{"id":82761,"date":"2025-05-07T20:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/82761\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T20:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:32:19","slug":"darren-bent-piles-the-pressure-on-nottingham-forest-with-shock-west-ham-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/82761\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Bent piles the pressure on Nottingham Forest with shock West Ham claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nottingham Forest\u2019s Champions League hopes face three difficult tests, and Darren Bent believes one game in particular could be a potential banana skin. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The City Ground<\/a> outfit\u2019s patchy form has cost them of late, with only one win in their last five Premier League<\/a> games. <\/p>\n

That disappointing run of results has now left many doubting Forest\u2019s Champions League chances<\/a>, with only three games to go. <\/p>\n

But with Forest\u2019s European rivals expected to drop points<\/a> during the run-in, Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s<\/a> side will need to take advantage of any potential slip-up. <\/p>\n

The Reds do have one of the more favourable run-ins, facing off against Leicester, West Ham and Chelsea, with many seeing the Blues clash as a potential European decider on the final day. <\/p>\n

With much of the attention aimed at Chelsea\u2019s visit to the City Ground, Darren Bent has warned Forest<\/a> not to take their eye off their ball in their other \u2018difficult\u2019 game. <\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Jacques Feeney\/Offside\/Offside via Getty ImagesDarren Bent claims West Ham clash will be difficult for Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n

Despite it being an East Midlands derby, Forest will still fancy their chances at home against the already relegated Leicester City. <\/p>\n

Having avoided the drop, West Ham also have nothing to play for, but Bent believes that could end up being costly for the Tricky Trees. <\/p>\n

Whilst featuring on TalkSport, the former Premier League striker claimed that West Ham\u2019s \u2018slippers on\u2019 mentality could actually cause problems for Nuno\u2019s side. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what, Ade, you know West Ham and you say they have got their slippers on, sometimes there are the worst times to play teams because it\u2019s a free hit. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey have the freedom to think they have had a poor season, but still go out there and enjoy their football. They have the likes of Kudus, Bowen, those types of guys. All of a sudden, you go there and get beat. It\u2019s gonna be difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Forest\u2019s record vs West Ham will worry fans<\/p>\n

With so much riding on their final three games, Forest supporters will be wary of facing any opposition in during the run-in. <\/p>\n

Those nerves will only increase when fans take a look at Forest\u2019s worrying past record against the Hammers. <\/p>\n

That is because the Tricky Trees have not won away at West Ham since 1997, suffering defeat in their last five visits. <\/p>\n\nDate<\/td>\nNottingham Forest\u2019s last nine visit\u2019s to West Ham<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNov 2023<\/td>\nWest Ham 3-2 Nottingham Forest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFeb 2023<\/td>\nWest Ham 4-0 Nottingham Forest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nJan 2012<\/td>\nWest Ham 2-1 Nottingham Forest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nJan 2011<\/td>\nWest Ham 3-2 Nottingham Forest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDec 2004<\/td>\nWest Ham 3-2 Nottingham Forest <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOct 2003<\/td>\nWest Ham 1-1 Nottingham Forest <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nJan 2003<\/td>\nWest Ham 3-2 Nottiingham Forest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFeb 1999<\/td>\nWest Ham 2-1 Nottingham Forest <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nJan 1997<\/td>\nWest Ham 0-1 Nottingham Forest <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Forest can be positive in the fact that they have beaten the Hammers in their last two meetings at home, but travelling to the London Stadium could bring back bad memories for the Reds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest\u2019s Champions League hopes face three difficult tests, and Darren Bent believes one game in particular could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[40071,94,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-82761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-darren-bent","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-premier-league","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114468457315322488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}