Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview

Nottingham Forest welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the City Ground on Saturday, with both sides desperate to arrest slides that have left them in the bottom half of the Premier League table.

Forest’s form has been mixed. Their most recent result was a 2-2 draw away at Liverpool. Prior to that, a 0-2 home defeat to Leeds in the EFL Cup. Before that, a 0-1 home loss to Leeds in the league. Earlier in this run, a 2-0 home win over Brest, and before that a 2-1 home win against Bayer Leverkusen in pre-season.

Tottenham arrive in worse shape. Their most recent outing was a 0-2 home defeat to Newcastle. Prior to that, a 5-1 win over Charlton in the EFL Cup. Before that, a 3-0 away defeat at Brentford. Earlier in this run, a 2-2 draw with Hoffenheim, and before that a 3-0 win against the same opponents.

The head-to-head record heavily favours Forest, who have won four of the last five meetings, with one win for Spurs and no draws. Most recently, Forest won 3-0 away at Tottenham. In the previous encounter, Forest won 3-0 at the City Ground.

Forest currently sit 15th in the Premier League table with a single point from two games (one draw, one loss) and a goal difference of -1. Tottenham are bottom of the division with no points from their opening two matches and a goal difference of -5. That leaves Forest one point and four goals better off than their visitors heading into this one, with Spurs under real pressure to get something from the trip.

In the UK, the match is available to follow live on BBC Radio 5 Live. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on fuboTV, while it’s also available in Germany on Sky Sport Mix and in France via myCANAL.

Possible Lineups

Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1) Sels, Murillo, Milenkovic, Williams, Aina, Schlager, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, McAtee, Cunha, Igor Jesus

Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1) Kinsky, Porro, Van de Ven, Van Hecke, Robertson, Bentancur, Tonali, Marmoush, Fernandez, Tel, Gray

Nottingham Forest Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
🤝	Liverpool	2-2	Nottingham	PL	29.08.26
❌	Nottingham	0-2	Leeds	EFL	25.08.26
❌	Nottingham	0-1	Leeds	PL	22.08.26
✅	Nottingham	2-0	Brest	CF	16.08.26
✅	Nottingham	2-1	Bayer Leverkusen	CF	12.08.26

Tottenham Hotspur Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Tottenham	0-2	Newcastle	PL	29.08.26
✅	Tottenham	5-1	Charlton	EFL	26.08.26
❌	Brentford	3-0	Tottenham	PL	22.08.26
🤝	Tottenham	2-2	Hoffenheim	CF	16.08.26
✅	Tottenham	3-0	Hoffenheim	CF	15.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Tottenham	0-3	Nottingham	PL	22.03.26
Nottingham	3-0	Tottenham	PL	14.12.25
Tottenham	1-2	Nottingham	PL	21.04.25
Nottingham	1-0	Tottenham	PL	26.12.24
Tottenham	3-1	Nottingham	PL	07.04.24

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	BBC Radio 5 Live
Ireland Republic	Premier Sports ROI 1 / BBC Radio 5 Live
USA	fuboTV / NBCSN
Canada	DAZN Canada / fuboTV Canada
Germany	WOW / Sky Sport Mix
France	myCANAL
Spain	DAZN Spain
Australia	Stan Sport
India	JioHotstar

Table

POS.	TEAM	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Manchester City	2	2	0	0	6	2	4	6
2	Arsenal	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	6
3	Hull City	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	6
4	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	7	5	2	6
5	Brentford	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	4
6	Newcastle United	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	4
7	Everton	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	4
8	Leeds United	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	0	1	7	4	3	3
10	Manchester United	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	3
11	Sunderland	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
12	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	1	4	6	-2	3
13	Liverpool	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
14	AFC Bournemouth	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
15	Nottingham Forest	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
16	Fulham	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	0
17	Coventry City	2	0	0	2	4	8	-4	0
18	Crystal Palace	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	0
19	Aston Villa	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0
20	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0