Nottingham Forest v West Ham live: Taiwo Awoniyi gives Forest the lead as City Ground hosts Premier League football for first time in 23 years

A packed crowd roars as Nottingham Forest get the game underway...

The two sets of players emerge from the tunnel and the atmosphere is electric. Kick off is just minutes away

This is the first time the City Ground has hosted Premier League football since 1999, when Forest beat Leicester 1-0 thanks to a goal from Chris Bart-Williams, although their relegation had already been confirmed. Safe to say the fans are excited

Time is ticking away until the transfer window slams shut, and numerous moves are in progress. You won't miss any of the drama on our live blog

Jesse Lingard scored nine goals in 16 appearances for West Ham when on-loan from Manchester United in 2021. He could have joined them on a free transfer this summer, but joined Nottingham Forest instead.

David Moyes has not come up against Nottingham Forest too many times in his managerial career - but he is yet to beat them. In three previous matches, he has picked up a couple of draws and a defeat

There are reasonably high expectations on West Ham this season given their spending of over £70m this summer, but, spanning 2021/22 as well, they've only won one of their last eight Premier League games. Can they turn the tide today?

Elsewhere in the Premier League, Manchester United were humiliated by Brentford yesterday, and Gary Neville was not happy after their 4-0 defeat. Here's what he had to say

Nottingham Forest have not lost their opening two games of a top flight season since 1971/72, when they were beaten by Liverpool and Leicester, and eventually got relegated alongside Huddersfield. West Ham, for the record, finished 14th

These two haven't met in the Premier League since 1999, when West Ham won 2-1 at Upton Park courtesy of goals from Ian Pearce and Frank Lampard, before Jon-Olav Hjelde grabbed a late consolation. Their last meeting came in the FA Cup in 2014, with Forest running out 5-0 winners as Jamie Paterson bagged a hat-trick

West Ham lost 2-0 to Manchester City in their opening league game, and David Moyes has made one change from that clash, with Said Benrahma replacing Manuel Lanzini

Orel Mangala and Taiwo Awoniyi were two of Steve Cooper's big money signings over the summer, arriving from Hamburg and Union Berlin respectively. They both came off the bench against Newcastle last week, and both start today

NOTTINGHAM FOREST: Henderson; McKenna, Niakhate, Worrall; Toffolo, Mangala, O’Brien, Williams; Lingard, Johnson, Awoniyi...Subs: Hennessey, Biancone, Cook, Mbe Soh, Cafu, Hammond, Taylor, Mighten, Surridge /// WEST HAM: Fabianski; Johnson, Zouma, Coufal, Cresswell; Fornals, Rice, Soucek, Benrahma; Bowen, Antonio...Subs: Randolph, Areola, Ashby, Downes, Coventry, Lanzini, Scamacca, Cornet

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Nottingham Forest's clash with West Ham. Both sides lost their opening game of the campaign - will either chalk up a win today? Team news is coming up...