Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Tottenham will be aiming to stay in the Champions League places when they host Nottingham Forest to their Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Matchday 27. Spurs suffered a 1-0 loss to Wolverhampton at the weekend, but they are on a three-game winning run at home ahead of the visit of Nottingham. All Lloris, Sessegnon, Bentancur, and Bissouma miss out through injuries, while Brazil forward Richarlison is pushing for a start.
The Reds, on the other hand, produce much better showings at home than on the travels, which is probably the main reason why home win should be considered. When the two teams met in the EFL Cup in November 2022 Nottingham defeated Tottenham 2-0, meaning that Antonio Conte’s men are hungry for revenge. As for the visiting team, all Awoniyi, Kouyate, McKenna, Boly, Niakhate, and Biancone remain on the sidelines with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Harry Kane):
Widely regarded as one of England’s best strikers at the moment, Harry Kane enjoyed a meteoric rise at Tottenham Hotspur, scoring 21 Premier League goals during the 2014/2015 campaign to be voted PFA Young Player of the Year.
The highly rated striker went on to surpass that achievement the following season as he helped Tottenham Hotspur mount a serious title challenge for the first time in club’s recent history and he made seamless transition to international football. Kane scored four goals in his first ten appearances for England to prove he was here to stay and at the same time established himself as a first choice striker in Roy Hodgson’s squad ahead of the Euro 2016 finals.
Kane is a modern striker, who is extremely dangerous in the opposition box, but it was some outstanding goals from distance as well as link-up play with teammates that earned him an excellent reputation in world football. Kane is expected to lead both Tottenham and England in years to come, that is if he can resist the lure of top European clubs that continue to cast admiring glances his way.
Highlighted Team (Nottingham Forest):
Nottingham Forest, the club that are often referred to as Forest, were formed in 1865. They have been playing their home games at the City Ground since 1898 and the capacity of the stadium is 30,445. Nottingham Forest are regarded as one of the greatest English clubs as they won the European Cup on two occasions. In 1979 Forest outplayed Malmo (1-0) at the Olympiastadion in Munich in the final of the elite competition, with the team beating Hamburg in 1980 in the title game at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (1-0).
Nottingham Forest won the national championship in the 1977/1978 season, with the team finishing the campaign seven points clear of second-placed Liverpool. To make things even better for the fans, the City Ground outfit clinched the FA Cup trophies in 1898 and 1959. Derby County are regarded as Forest’s bitterest rivals and the two local rivals contest in the East Midlands derby. In their first ever meeting in the local derby Forest recorded a 3-2 win over Derby County.