Birmingham vs Nottingham Forest Prediction: the Foresters will win

Birmingham vs Nottingham Forest: Prediction for the Match on August 2, 2025

One of the leaders of the last Premier League draw, Nottingham Forest, will play another match in preparation for the new season against Birmingham. Will the Foresters be able to confirm the status of the favorite by achieving victory? Read our free prediction for this game. Let's analyze the teams, the bookmakers' odds, and choose several betting options at once.

Birmingham: form and statistics

Birmingham spent last season in the First League of English Football, managed to win it confidently and achieved the right to return to the Championship. In 46 games, the team scored 111 points – 34 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses with a goal difference of 84:31.

Birmingham has already played six friendly matches in the offseason. During this period, the team has three defeats and three wins, including a 3-1 success in the match against Sevilla.

Nottingham Forest: form and statistics

The Foresters were in the Premier League Champions zone for a long time last season, but at the end of the championship they slowed down somewhat. As a result, Nottingham Forest took seventh place, made it to the Europa League, and this can also be considered an excellent result for a team that had recently competed in the Championship.

Nottingham Forest has played four friendly matches. First, the team played 0:0 with Chesterfield, then also 0:0 with Monaco, and then lost 1:3 to Fulham and played 0:0 with Estoril.

Birmingham vs Nottingham Forest: head to head statistics

In the last ten face-to-face meetings, Nottingham Forest has four wins, Birmingham has three, and three draws.

Birmingham vs Nottingham Forest match prediction 2 August 2025

Nottingham Forest has not won a single match this offseason, and it seems that the time has come to fix this situation. Fortunately, the Foresters will now face an opponent who has just returned to the Championship. We believe that Birmingham will not be able to impose resistance on Nottingham Forest, and they will also not be able to score. Nuno Espirito Santo's team performs extremely well at their own goal in most matches.

Our main prediction: is W2 for a coefficient of 1.75 in the bet365 bookmaker.

Our betting tip on the match: is Total 1 Under 0.5 for a coefficient 1.40 in the 1xbet bookmaker.