Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: King Power Stadium Date: 25th October 2024 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
The Premier League resumes this Friday with Nottingham Forest making the short trip to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City. Leicester come into this tie on the back of a dramatic comeback win over fellow promoted side Southampton. After falling two goals behind, the Foxes fought back to win 3-2, handing them a second consecutive win in the Premier League. They will now go into this game searching for a third successive top-flight victory, a win that will nudge them ahead in the historical H2H stakes which stands level at 41 wins apiece (D27). Friday night is the 110th edition of this East Midlands derby and the hosts will undoubtedly hope this game will be a little more comfortable than their past home games, having won just one of the last four home H2Hs (D2, L1). There’s also an interesting sub-plot to this game, as Leicester boss Cooper was the man who ended Forest’s 20+ year wait to return to the Premier League. But after getting dismissed from the role in December 2023, he’d surely take great pleasure in securing Leicester a third-straight Premier League win for the first time since January 2021. Meanwhile, the man who replaced Cooper in the Forest hot seat, Nuno Espírito Santo, would undoubtedly love to be the man to deny Cooper that privilege, but he runs into two glaring obstacles here. The first of those is that he’s banned from the touchline in this game as he was in Monday night’s 1-0 win against Crystal Palace. Secondly, a side managed by Nuno hasn’t scored a goal in their last four meetings with Leicester. This doesn’t bode well for Forest. However, the fact that the visitors are unbeaten in their last six away league games (W4, D2) – their longest such run in the top flight since October 1995, suggests that poor return could end on Friday. The Tricky Trees will hope to extend that run and secure local bragging rights, particularly after winning the last H2H 2-0. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
November 23, 2024
Leicester City
13:30
Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth
16:00
Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal
16:00
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa
16:00
Crystal Palace
Everton
16:00
Brentford
Fulham
16:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City
18:30
Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton
15:00
Liverpool
Ipswich Town
17:30
Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United
21:00
West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
21:00
Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford
16:00
Leicester City
Crystal Palace
16:00
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
16:00
Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
16:00
AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United
18:30
Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea
14:30
Aston Villa
Manchester United
14:30
Everton
Tottenham Hotspur
14:30
Fulham
Liverpool
17:00
Manchester City
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Liverpool
11
9
1
1
21
6
+15
28
2
Manchester City
11
7
2
2
22
13
+9
23
3
Chelsea
11
5
4
2
21
13
+8
19
4
Arsenal
11
5
4
2
18
12
+6
19
5
Nottingham Forest
11
5
4
2
15
10
+5
19
6
Brighton & Hov…
11
5
4
2
19
15
+4
19
7
Fulham
11
5
3
3
16
13
+3
18
8
Newcastle United
11
5
3
3
13
11
+2
18
9
Aston Villa
11
5
3
3
17
17
+0
18
10
Tottenham Hotspur
11
5
1
5
23
13
+10
16
11
Brentford
11
5
1
5
22
22
+0
16
12
AFC Bournemouth
11
4
3
4
15
15
+0
15
13
Manchester United
11
4
3
4
12
12
+0
15
14
West Ham United
11
3
3
5
13
19
-6
12
15
Leicester City
11
2
4
5
14
21
-7
10
16
Everton
11
2
4
5
10
17
-7
10
17
Ipswich Town
11
1
5
5
12
22
-10
8
18
Crystal Palace
11
1
4
6
8
15
-7
7
19
Wolverhampton Wanderers
11
1
3
7
16
27
-11
6
20
Southampton
11
1
1
9
7
21
-14
4
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