Nottingham Forest-Tottenham is a match valid for the 17th day of the Premier League and is played Friday at 9 pm: TV, formations, predictions.
After 4 consecutive defeats, including a very heavy 5-0 defeat at home to Fulham, Nottingham Forest returned to a positive result by drawing 1-1 at Molineux with Wolverhampton. A point that probably saved (for now) Steve Cooper, whose rumors about an imminent exoneration had become increasingly insistent.
The situation in which the Tricky Trees find themselves, however, is not pretty. Without Everton’s penalty – the Toffees find themselves 10 points down due to an alleged financial fair play violation – the Reds would be fourth to last, with a margin of only five points over Luton, to date one of the three teams relegated to the Championship along with Burnley and Sheffield United. Forbidden to play with fire, then: it would be good, in this regard, for the City Ground to return as soon as possible to being the fort it was between April and November, before Nottingham Forest cashed in two home defeats in a row against Brighton and Everton. Cooper and his men will try to turn things around against Tottenham, fresh off a clear 4-1 victory over Newcastle that revived Spurs’ ambitions after a nightmarish November.
Spurs are back on track
against the Magpies last Sunday, we reappreciated the Tottenham of the first three months of the season, nothing like the team that has scored a single point between Chelsea, Wolverhampton, Aston Villa, Manchester City and West Ham, a series of games in which the Londoners have never conceded less than two goals.
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The bombastic success of a week ago has allowed Ange Postecoglou’s men to smell fourth place again: Manchester City, to be clear, is only three points ahead of Spurs, momentarily fifth. The Australian (but Hellenic-born) coach against Newcastle got Sarr back, a key pawn for his midfield, and Son is no longer at half service. Bentancur, van de Ven and Maddison remain in the infirmary. On the other side, Cooper should confirm the 3-5-2 seen at work at Molineux, with former Milan player Origi and Hudson-Odoi dreaming of a starting shirt.
The Prediction
The 4-1 win at Newcastle was a confidence boost for a Tottenham side looking to find continuity after a forgettable November. Spurs favored but Nottingham Forest are likely to score at least one goal, taking advantage of the Londoners’ ultraoffensive system of play.
The probable lineups of Nottingham Forest-Tottenham
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (3-5-2): Turner; Boly, Niakhaté, Felipe; Williams, Kouyaté, Yates, Mangala, Toffolo; Gibbs-White, Elanga.
TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Pedro Porro, Romero, Davies, Udogie; Sarr, Bissouma; Johnson, Kulusevski, Son; Richarlison.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-3
