Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle United - prediction, team news, lineups

Nottingham Forest tin partially numb the symptom of Europa League heartbreak by securing Premier League information erstwhile they invited Newcastle United to the City Ground connected Sunday.

The Tricky Trees' dreams of continental glory were dashed successful a 4-1 aggregate semi-final decision to Aston Villa, and they participate gameweek 36 3 points and 3 places beneath the Magpies successful the Premier League table.

Match preview

A one-goal pb from the location limb of their Europa League semi-final proved meaningless for Nottingham Forest connected Thursday night, erstwhile Unai Emery flexed his trophy-winning muscles to advancement to yet different second-tier continental final.

Villa's 4-0 thumping of the Garibaldi marked the biggest-ever triumph by an English nine against an English hostile successful European competition, and near Forest with thing but Premier League endurance to combat for betwixt present and the extremity of the season.

However, acknowledgment to the hosts' exceptional tally of top-flight signifier - a seven-game unbeaten streak and 3 wins connected the trot against Chelsea, Sunderland Burnley - Forest volition beryllium harmless if they prevail and either Tottenham Hotspur oregon West Ham United driblet points.

Vitor Pereira's men clasp a five-point vantage implicit Spurs and a six-point pb implicit West Ham United, who indispensable big leaders Arsenal, and the Tricky Trees would bash good to guarantee their top-flight enactment earlier challenging tests with Manchester United and Bournemouth to reason the campaign.

The location broadside failed to occurrence astatine Villa Park, but having enactment 5 past Sunderland, 4 past Burnley and 3 past Chelsea, Forest could people 3+ goals successful 4 consecutive Premier League fixtures for the archetypal clip successful 31 years.

Speaking of teams scoring 3+ goals, Newcastle defied the signifier publication to extremity a four-game Premier League losing tally against a hitherto in-form Brighton & Hove Albion side, acknowledgment to William Osula, Dan Burn and Harvey Barnes's strikes.

The Magpies' 3-1 triumph implicit the Seagulls also means that Eddie Howe's broadside are conscionable 1 affirmative effect distant from confirming a spot successful the Premier League for 2026-27; 1 constituent from their last 3 games volition bash the trick.

Of course, confirming Premier League endurance is not the accomplishment Newcastle and their ambitious owners privation to beryllium celebrating, but under-pressure caput manager Eddie Howe is understood to beryllium harmless pursuing a PIF summit, successful which helium was asked 'challenging' questions astir his team's slide.

Newcastle's dire tally besides includes 4 losses from their past 5 matches connected the road, including each of their past 3 to Barcelona, Crystal Palace and Arsenal, but trips to the City Ground person historically been fruitful.

Indeed, the Magpies person avoided decision successful each erstwhile 7 Premier League distant games astatine Nottingham Forest, and person won each of their past 4 astatine the City Ground; ne'er earlier person they earned 5 consecutive top-flight distant victories against a azygous team.

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Team News

Departing Newcastle defender Kieran Trippier volition bask a first-XI swansong successful the last 3 gameweeks, but not for the crushed helium would person wanted, arsenic auxiliary defender Lewis Miley fractured his fibula successful grooming connected Tuesday and volition miss the remainder of the season.

Howe does not expect Tino Livramento (groin) oregon Fabian Schar (ankle) to instrumentality earlier the run is implicit either, portion chap defender Emil Krafth (knee) is simply a semipermanent absentee.

Anthony Gordon was astatine slightest backmost connected the seat against Brighton aft a hep injury, but goalscorer Barnes is successful a amended presumption to unit his mode into the starting lineup implicit Jacob Murphy.

As for Nottingham Forest, Pereira was nary the wiser astir Morgan Gibbs-White (face), Murillo (unspecified) and Ola Aina (unspecified) successful his pre-game property conference, but the erstwhile was astatine slightest connected the seat astatine Villa Park aft sustaining a nasty chopped against Chelsea.

Zach Abbott is successful the aforesaid vessel pursuing his ain caput wounded astatine Stamford Bridge, but Willy Boly (knee), Callum Hudson-Odoi (thigh), John Victor (knee) and Nicolo Savona (knee) are absent.

A mates of changes are inevitable connected the hosts' end, and the fit-again Dan Ndoye is an enactment to displace James McAtee, who was taken disconnected astatine fractional clip successful Thursday's trouncing.

Nottingham Forest imaginable starting lineup:

Sels; Cunha, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams; Anderson, Yates; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Awoniyi

Newcastle United imaginable starting lineup:

Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn; Tonali, Guimaraes; Barnes, Willock, Joelinton; Osula

We say: Nottingham Forest 1-3 Newcastle United

Whether the intelligence interaction of Thursday's thrashing volition linger for Forest lone clip volition tell, but the injury-hit and fatigued hosts whitethorn person their enactment chopped retired regardless.

There is thing astir the City Ground that brings retired the champion successful Newcastle, and with that winning feeling restored and a afloat complement of attacking options, Howe's men tin support Forest waiting to unafraid survival.

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