Norwich City are also a team like Forest who have arguably underachieved so far this season. They also similarly to Forest had a flying start to the campaign putting them right in the mix at the top of the Championship. However, of late they have failed to get any form going once in their last seven games in the league. You would expect that Norwich will soon start picking results up again as they have one of the strongest squads in the division after managing to keep hold of many quality players such as Nathan Redmond, Garry Hooper and John Ruddy. Norwich suffered a humiliating defeat last time out as they lost 4-0 at the Riverside stadium to Middlesborough. This leaves them in 7th place in the table, still only four points above Forest themselves. Norwich will now be looking to respond and start pushing themselves back up the table. In comparison, there have been talk of a crisis at Forest after they suffered their third defeat in a row and have now failed to win a match in nine matches. The performances and results seem to be getting worse by the game after what was a horrid defensive display against Brentford. Forest's defence looks so very fragile at the moment and they have concede d fifteen goals in just six games after looking so solid at the back in the successful start to the campaign. The way Forest have actually conceded goals is also a huge concern and Pearce has described them as 'stupid errors' which need to be removed. The three goals conceded against Brentford all could have been avoided, especially the second where Eric Lichaj passed the ball straight to Andre Gray to run through on goal and score. Forest surely know that they have to put a performance in on Saturday otherwise they could be putting their manager under huge pressure if they fail to get a result yet again.
The Brentford players celebrate going 3-0 up against Forest to inflict yet more misery on the players and manager Stuart Pearce.
Both Danny Fox and Jack Hunt both went off injured in Wednesday night's defeat against Brentford. Stuart Pearce has said he hopes they are both back for the visit of Norwich. However, if they are not ready for the match, the defence may have to be changed around again with the likes of Dan Harding maybe having a chance of coming back into the starting line-up. Stuart Pearce may decide to give Britt Assombalonga a place in the team after dropping him to the bench for Wednesday's match, a decision questioned by many supporters before and after the match. Forest are still without long-term absentees Jack Hobbs, Andy Reid and Chris Cohen who Pearce has recently said they have massively been missing in this ever increasing winless run.
My prediction for this game is Nottingham Forest 0-4 Norwich City. The way Forest are playing at the moment it would not be a surprise to see a team of Norwich's quality to punish them badly. Brentford could have easily been 4-0 up by half-time the other night and I think Norwich will take their chances even more than Brentford did. I think in Cameron Jerome they have a striker who is a goal scorer and will convert most chances he gets this season already shown by his eight goals so far this campaign. They also have other players who will cause Forest all sorts of problems such as Nathan Redmond who is sure to fancy his chances against the likes of Dan Harding, Danny Fox or Eric Lichaj who have all performed well below average lately. It would be a very depressing international break if Forest fell to yet another defeat but at the moment you cannot see anything different happening especially against a Norwich sound who will be looking to bounce back immediately from their 4-0 defeat at Middlesborough.
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