Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham: Hudson-Odoi goal gives Spurs ‘tough’ rescue mission
A Spurs blunder led to the opener in Forest vs Tottenham
Nottingham Forest moved on course to condemn Tottenham to their second Premier League away defeat of the season when Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the opener with the help of generous Spurs defending at the City Ground on Sunday.
The hosts almost went ahead when Ibrahim Sangare’s early header hit a post and took a 28th-minute lead courtesy of Hudson-Odoi’s tap-in, set up by Sangare after the midfielder won possession from Archie Gray.
“This will be tough for Spurs now,” former Forest and Tottenham midfielder Andy Reid told Sky Sports. “Forest have their tails up and the crowd is firmly behind them.”
A moment to forget for Archie Gray and Vicario 🫣
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Ibrahim Sangaré brilliantly dispossesses him and plays it to Callum Hudson-Odoi to tap in and give Forest the lead! pic.twitter.com/N5JQVIgnVc
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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
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.
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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)