Wolves v Nottingham Forest Betting Tips [7 January 2025]

Wolverhampton Wanderers will be looking to keep rising when they open their 2025 campaign with a Premier League match against Nottingham Forest. This match finds the two sides on opposite ends in the league standings, Wolves 17th and Forest third. below we have a prediction.

A change in the management at Wolves came with a shift in fortunes and they can afford to come to this game more confident. Vitor Pereira’s reign has come with two wins and a draw in his opening three matches.

This run had Wolves finish 2024 a point above the relegation region and there remains plenty of work to do.

Nottingham Forest have been the surprise package in the Premier League this season. They are led by a familiar face at the Molineux – Nuno Espirito Santo – a former Wolves manager.

The team from London has one of the best runs in the recent matches. They have five straight wins ahead of this game and kept clean sheets in each of the last three.

Chris Wood has been a revelation for the visitors and will come here having already scored 11 league goals. The latest of his strikes came against Everton in their 2-0 win last time out. Each of the last five meetings between these teams ended in draws.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have hit top form and will be gunning for a win here to further push their survival agenda. A new manager in charge and renewed confidence will make them feel they can end a string of draws in this fixture.

Nottingham Forest will be there to spoil their hosts plans and prop up their own. With five straight wins, they’d feel capable but Wolves won’t be easy opponents. In this Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest match our prediction is a draw.