Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: The City Ground Date: 15th December 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
The Premier League resumes this Friday with Tottenham Hotspur travelling to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest. The struggling hosts will welcome Spurs to the City Ground looking to end a run of five games without a win (D1, L4), having failed to win since beating Aston Villa 2-0 on this ground in November. They did end a run of four consecutive defeats in their last game, though–a 1-1 draw with Wolves away from home. Under pressure Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper appreciated the supporters who have kept faith in him throughout the difficult season. But with his side just two places and five points above the drop zone, the Englishman needs a quick improvement if he is to avoid getting sacked and his side getting sucked into the relegation zone. Last, a game at the City Ground may be the magic the Tricky Trees need to get back to form. However, they have not had comfort at home recently, having won just once in competitive action since defeating strugglers Sheffield United in their opening home game of the season (W1, D3, L3). That game was their first and only other Friday night game of the season so far, an omen they will hope can carry them forward in what will be their fourth consecutive PL home game starting as the underdog (W1, L2). Tottenham will travel to Nottingham in good spirits after ending a run of five games without defeat with a massive 4-1 win over Newcastle United last time. A brace from Richarlison and goals from Destiny Udogie and Son ensured Ange Postecoglou’s side won their first league game since October. They will now look to record back-to-back wins for the first time since October against this struggling Forest side whom they have beaten in their last four Premier League head-to-head meetings. Moreover, returning to the road is unlikely to faze the visitors, who have lost fewer away league games than all but Liverpool this season (W4, D3, L1). However, there could be something in the Friday night air for Tottenham to deal with, as they have the lowest win rate in league games played on this specific day of the week (25% – W3, D4, L5) than they do on any other given day in PL action. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace
20:00
Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham
12:30
Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth
15:00
Brentford
Everton
15:00
Sheffield United
Newcastle United
15:00
Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur
15:00
Burnley
West Ham United
15:00
Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15:00
Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
17:30
Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United
16:30
Arsenal
May 13, 2024
Aston Villa
20:00
Liverpool
May 14, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur
20:00
Manchester City
May 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
19:45
Chelsea
Manchester United
20:00
Newcastle United
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
36
26
5
5
88
28
+60
83
2
Manchester City
35
25
7
3
87
33
+54
82
3
Liverpool
36
23
9
4
81
38
+43
78
4
Aston Villa
36
20
7
9
73
53
+20
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
35
18
6
11
69
58
+11
60
6
Newcastle United
35
17
5
13
78
56
+22
56
7
Chelsea
35
15
9
11
70
59
+11
54
8
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52
51
+1
54
9
West Ham United
36
13
10
13
56
70
-14
49
10
AFC Bournemouth
36
13
9
14
52
63
-11
48
11
Brighton & Hov…
35
12
11
12
53
57
-4
47
12
Wolverhampton Wanderers
36
13
7
16
49
60
-11
46
13
Fulham
36
12
8
16
51
55
-4
44
14
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45
57
-12
40
15
Everton
36
12
9
15
38
49
-11
37
16
Brentford
36
9
9
18
52
60
-8
36
17
Nottingham Forest
36
8
9
19
45
63
-18
29
18
Luton Town
36
6
8
22
49
78
-29
26
19
Burnley
36
5
9
22
39
74
-35
24
20
Sheffield United
36
3
7
26
35
100
-65
16
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