Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool: Free betting tips, predictions and odds
- Thomas Ridley
- 12 January 2025
Liverpool look to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League as they travel to bang in-form Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night (2000 GMT).
Nuno Espirito Santo's Nottingham Forest are Liverpool's only conquerors this season and are in red-hot form, winning each of their last seven across all competitions.
As a result, Nuno won the Premier League manager of the month award and will hope there's no curse here as his side face the cream of the Premier League crop, Arne Slot's Liverpool.
This will be a big test for the Slot machine with a boisterous atmosphere expected under the lights at the City Ground and we have the tips you need to bash the bookies.
Good luck and please gamble responsibly.
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool best bets
Liverpool to win- 8/11
Both teams to score- 8/13
Chris Wood to score in 90 mins- 23/10
Liverpool to win
As we have already mentioned, the only blot on the Slot copybook is the 1-0 defeat to Forest back in September, which means that the Reds are unbeaten on their travels this season.
The Reds have the joint best away record in the league, sharing that with their hosts.
Nuno's men have improved at home in recent weeks, but Liverpool are in good form and we can see them nicking a narrow win against the European challengers.
Both teams to score
While both sides have been solid in defence this season, they've taken their chances going forward, that's why they're in the top four.
Forest have kept clean sheets in each of the last four, but the Reds have been leaky at the back recently, with both teams scoring in five of their last six league games and they've conceded 11 in that period.
The hosts have the ability to push the leaders close and we think there'll be plenty of goals.
Chris Wood to score anytime
Chris Wood has shown that the old fashioned number nine is still a part of the modern game this season, with the Kiwi scoring 12 times this season.
He hasn't scored against the Reds in his career and this game would be a great time to break that duck.
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Liverpool 2024/25 season outrights
Liverpool recorded a third-place finish last season and they’ll be hoping to hit the ground running and go one better under new boss Arne Slot.
There’s so much room for improvement at Anfield that catching up to Man City and Arsenal isn’t unthinkable, but they’ll have to balance Premier League duties with competing on four fronts, including the Champions League.
Liverpool odds to win the Premier League
Liverpool are 4/1 to win the Premier League in 2023/24, making them third favourites behind Manchester City and Arsenal.
They started the season at 7/1, but after an impressive start, where Slot became the first Liverpool manager to win eight of his first nine matches, they dropped to 4/1 and are seriosu title contenders once again.
Can Liverpool win the FA Cup or Carabao Cup?
Liverpool are priced at 9/1 to win the FA Cup and 8/1 to win the Carabao Cup.
The Reds lifted the Carabao Cup in 2022 and 2024, beating Chelsea 11-10 in a penalty shootout, before beating the Blues 1-0 after extra time two years later.
Like all of the big clubs, the defending champions have the squad depth to rotate their way until the latter stages of the competition where much could depend on the draw.
They’ve reached the FA Cup final twice in the previous 18 seasons, meeting Chelsea on both occasions.
Five of their eight domestic cup finals since 2005 have been against the Blues.
Will Liverpool win the Champions League?
You can currently back Liverpool to win the Champions League at 10/1.
They have appeared in three of the last seven Champions League finals, which is the same number as the current holders, and the team that beat them twice, Real Madrid.
Slot’s style will make them a major threat to Europe’s best sides this campaign and the impressive start to the season has seen the outright winners odds slashed from 15/1 at the start of the campaign.
Liverpool top goalscorer
Mohamed Salah is the odds-on favourite to be Liverpool’s top goalscorer this season, building on his tally of 18 league goals in 2023/24.
The Egyptian finished the last seven seasons as the club’s top scorer so it would take a brave man to bet against him.
On the other hand, Darwin Nunez typically takes more shots than Mo Salah, and we have to think that something is going to click this season regards his finishing.
The Uruguayan was guilty of wasteful finishing regularly but that didn’t stop him from finding the net 11 times in 36 appearances. He’s capable of better, so 3/1 at the start of the season certainly appealed.
After one goal in four appearances, it's now as high as 50/1 but still worth a punt for the very brave.
