Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur

August 26, 2022 Abraham Smith

Harry Kane celebrates his 185th Premier League goal, moving two spots off third in the all-time top list — Tottenham’s Harry Kane is two goals adrift of third place in the Premier League’s all-time top scorer list

TEAM NEWS

Nottingham Forest welcome Jack Colback to their squad for the first time since the season’s opening day following illness.

Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards are long-term absent but boss Steve Cooper has no new concerns.

Tottenham are left without Cristian Romero and Oliver Skipp, both of whom return to training next week.

Antonio Conte will make a late decision on Lucas Moura and Bryan Gil after the pair missed training on Friday.

SUTTON’S PREDICTION

I like the way Forest started. You’ve spent a lot of money and you can look at it in different ways, if you’re a supporter of the forest, you think the owner has big intentions.

They have a good manager in Steve Cooper, but this type of team could play straight into Spurs’ hands.

I wasn’t disappointed by Spurs but I think they got away at Chelsea and narrowly beat Wolves last week thanks to Harry Kane’s goal. They didn’t flow – Son Heung-min is on my fantasy team and needs to get going.

But Forest at home will try to take the game to Spurs and that could suit Antonio Conte’s side.

Forecast: 0-5

Chris Sutton’s full predictions against 1975 bassist Ross MacDonald

Nottingham Forest celebrate their win against West Ham, their eighth consecutive home win — Nottingham Forest went 12 games unbeaten between November 2009 and March 2010

MATCH FACTS

head to head

Nottingham Forest have won six of their last 10 league games but lost both games in 1998/99, their last season in the top flight.
Tottenham have won four of their last five meetings in all competitions.
Spurs are just one of 50 league wins away from Forest.

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest have conceded just seven goals and kept ten clean sheets in their last 16 league games at the City Ground.
They are struggling to win their first two league home games in a top-flight season for the first time since 1984.
Steve Cooper’s side have allowed their opponents 61 shots this season, at least 14 more than any other top team.
Dean Henderson has made 18 saves in the Premier League this season, more than any other goalkeeper going into the final round.
A goal for Brennan Johnson, 21, would make him the youngest player to score for Forest in consecutive Premier League games, breaking Roy Keane’s record set in 1992.
Taiwo Awoniyi could become the second player to score in Forest’s first two home games in a Premier League season, emulating Stan Collymore in 1994-95.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham avoided defeat in their first four league games in 2016/17 and finished second this season
They’ve attempted 69% of their shots (27 of 39) in the second half of games this season.
Spurs kept a clean sheet in all six of their games against the newly promoted side last season, dropping just points in a 0-0 draw with play-off winners Brentford.
Antonio Conte has lost just one of his 17 Premier League games against promoted teams, losing 3-0 in his last league game against Chelsea in Newcastle in May 2018. He has won four of his five games with the Spurs without conceding a single goal.
Harry Kane is just two goals behind Andrew Cole in third place in the Premier League’s all-time top scorers list.
Nottingham Forest will become the 32nd different Premier League opponents Kane has faced. He has scored against 30 of the previous 31, failing to net only against Brentford.

Predict Nottingham Forest starting line-up for the next game – remember you can change the formation!