We predict, with no manager at Hull City but a full first team available (minus Odubaje), that Hull will score at Forest on Saturday. We also think that the way Forest have played until this game, justifies what some may see as an upset. A Nottingham Forest Double Chance prediction at 1/1 with bet365 is good value. We are also going for a 2-1 Forest Win on the day at 10/1 with bet365.