Nottingham Forest host Premier Legue title-chasing Tottenham Hotspur at the City Ground.
Victory would see Forest climb one position to 15th in the table, whilst Tottenham will stay fifth regardless of their result although a win would move them level on points with fourth-placed Manchester City.
Team News
Murillo is a doubt for Forest after he suffered a hamstring injury during their 1-1 draw at Wolves last weekend.
Serge Aurier (calf) is a doubt but Taiwo Awoniyi (groin) remains absent.
Tottenham are set to be without Giovani Lo Celso afteer he suffered a minor injury in training.
Ryan Sessegnon, Mickey van de Ven (both hamstring), Manor Solomon (knee), Ivan Perisic (ACL), Eric Dier (groin), Rodrigo Bentancur, James Maddison and Alfie Whiteman (all ankle) remain ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Forest host Tottenham at the City Ground in a 8pm GMT kick-off on Friday 15 December, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Forest are unbeaten in five of their last nine league meetings against Tottenham (W4, D1, L4).
- Tottenham have won two of their last five league visits to Forest (W2, D1, L3).
- Four of Spurs’ last five league goals against Forest were scored by their now ex striker, Harry Kane (W2).
- Forest are looking to avoid suffering three consecutive league defeats at home for the first time since August – September 2022.
- Spurs have kept just one clean sheet in their last six away games (W3, D2, L1).
Prediction
Amidst heavy pressure on manager – Steve Cooper with no win in their last five games, Forest just seem to lack an accurate end product because their performances haven’t exactly been awful aside from away at Fulham.
Forest’s defending however is quite sloppy at times which Wolves exposed clinically with a well-worked attacking move, which was left unmarked for Matheus Cunha to finish unchallenged so Cooper’s Reds will need to be more solid at the back in this game.
Tottenham meanwhile were absolutely disciplined with a great high-intensity press and clinical end product against a fatigued Newcastle defence, but they will certainly need to show more composure here against a fresher Forest defence who will cause issues off the ball.
I however don’t know which Forest to expect because of how inconsistent they can be but if Spurs play like they did last weekend, I can see them coming away with a positive win which will put them right back in the title mix.
Prediction: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Result: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur