Can Forest secure consecutive victories over Spurs?

Nottingham Forest hosts rejuvenated Tottenham Hotspur at the City Ground in an enticing Premier League matchup on Sunday.

Both sides enjoyed midweek European victories as Forest secured a 2-1 Europa League win over FC Utrecht and Spurs saw off Slavia Prague 3-0 in the Champions League.

The Tricky Trees were hammered 3-0 at Everton in their last outing and will be keen to return to winning ways.

The Lilywhites triumphed 2-0 over Brentford last time out in the Premier League.

Match preview

Having lost six consecutive Premier League games against Spurs between 1998 and 2024, Nottingham Forest did the league double against them last season.

Tottenham haven’t won any of their five Premier League away games when conceding against Forest (D1 L4), with all three of their victories at the City Ground being to nil.

Only bottom-side Wolves (9) have failed to score in more different Premier League games than the Tricky Trees this season (8). However, when they do manage to find the net, Forest are unbeaten in their last 11 league games (W6 D5) since a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa in April.

Following their 2-0 win over Brentford last time out, Spurs are looking to win consecutive league games for the first time since August, when they beat Burnley and Manchester City in their opening two games.

Only Crystal Palace have won more Premier League away games (5) and points (16) than the Lilywhites this season (4 wins, 14 points), while Spurs are also the only side to have scored in all of their games on the road so far this term.

Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche has won just two of his 17 Premier League games against Spurs (D5 L10), with both of those victories coming with Burnley (2-1 February 2019, 1-0 February 2022).

Tottenham’s Richarlison has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other Spurs player this season (8 – 6 goals, 2 assists). The Brazilian has had a hand in 18 goals (17 goals, 1 assist) in his last 24 league starts for the Lilywhites.

Team news

Nottingham Forest

Ryan Yates was forced off with a thigh injury in Everton’s defeat and is unavailable.

Ola Aina, Chris Wood and Angus Gunn are sidelined for the host.

Tottenham Hotspur

Long-term absentees Dejan Kulusevski, Yves Bissouma, James Maddison, Dominic Solanke and Destiny Udogie miss the trip to East Midlands.

While Kota Takai and Radu Dragusin remain a doubt for this fixture.

Predicted line-ups

Nottingham Forest: Matz Sels, Nicolo Savona, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Neco Williams, Ibrahim Sangare, Elliot Anderson, Omari Hutchinson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Dan Ndoye, Igor Jesus.

Tottenham Hotspur: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky Van de Ven, Djed Spence, Rodrigo Bentancur, Archie Grey, Mohammed Kudus, Xavi Simons, Randal Kolo Muani, Richarlison.