NOTTINGHAM FOREST and Liverpool used to be THE top fixture in English and European football, but it's been a long time since that was the case and they have their first top flight meeting for 24 seasons on Saturday.
When Brian Clough's Forest and Liverpool were at their peak – they won five European Cups in consecutive seasons between 1977 and 1981, when Liverpool won three and Forest won two in a row – it was unquestionably the game of the season.
But the Tricky Trees' decline over the years has been well documented before they climbed back to the Premier League finally in the summer. But it's already looking like they will have their work cut out to stop a rapid return to the Championship.
Forest are still in the relegation zone, but can take some encouragement from a midweek goalless draw at Brighton, where they withstood an attacking barrage.
Liverpool received a turbo-changed boost over the past week after that seismic 7-1 hammering of Rangers at Ibrox which was quickly followed up by an exhilarating win over Manchester City where a club finally found a way to stop Erling Haaland.
They followed that up with an extremely hard-fought win over West Ham which has reignited their title ambitions and they won't want to throw away their hard work at the City Ground.
How the bookies view it
Liverpool are as short as 1/6 in places, but you can get 1/4 with SBK.
Nottingham Forest can be backed to turn back the years with a win at 12/1 at William Hill and it's 11/2 for a draw at bet365.
Recent head to heads
The sides met last year in the FA Cup and it took Liverpool to the 78th minute for Diego Jota scored the only goal of the game at the City Ground against the then-Championship side.
As stated, the clubs last met in the league in season 1998/99.
Players to watch
Mo Salah has discovered his mojo with his now famous historical hat-trick at Ibrox and the winner against Manchester City. Bet365's 10/11 seems a decent-enough price for the Egyptian to score again.
Nigerian hitman Taiwo Awoniyi has scored twice in the league for Forest this season and he is 5/1 with William Hill to score in Nottingham.
Anything else catch the eye?
Forest are really finding this league tough with their astonishing summer influx of 22 new players predictably struggling to gel in time and a Liverpool side buzzing with new-found confidence should be too strong for them here.
With goals being a problem for Forest it should pay for Liverpool to win this to nil – which they did against Manchester City and West Ham – at 11/10 with UniBet.
Forest have already lost to the likes of Bournemouth and Fulham at home and been thumped at Leicester and Manchester City away. Liverpool look like they are back on track and are worth a punt at -2 on the handicaps at 15/8 with Paddy Power.
This English Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool will be played on Oct 22, 2022 and kick off at 12:30. Check below for our tipsters best Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
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