It is the battle of the newly promoted sides as Nottingham Forest host Fulham in a Friday night Premier League fixture.

Nottingham Forest have not found it particularly smooth adapting to life in the Premier League. They have claimed just one win from their opening six matches and are currently down in the relegation zone. Nottingham Forest will be bidding to avoid a fourth straight defeat in the Premier League when they continue their 2022-23 campaign at home to fellow promoted outfit Fulham on Friday night. The Reds, who are 19th in the table, will enter this contest off the back of a 3-2 home defeat to Bournemouth, while 10th-placed Fulham suffered a 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur in their last match.

Steve Cooper's side suffered a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United in their opening match of the 2022-23 season but picked up four points from their next two games, beating West Ham United before drawing at Everton. Forest have been given a bit of a reality check in recent matches, though, losing 2-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur and 6-0 at Manchester City before suffering a 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth last time out. The Reds were 2-0 ahead against the Cherries, with Cheikhou Kouyate and Brennan Johnson scoring in the first half, but Gary O'Neil's side netted three times without reply in the second half, with the winner for the visitors coming in the 87th minute in Nottinghamshire.

Forest, who are 19th in the table on four points, will have to learn quickly if they are to stay in the Premier League, but they lost 4-0 to Fulham in the corresponding match last season, and the Cottagers have made an encouraging start to their 2022-23 campaign. Fulham have been unable to secure back-to-back Premier League campaigns since 2014, finishing 19th and 18th in their last two seasons in the top flight, but there have been some positive signs this term. Last season's Championship winners are currently 10th in the table, having picked up eight points from their first six matches courtesy of a record of two wins, two draws and two defeats. Marco Silva's side drew their opening two games of the season against Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers before recording a 3-2 victory over Brentford at Craven Cottage on August 20. Fulham have also beaten Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 at home, with the victory coming either side of 2-1 defeats at Arsenal and Tottenham, and their performances in the clashes with the North London duo would have given them plenty of encouragement that they can compete at this level. There were fears that Aleksandar Mitrovic would be unable to carry his staggering goalscoring form from last season into the Premier League, but the 27-year-old has netted six times in six outings this term, and an impressive summer transfer window has given Silva plenty of options all over the pitch.

Forest remain without the services of Orel Mangala, Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards for Friday's contest with Fulham. There are no fresh injury concerns for the Reds, though, so the bulk of the side that took to the field for the first whistle against Bournemouth should continue here. That said, head coach Cooper could make a change in the final third of the field, with Taiwo Awoniyi potentially coming in for Jesse Lingard, while Emmanuel Dennis is also pushing for a starting role in attack.

As for Fulham, Manor Solomon and Harry Wilson were both sidelined for the clash with Tottenham last time out, and the duo will also be unavailable for selection here. Antonee Robinson had to be withdrawn in the 29th minute of the match with Spurs due to an ankle injury, so Kevin Mbabu is likely to come in for a start here. Recent arrivals Daniel James, Willian and Carlos Vinicius all featured off the bench against Tottenham, and the trio are likely to again be among the substitutes, with Neeskens Kebano and Bobby Decordova-Reid supporting Mitrovic at centre-forward.

This has all of the makings of an entertaining contest between two sides that like to attack. A draw would not be the worst result for either team under the circumstances, however, we are predicting a home win for this contest.

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这是两支刚刚升入英超的球队之间的战斗，诺丁汉森林将在周五晚上主场迎战富勒姆。

诺丁汉森林队在适应英超的生活方面并不顺利。他们在前六场比赛中只取得了一场胜利，目前在降级区。诺丁汉森林将在周五晚上继续他们的2022-23赛季，主场迎战同为升级队的富勒姆，他们将努力避免在英超联赛中遭遇四连败。在积分榜上排名第19位的红魔将在主场3-2负于伯恩茅斯之后参加此次比赛，而排名第10位的富勒姆在上一场比赛中2-1负于托特纳姆热刺。

史蒂夫·库珀的球队在2022-23赛季的首场比赛中0 -2不敌纽卡斯尔联，但在接下来的两场比赛中拿下4分，击败西汉姆联，然后战平埃弗顿。森林在最近的比赛中受到了一些现实的考验，他们在主场0 -2输给了热刺，在主场0 - 6输给了曼城，在上一次3-2输给了伯恩茅斯。红军在对阵樱桃的比赛中2-0领先，库亚特和约翰逊在上半场都有进球，但加里·奥尼尔的球队在下半场三次进球都没有回应，客队在第87分钟在诺丁汉郡打进绝杀球。

积分榜上排名第19的森林，如果他们想留在英超，就必须尽快学习，但他们在上赛季的相应比赛中0 - 4不敌富勒姆，而在2020 -23赛季，流浪者已经有了一个令人鼓舞的开始。自2014年以来，富勒姆一直未能取得英超背靠背的成绩，在过去两个赛季的顶级联赛中分别排在第19位和第18位，但本赛季已经出现了一些积极的迹象。上赛季的英冠冠军目前在积分榜上排名第10，他们在前6场比赛中获得了8分，取得了2胜2平2负的战绩。在8月20日在克雷文农舍球场3-2战胜布伦特福德之前，马尔科·席尔瓦的球队本赛季的前两场比赛分别战平了利物浦和狼队。富勒姆也在主场2-1击败了布莱顿和乌比昂，他们的胜利是在2-1输给阿森纳和热刺的情况下取得的，他们在与这对北伦敦双雄的冲突中的表现给了他们足够的鼓励，证明他们可以在这个水平上竞争。有人担心亚历山大·米特罗维奇将无法将上赛季惊人的进球状态延续到英超，但27岁的他在本赛季的6场比赛中攻入6球，令人印象深刻的夏季转会窗口给席尔瓦在球场上提供了大量的选择。

森林在周五对阵富勒姆的比赛中仍然没有曼加拉、尼亚克哈特和理查兹的出场。尽管如此，红军没有新的伤病问题，所以对阵伯恩茅斯的第一声哨响时上场的大部分球员应该会在这里继续。也就是说，主教练库珀可能会在最后三分之一的位置上做出改变，塔伊沃·阿沃尼伊可能会用杰西·林加德，而伊曼纽尔·丹尼斯也在争取在进攻端担任首发角色。

至于富勒姆，马诺·所罗门和哈里·威尔逊都在上次与热刺的比赛中缺阵，这对搭档也将无法参加本次比赛。安东尼-罗宾逊在与热刺的比赛中因为脚踝受伤在第29分钟被换下，所以凯文-姆巴布很可能会在这里首发。最近加盟的丹尼尔·詹姆斯、威廉和卡洛斯·维尼休斯都在对阵热刺的比赛中替补出场，这三人很可能再次出现在替补阵容中，尼斯肯斯·凯巴诺和鲍比·德拉克多瓦-里德将在中锋位置上支持米特罗维奇。

这是一场双方都喜欢攻击的有趣比赛的所有要素。在这种情况下，平局不会是两队最糟糕的结果，然而，我们预测这场比赛将在主场取胜。