PREVIEW | Burnley vs Nottingham Forest - team news, lineups, predictions

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·18 September 2025

PREVIEW | Burnley vs Nottingham Forest - team news, lineups, predictions

Burnley and Nottingham Forest face each other this Saturday at the Turf Moor on Match Day five of the Premier League.

Burnley have won 3 points to date and are placed in 17th position. In their last game, Scott Parker's team lost 0-1 against Liverpool (Premier League 2025/26).

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Nottingham Forest have 4 points to their name this season and occupy 15th position in the table. Last time out, Ange Postecoglou's team slipped to a 3-2 defeat against Swansea City (Carabao Cup 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Nottingham Forest winning 2-1.

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Rich Ferraro (1865: The Nottingham Forest Podcast): Ugh. This doesn't feel like it will be pretty; I can definitely understand why this has not been chosen for live TV.

Writing this in the aftermath of Forest's late Carabao Cup capitulation, the mood is understandably a bit glum for Reds fans; but there were glimmers of something exciting, especially with the liquid football that led to Igor Jesus' second goal. Of course Burnley are specialists at the shut-out, so they are going to be a tougher nut to crack.

The other thing that is obvious is that Ange has to work out not only which players he likes, but finding the best combinations; bringing on 'established' players as subs only disrupted the team's Qi. Through no real fault of his own, the pressure is on the big Aussie to find a winning formula, and fast.

Prediction: 1-0

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Burnley

Nottingham Forest

Nicolás Domínguez - Knee Injury
Murillo - In doubt

Last starting XIs

Burnley ( vs Liverpool 2025-09-14): Martin Dúbravka, Kyle Walker, Hjalmar Ekdal, Quili Hartman, Maxime Estève, Josh Cullen, Lesley Ugochukwu, Josh Laurent, Loum Tchaouna, Lyle Foster, Jaidon Anthony

Nottingham Forest ( vs Swansea City 2025-09-17): John Victor, Nicolò Savona, Willy Boly, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Morato, Douglas Luiz, James McAtee, Ryan Yates, Dilane Bakwa, Igor Jesus, Omari Hutchinson

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MANAGERS

Ange Postecoglou has faced Burnley on three occasions, registering only victories.
Scott Parker has faced Nottingham Forest on four occasions, registering three wins and one loss

TEAMS

Away from home, Nottingham Forest comes from three consecutive games conceding goals.
Away from home, Nottingham Forest comes from three consecutive games without winning.
Away from home, Nottingham Forest comes from two consecutive defeats.
Nottingham Forest comes from five consecutive games conceding goals.
Nottingham Forest comes from four consecutive games without winning.
Nottingham Forest comes from three consecutive defeats.
Burnley comes from three consecutive games conceding goals.
Burnley comes from two consecutive games without winning.
Burnley comes from two consecutive defeats.

HEAD TO HEAD

Burnley and Nottingham Forest have faced each other 110 times, with Burnley having the advantage: 43 wins, against 38 victories for Nottingham Forest.
At Turf Moor, Burnley has the advantage in clashes against Nottingham Forest: 32 wins in 56 games. Nottingham Forest has nine victories.
In the English League, 50 matches have been played between the two teams, with 13 wins for Burnley, 17 draws, and 20 victories for Nottingham Forest.