Nottingham Forest - Newcastle United - Tips by users and experts on football, 29 August 2018: England. League Cup

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Draw • 3.36

Nottingham Forest have only lost one of their opening eight matches in all competitions this season but Aitor Karanka's side need to start turning draws into wins. The Championship outfit have drawn five times in that span, including their penalty shoot-out victory in the last round of the EFL Cup.
Newcastle are still searching for their first win of the season after losing two of their first three league matches. Rafa Benitez is expected to shuffle his pack on Wednesday but there is a real danger of being knocked out of the EFL Cup here.
Previous meetings between the two sides have been goal fests. In fact, both teams have scored in each of the last four encounters and there has been an average of 4.75 goals per game in that time. Forest eliminated Newcastle from the EFL Cup last season, could they do it again?

Draw • 3.42

I think it'll be very tight. Forest are unbeaten but they have drawn four of their five Championship games so far, while Newcastle have had it tough, having faced, and lost to, Spurs and Chelsea already. Rafa will keep it tight and make things really difficult, although you'd think they might try and open up a little bit more against a Championship side. I'm going to go for a draw.