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Spurs v Nottingham Forest Previous Fixture

Spurs 3 – 1 Nottingham Forest (Sunday 7^th April 2024)

Tottenham Hotspur, led by their Australian Head Coach Ange Postecoglou, last faced Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest at the Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Sunday, April 7, 2024. The race for UEFA Champions League Qualification was reaching its conclusion, and a victory here against Forest would give the Lilywhites’ chances a significant boost.

Ahead of this game against Nottingham Forest, Spurs were in fifth place with 57 points, just two points behind Unai Emery’s Aston Villa in fourth. Victory against Forest would see Spurs rise into fourth place, leapfrogging Villa into the final UEFA Champions League Qualification spot.

Their most recent game ahead of this one against Nuno’s Forest side was a 1 – 1 draw away from home against the London Stadium. Brennan Johnson gave Tottenham Hotspur the lead (5’), before Kurt Zouma equalised, restoring parity before twenty minutes had elapsed (19’).

Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest sat in 17th place with 25 points, and they were only above the relegation zone on goal difference. If other results went their way, all three points against Tottenham would see them rise as high as 16th place, leapfrogging relegation rivals Everton.

In their most recent game before facing Spurs back in April 2024, Forest beat Fulham 3 – 1 at the City Ground, thanks to goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi (9’), Chris Wood (19’), and Morgan Gibbs-White (45+3’). Tosin Adarabioyo got the only goal back for Fulham that night (49’).

Ultimately, it was to be a comfortably and thoroughly deserved 3 – 1 victory for Spurs against Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Yves Bissouma had an early opportunity for hosts Spurs, but his effort flew just above the crossbar following a James Maddison corner (2’). Timo Werner then had a shot of his own blocked well by the Forest defenders (5’).

Spurs did manage to go ahead and take the lead thanks to an own goal from Nottingham Forest central defender Murillo after just 15 minutes had elapsed. 1 – 0 Spurs. There were also further chances for Spurs to double their advantage, with Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson both forcing saves from Matz Sels before Son Heung-Min had a shot blocked (24’).

Unfortunately for Spurs, Nottingham Forest found their equaliser thanks to a goal from Chris Wood, who found the bottom left corner of the net after receiving an initial pass into his feet from fellow forward Anthony Elanga (27’).

The first half would go on to end level at 1 – 1. However, thankfully for Spurs, it would not take them long to re-take the lead, with their Dutch defender Micky van de Ven scoring after finding the top left corner from within the penalty area (53’).

It was 3 – 1 very quickly, with a goal from Spurs’ Spanish right back, Pedro Porro, finding the top left corner of the net, and there was more than half an hour of the game remaining (58’). It was Uruguayan international midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur with the assist.

Both sides had chances to add more goals to the scoreline throughout the second half. Still, ultimately, there were no more goals, and it remained 3 – 1 to Spurs once the final whistle had sounded, which confirmed a comfortable and deserved victory for Ange Postecoglou’s side.

Spurs got the most possession of the football throughout the ninety minutes of the match with a total of no less than 63.6%, compared with Forest’s total of 36.4% overall. Postecoglou’s Tottenham also had the most shots on target, with 7 compared with 6 for Nottingham Forest.

Following this crucial and deserved three points from this win, Spurs rose up into 4th place ahead of Aston Villa, who dropped down to 5th. Tottenham Hotspur still had a game in hand on their West Midlands rivals. As for Forest, they remained in 17th place.