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Spurs v Nottingham Forest Previous Fixture

Spurs 3-1 Nott’m Forest – Saturday 11 March 2023

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London

Spurs’ latest match against Nottingham Forest was back in March 2023 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in what was, in the end, a comfortable and deserved win for the home side on the day.

Ahead of the game, Tottenham were in 4^th place with 45 points and still in the race for Champions League Football. Just 4 points separated themselves and Manchester United in 4^th place. Spurs were also 3 points ahead of Liverpool and 4 ahead of 6^th place Newcastle United.

Wolverhampton Wanderers were Tottenham’s opponants in their most recent match ahead of their clash with Nottingham Forest. The Lilywhites were unfortunately on the wrong end of a 1-0 score line thanks to an Adama Traoré goal (82’).

Meanwhile, Forest found themselves in 14^th place with 26 points ahead of their trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. They were just 4 points above the relegation zone and had just drawn 2-2 with fellow relegation candidates Everton.

Tottenham got off to a good start against Steve Cooper’s Forest side, and thought they had found the opening goal of the game very early on in the first half when Richarlison scored, only for VAR to rule it out for offside (6’).

Cristian Romero then had a chance via a header from a Heung-Min Son free-kick only for the ball to sail over the crossbar (13’).

Spurs were not left reflecting on this missed opportunity for long. Harry Kane, the club’s leading goal scorer, found the back of the net one more after a fantastic pass into his feet from January loan signing Pedro Porro (19’).

The home team went on to have several chances to double their advantage as the game approached the half hour mark. Kane had the first chance, forcing Keylor Navas into a save with the ball looking like it was destined for the back of the net (29’).

Then, Son had another chance of his own, but he was unfortunate to see his effort blocked well by a resilient Reds defence (30’).

Finally, Wales international Ben Davies had an opportunity to make it 2-0 himself. Unfortunately, his header on goal flew narrowly wide of the post after receiving a fantastic ball courtesy of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (30’).

Tottenham were then given a golden opportunity to score their second of the afternoon when they were awarded a penalty a few moments later when Forest central defender Joe Worrall fouled Richarlison in the box. Kane then stepped up to convert the spot kick to give Spurs a deserved 2-0 advantage (35’).

Kane came close to a first half hat-trick just before the half time break, but his header on goal went over the cross bar following a Porro cross (43’).

The pressure being exerted on Forest by Tottenham did not relent, and it continued into the early stages of the second half. Richarlison had a chance that he saw get blocked by the visitors’ defence after a fantastic Son through ball (46’).

Son had another chance to score himself with just over half an hour of the match remaining only for his effort to get blocked bey the Nottingham Forest defenders (57’).

Spurs then put the game out of side for their newly promoted visitors when Son finally found the back of the net, finding the bottom right corner after receiving a pass from fellow forward Richarlison with less than half an hour of the contest remaining (62’).

Clement Llenglet came close to making it 4-0 in the closing stages of the match but his header was well saved by Forest ‘keeper Keylor Navas (75’).

Nottingham Forest did get a consolation goal with less than 10 minutes to go when Joe Worrall was able to beat Fraser Forster with a very close range header following a headed pass from fellow central defender Felipe (81’).

The match ended with Spurs confirming a comfortable 3-1 Premier League victory against Nottingham Forest.

Tottenham dominated the match. They had 55.2% possession compared to Forest’s 44.8%. The Lilywhites also had the most shots on target with 7 in comparison to their visitors’ 5.