Exeter vs Nottingham Forest: FA Cup match forecast

England

Exeter City

England

FA Cup

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11 February 12:00 UTC

Nottingham Forest

England

On Tuesday, February 11, Exeter will play Nottingham Forest in the 1/16 finals of the FA Cup. The hosts represent the First League, where they have lost the last three matches, and today they are quite expected to act as an obvious underdog. Will the guests be able to arrange a landslide victory and which bets to choose for the game? – the answer is in our forecast

Exeter City vs Nottingham Forest Prediction and Betting Tips (11.02.2025)

Command Analysis

Exeter City

England

Current form

Exeter represent the First League, where they have not had much success. In fact, the team is finishing the current season, has 32 points to its credit, and is in 18th place. Gary Caldwell's team is six points ahead of the relegation zone, and there has been no talk of fighting for the top 6 for a long time - the gap is 15 points. According to the current form, Exeter City is doing very badly – a series of three defeats in a row, and the last victory in the championship was on December 26. At the same time, in the Cup, the "townspeople" at the previous stage managed to confidently beat Oxford United (3:1), which represents the Championship.

Disqualifications and injuries

There are no significant losses in the team.

Interesting betting trends

Exeter have lost four of their last five matches.
At least four goals have been scored in the previous three matches against Exeter City.

The approximate line-up: Whitworth - Ifeko, Krama, Fitzwater - Harper, Mitchell, Watts, Woods, Richards, McMillan – Magennis.

Nottingham Forest

England

Current form

Nottingham Forest is having one of the best seasons in recent years. In the Premier League, Foresters have a real chance of finishing in the top 4, after 24 rounds they are in third place with 47 points in the asset, and they are four points ahead of Chelsea from fourth place. In the last round, the wards of Nuno Espirito Santo staged a complete rout of Brighton on their field, scoring seven unanswered goals (7-0). Wood scored a hat-trick in that game. It should be noted that Nottingham has won 9 of the last 11 matches, taking into account all tournaments. The only failure in this segment was in the confrontation with Bournemouth - a 0 defeat.:5. In the Cup at the previous stage, the Foresters confidently defeated Luton Town (2-0).

Disqualifications and injuries

Only Hudson-Odoi Kallum is on the injured list.

Interesting betting trends

In three of Nottingham Forest's previous five matches, there was no goal exchange.
Nottingham Forest has won in the first half in four of the last five matches

Approximate composition: Carlos Miguel - Toffolo, Morato, Boli -Moreno, Ward-Prowse, Yates, da Silva Moreira - Sosa, Avonyi, Silva.

Trends

Bet Nottingham Forest will score in the first half

In four of the last five matches, Nottingham Forest has scored goals in the opening 45 minutes.

1.52

Bet 1st half: total more than 1.5 goals

The bet played in the three previous matches of the hosts

2.13

The bet is an accurate score of 0:3

Nottingham Forest scored the last three away wins with a "dry" score.

7.80

Tip and bets

1.75Nottingham Forest with a head start (-1.5)

Exeter are in a decent slump and haven't even won in League One since December last year. Nottingham Forest rehabilitated itself in front of the fans the day before for losing to Bournemouth by defeating Brighton. The guests are clearly on a decent emotional high right now, and they have a tangible advantage in class. In the last three away matches, the foresters won with a difference of more than one goal, which we are waiting for this time.

Our prediction is that Nottingham Forest will win with an Asian handicap (-1.5) by a factor of 1.75

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2.04Exeter won't score

Bet on the total

Nottingham Forest is famous for its reliable defense, which is why it achieves success in many ways. In six of the last seven winning matches, the Foresters have won with a dry score. We expect them to take over the class today and not miss it.

The second bet is that Exeter will not score with a coefficient of 2.04

Betting on corners

We expect the guests to take the initiative and spend a lot of time at other people's gates. Accordingly, it is the foresters, in our opinion, who will make much more serves from the corner flag.

Prediction – Nottingham Forest wins on corners with a handicap (-1.5) with a coefficient of 1.64

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