Nottingham Forest v West Ham live stream: Hosts prepare for first Premier League home game in 23 years against David Moyes’ new-look Hammers as Jesse Lingard faces former side – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Nottingham Forest are set to play their first Premier League home game in 23 years against West Ham this weekend.

The Tricky Trees got off to a poor start on their return to the top-flight, as they were comfortably beaten 2-0 at Newcastle.

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Things aren't going to get much easier for Steve Cooper's men as the Hammers have invested heavily in their squad and have their eyes set on a place in the top six.

But they were easily beaten themselves by Manchester City at the London Stadium on the opening weekend, so they need a win to get their season underway.

The City Ground is sure to be bouncing as the Forest fans prepare to welcome loads of new players to Nottingham after an incredible summer of spending that isn't over yet.

Forest have already signed 14 players but that spending isn't over yet.

New man Jesse Lingard is set to turn out against the side in which he had so much success with during the second half of the 2020/21 campaign.

Nottingham Forest v West Ham: Date and how to follow

This Premier League clash is set to take place on Sunday, August 14.

Kick-off at the City Ground is scheduled for 2pm.

It will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with coverage starting at 1pm.

Alternatively, fans can purchase a Now TV day pass for £11.99.

talkSPORT will have match updates throughout the afternoon and marvelbet369.com will have all the reaction.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Nottingham Forest v West Ham: Teams

Nottingham Forest XI: Henderson, Worrall, McKenna Niakhate, Williams, Toffolo, Mangala, O'Brien, Lingard, Johnson, Awoniyi

Subs: Hennessey, Biancone, Cook, Soh, Surridge, Mighten, Cafu, Taylor, Hammond

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Cresswell, Zouma, Johnson, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Benrahma, Antonio

Subs:  Areola, Randolph, Scamacca, Lanzini, Downes, Cornet, Coventry, Ashby

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Nottingham Forest v West Ham: What has been said?

West Ham manager David Moyes said:  "It's a big challenge.

"You only need to look at what Fulham have done in their first game, what Bournemouth have done.

"If you had a choice, you wouldn't want to play the newly promoted sides towards the early games of the season."

Nottingham Forest v West Ham: Match facts

• This is the first meeting between Nottingham Forest and West Ham United in any competition since January 2014, when Forest won 5-0 in an FA Cup tie at the City Ground.
• West Ham only lost one of their eight Premier League matches against Nottingham Forest between 1994 and 1999 (W4 D3), a 1-0 home defeat in January 1997. They are unbeaten in eight top-flight visits to the City Ground, since Brian Clough’s Forest beat them 2-1 in April 1986.
• West Ham have won 10 of their last 14 Premier League games against promoted sides (D2 L2), with both of their defeats in this run coming against Brentford last season.
• This is Nottingham Forest’s first home Premier League match since May 1999, winning 1-0 against Leicester in what was Ron Atkinson’s final game as a manager in English football. They won their final seven home league games last season, last winning more in a row between November 2009 and March 2010 (12).
• This will be Nottingham Forest’s 200th Premier League game – just one of the last 10 sides to reach the milestone has won their 200th match, with Watford beating Huddersfield 3-0 in October 2018.
• West Ham have won just one of their last eight Premier League games (D2 L5) and are looking to avoid losing three consecutive league games for the first time since June 2020.
• Nottingham Forest have won 43% of their Premier League games on a Sunday (6/14), their highest win rate on a specific day of the week in the competition. Forest played in the first ever Sunday Premier League match, beating Liverpool 1-0 thanks to a Teddy Sheringham goal almost 30 years ago to the day (16/08/1992).
• Nottingham Forest (5) and West Ham United (6) had the fewest shots of any side in the opening round of Premier League matches this season, with West Ham managing the only shot on target between the two sides. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest faced more shots (23) and shots on target (10) than any other side.
• This is West Ham boss David Moyes’ 623rd Premier League match as a manager, while it is Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper’s second. That gap of 621 games is the largest between two Premier League managers since May 2018, when Arsenal’s Arsène Wenger had taken charge of 790 more games (828) than Huddersfield’s David Wagner (38).
• Nottingham Forest’s Jesse Lingard was involved in 13 goals in 16 Premier League appearances for West Ham in 2021 (9 goals, 4 assists). There have been seven occasions of a former West Ham player scoring his first Premier League goal for a club against the Hammers, most recently Cheikhou Kouyaté for Crystal Palace in December 2019.