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Nottingham Forest 3-0 Tottenham: Report, result, goals from Premier League

Report and goals from Forest vs Tottenham

Written by Ben Miller
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Nottingham Forest 3-0 Tottenham: Report, result, goals from Premier League

Callum Hudson-Odoi scored twice as Nottingham Forest thrashed Tottenham at the City Ground to move five points clear of the Premier League relegation zone.

Sean Dyche’s side earned a sixth win in their last eight matches in all competitions with the help of generous Tottenham defending, Ibrahim Sangare – who had earlier headed against the woodwork – pouncing when Archie Gray dallied on the ball to tee up Hudson-Odoi to slot in the 28th-minute opener.

Former England midfielder Hudson-Odoi curled in a superb second five minutes after the break, twisting and turning near the sideline on the left before finding the far corner of the net.

Sangare added a sublime third with 11 minutes remaining, lashing in first-time from distance to ensure Spurs suffered a fourth defeat in their last seven league matches.

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham: Frank ‘burning’

Spurs manager Thomas Frank called the display “hugely annoying” and said he was “burning inside” afterwards.

“I had such a good feeling going into this game,” Frank told Tottenham’s website. “Then we deliver this performance, which is not good enough.

“I thought – especially after the first goal – we looked even more disjointed… the worst thing is, we threw the ball away about 20 times [with] simple passes.”

Tottenham are next in action at home to Liverpool, who are currently sixth, on Saturday (17:30 GMT / 12:30 ET / 09:30 PT).

Forest next play away to Fulham on December 22 (20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT).

Nottingham Forest team vs Spurs

Forest rotated again after making nine changes for the 2-1 win at Utrecht in the Europa League on Thursday, when Igor Jesus struck the 88th-minute winner.

Defenders Oleksandr Zinchenko and Murillo returned from injury for that game, as did midfielder Douglas Luiz, who played the first half.

This time they made eight alterations, introducing Nicolo Savona, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Igor Jesus, Ibrahim Sangare, Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson and Omari Hutchinson.

Goalkeeper Matz Sels had been ever-present in this season’s Premier League but did not travel to Utrecht as a precaution over a groin issue and was out again, so John Victor kept his place.

Captain Ryan Yates had a potentially long-term hamstring injury. Forward Chris Wood (knee), full-back Ola Aina (hamstring) and striker Taiwo Awoniyi were still injured, but goalkeeper Angus Gunn returned from a knee issue on the bench.

Nottingham Forest starting XI: John Victor, Nicolo Savona, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Ibrahim Sangare, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Igor Jesus

Forest substitutes: Angus Gunn, Morato, Douglas Luiz, Dan Ndoye, Arnaud Kalimuendo, James McAtee, Dilane Bakwa, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Zach Abbott

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Tottenham starting lineup vs Forest

Rodrigo Bentancur and Randal Kolo Muani started for Spurs, replacing Joao Palhinha and Wilson Odobert.

Brennan Johnson returned from injury on the bench but fellow forward Dominic Solanke was not ready yet despite an Instagram post by the 28-year-old hinting that he is closing in on a comeback.

Defenders Destiny Udogie and Kota Takai (both hamstring) and centre-back Radu Dragusin (knee) remained out, as did midfielders James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski with knee injuries.

Yves Bissouma had been absent because of an internal disciplinary matter.

Victory for Spurs would move the visitors seventh, having won successive games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by beating Brentford 2-0 on December 6 and Slavia Prague 3-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Tottenham starting XI: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, Mohammed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur, Xavi Simons, Archie Gray, Randal Kolo Muani, Richarlison

Spurs substitutes: Antonin Kinsky, Kevin Danso, Joao Palhinha, Mathys Tel, Lucas Bergvall, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Pape Matar Sarr, Ben Davies

How to watch Forest vs Spurs: Live online stream, TV channel

Kick-off on Sunday was at 14:00 GMT (09:00 ET / 06:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.

Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £28 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.

Sky Sports memberships include access to all 12 live Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, which offers live streams and a dedicated channel.

Streaming is available on a vast variety of devices via the Sky GO app.

Nottingham Forest v Tottenham stats

  • Only Crystal Palace have won more Premier League away games (5) and points (16) than Tottenham this season (4 wins, 14 points), while Spurs are also the only side to have scored in all of their games on the road so far
  • Dyche has won two of his 17 Premier League games against Spurs (D5 L10), both coming with Burnley (2-1 in February 2019, 1-0 in February 2022)
  • The Englishman’s next Premier League defeat will be his 153rd in the competition, putting him joint-seventh on the list of most managerial losses in the division alongside Arsène Wenger, who managed 488 more such matches (828) than Dyche (340)
  • Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson had made more line-breaking passes in the opposition half than any other player in the Premier League this season (90)
  • Having lost six consecutive Premier League games against Spurs between 1998 and 2024, Forest did the league double against them last season
  • Only Wolves (9) have failed to score in more different Premier League games than Forest this season (8), although Forest are unbeaten in their last 11 league games (W6 D5) in which they have netted since a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa in April
  • Tottenham have the largest difference between goals scored (25) and expected goals (15) in the Premier League this season, netting around 10 goals more than their xG suggests.
  • Spurs haven’t won any of their five Premier League away games when conceding against Nottingham Forest (D1 L4), with all three of their victories at the City Ground being to nil
  • Richarlison has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other Tottenham player this season (8 – 6 goals, 2 assists)
  • The Brazil international has played a direct part in 18 goals (17 goals, 1 assist) in his last 24 league starts for Tottenham

Premier League results and fixtures this weekend

Arsenal beat Wolves 2-1 at home on Saturday courtesy of Yerson Mosquera’s 94th-minute own goal, winning after Chelsea earned their first victory in four games in all competitions with a 2-0 home defeat of Everton.

Mohamed Salah came off the bench as reigning champions Liverpool beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0, and Fulham ended a two-match losing run with victory at Burnley.

All fixtures start at 14:00 GMT unless stated otherwise.

Saturday, December 13

Chelsea 2-0 Everton

Liverpool 2-0 Brighton

Burnley 2-3 Fulham

Arsenal 2-1 Wolves

Sunday, December 14

Palace vs Man City

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham

Sunderland vs Newcastle

West Ham vs Aston Villa

Brentford vs Leeds United (16:30)

Monday, December 15

Manchester United vs Bournemouth (20:00)

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