Ian Wright’s scoring prediction for this weekend’s match between West Ham and Nottingham Forest caught Gary Neville off guard.
Before their match on Sunday (12 November) at London Stadium, West Ham leads Forest in the Premier League by one point and one position.
On The Overlap podcast [9 November, 55 minutes and 46 seconds], Sky Sports analysts Neville and Wright made their predictions for the match. Wright predicted Forest would win 2-1.
However, a surprised Neville backed the hosts to win by the same scoreline after telling Wright: “That won’t be right”.
Win needed
In fairness, this game is a very tough one to call on the face of it as there is so little between the sides in the league.
Forest snapped a six-match winless run last weekend with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa, who have been in good form this season.
West Ham have lost three in a row in the league, meanwhile, and have won just one of their past seven matches in the competition.
That form has seen the Irons slip down the division, but, hopefully, a much-needed win arrives on home soil this weekend to kick-start our campaign.
Given the tight nature of the Premier League, West Ham could end the weekend either ninth in the table or potentially down in 16th, depending on how results pan out.
Effectively, then, we will either be right back in the hunt for a European spot or looking over our shoulder at the relegation zone, making this a big match.
