Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur - prediction, team news, lineups

The 3rd clip could beryllium the charm for either Nottingham Forest oregon Tottenham Hotspur erstwhile the 2 winless Premier League clubs quadrate disconnected astatine the City Ground connected Saturday afternoon.

The Tricky Trees claimed their archetypal constituent of the run successful past weekend's 2-2 gully with Liverpool, but the Lilywhites' problems mounted successful a 2-0 location decision to Newcastle United.

Match preview

New season, aforesaid aged Spurs, but adjacent worse.

Not adjacent the catastrophic 2024-25 and 2025-26 outfits suffered the destiny that Roberto De Zerbi's men person conscionable suffered, arsenic for the archetypal clip successful the past of the Premier League, Tottenham person mislaid some of their opening matches without scoring a azygous goal.

Some greenish shoots of betterment were evident against Newcastle aft the Brentford fearfulness amusement successful gameweek one, but erstwhile Tottenham trailed, determination was nary mode back; Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa made the quality for Matthias Jaissle's visitors.

Two games, 2 losses and 5 goals conceded has near Tottenham successful an all-too acquainted presumption - the Premier League relegation portion - arsenic the club's unprecedented summertime of spending shows nary motion of bearing effect immoderate clip soon.

First goals person been often fatal for Tottenham since the commencement of the 2025-26 season, arsenic the visitors person conceded the opener successful 22 fixtures successful that clip and person failed to triumph immoderate of them, suffering a shocking 16 defeats.

Tottenham person ne'er started a Premier League play with 3 consecutive losses - past suffering that destiny successful the 1979-80 run - but the distant faithful volition nary uncertainty fear, oregon possibly expect, past to rewrite itself connected Saturday.

Hosts Forest ran the hazard of kicking disconnected the run with 3 consecutive defeats successful each tournaments past weekend, having been humbled doubly by Leeds United astatine the City Ground successful the Premier League and EFL Cup.

There was a antithetic consciousness of disappointment for the Garibaldi astatine Anfield, though, wherever Oliver Glasner's men took the pb doubly done Dan Ndoye and Morgan Gibbs-White, lone to beryllium pegged backmost doubly by Alexander Isak and Victor Munoz.

Glasner truthful continues to hold for his maiden competitory triumph successful complaint of the Tricky Trees, who ought not invited a instrumentality to location territory connected Saturday for much than 1 reason.

As good arsenic losing some of their City Ground contests without scoring truthful acold this season, Forest person lone won 1 of their past 12 Premier League location fixtures, and that triumph came against relegated Burnley backmost successful April.

However, the hosts person toyed with Tottenham successful caller times, prevailing successful each of their past 4 Premier League matches; ne'er earlier person they beaten Spurs 5 times successful a enactment successful the competition.

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Team News

Adding to an already heaving onslaught connected transportation deadline day, Tottenham reunited De Zerbi with his "son" Mykhaylo Mudryk - joining connected indebtedness from Chelsea alongside Tosin Adarabioyo's imperishable transfer.

The duo are eligible to debut connected Saturday, erstwhile Savio (muscle) and James Maddison (shoulder) whitethorn besides beryllium acceptable to return, but Wilson Odobert (knee), Xavi Simons (knee) and Dejan Kulusevski (fitness) are out.

In brighter news, Mohammed Kudus came disconnected the seat against Newcastle for his archetypal quality since January, but De Zerbi whitethorn deem it excessively soon for the Ghanaian to commencement again.

Deadline time was a quieter matter astatine the City Ground, but Glasner brought ex-Crystal Palace workfellow Daniel Munoz to the nine astatine the extremity of August, and the Colombian could instantly beryllium stationed astatine close wing-back for the hosts.

Ola Aina should truthful beryllium sacrificed by Glasner, who continues to marque bash without different full-back successful Nicolo Savona (knee), and it remains to beryllium seen if Ibrahim Sangare's calf occupation settles down successful clip for Saturday.

Converting the spot footwear that Neco Williams - a little Tottenham transportation people - won astatine Anfield, Morgan Gibbs-White has been progressive successful 17 Premier League goals successful 2026, 2nd lone to Bruno Fernandes's 22 contributions.

Nottingham Forest imaginable starting lineup:

Sels; Milenkovic, Cunha, Murillo; Munoz, Schlager, McAtee, Williams; Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Jesus

Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:

Kinsky; Gray, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Robertson; Tonali, Bentancur; Porro, Fernandes, Tel; Marmoush

We say: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

If Tottenham concede archetypal connected Saturday, Spurs fans tin hide astir travelling location happy, but Forest person evident frailties that Glasner volition not hole overnight.

As Tottenham showed immoderate signs of betterment against Newcastle - adjacent if they were for nought - we person religion successful the Lilywhites to halt the losing rot and instrumentality location a hard-fought point.

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