Nottingham Forest hosts West Ham United on Sunday in an English Premier League matchday 2 fixture. Nottingham Forest is 18th in the top-flight English league table at 0-0-1 on 0 points with a goal difference of -2. Nottingham Forest was defeated by Newcastle United 2-0 in its opening match of the campaign last Saturday. Poor play on two different occasions is what led to both Newcastle goals against Forest.
Nottingham Forest had an opportunity to score a goal in the first half but a Jesse Lingard shot inside the box was deflected away by Newcastle United's Fabian Schar. Nottingham Forest reached the top flight English league after defeating Huddersfield town in last season's Championship playoff.
West Ham United is 19th in the top-flight English league table at 0-0-1 on 0 points with a goal difference of -2. West Ham United opened its 2022-23 English Premier League campaign with a disappointing 2-0 loss at home to defending champions Manchester City. West Ham United gave up a pair of goals to Manchester City's recent acquisition Erling Haaland.
West Ham replaced No. 1 goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski in the 29th minute for substitute goalie Alphonse Areola. Only 6 minutes later, Areola committed a penalty when Haaland entered the box and mistimed a challenge on Haaland. The second goal exposed poor play by West Ham's back line after a long pass to Haaland eluded the backline and Haaland scored his second.
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