Tottenham Hotspur Form
After being knocked out of the Champions League, the team can now focus solely on the Premier League, where they have a major problem. Specifically, the threat of relegation to the Championship. The club are only 1 point clear of the bottom three. The London side have sunk this low thanks to a 12-match winless run (five draws and seven defeats). In the last round, the Londoners managed to draw away to Liverpool (1:1), which allowed them to end a run of five straight league defeats. Ahead of the start of Matchday 31, Spurs have just 30 points, which is their worst tally at this stage since the Premier League was founded.
- The London side have not scored more than once in their last six Premier League matches.
- At home, Tottenham Hotspur are on a seven-match winless run in the league (two draws and five defeats).
- Both teams scored in the Londoners’ last seven home Premier League matches.
Potential Tottenham Hotspur Lineup (4-4-2)*
Guglielmo Vicario – Djed Spence, Radu Dragusin, Kevin Danso, Pedro Porro – Archie Gray, Mathys Tel, Joao Victor de Souza, Pape Sarr – Dominic Solanke, Richarlison.
Midfielders Wilson Odobert, Rodrigo Bentancur and James Maddison, defender Ben Davies, as well as forwards Mohamed Kudus and Dejan Kulusevski remain out injured.
Nottingham Forest Form
Nottingham Forest are in roughly the same poor form as the Londoners. The team have gone seven league matches without a win, drawing four times and losing three. However, it is also worth noting that they have avoided defeat in the last two rounds: they shared the points away to Manchester City (2:2), and then played out a goalless draw at home with Fulham. There are problems in attack, which is clear from the results — in their last seven Premier League matches, Nottingham Forest have scored more than once only once. The team are still outside the relegation zone, but are ahead of West Ham United below them solely due to a better goal difference.
- Three or more goals have been scored in five of Nottingham Forest’s last six away Premier League matches.
- Both teams scored in five of Nottingham Forest’s last six away league games.
- In seven of their previous eight away Premier League matches, the club conceded first.
Potential Nottingham Forest Lineup (4-2-3-1)*
Matz Sels – Ola Aina, Neco Williams, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo – Ibrahim Sangare, Elliot Anderson – Omari Hutchinson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi – Igor Jesus.
Forward Chris Wood, defenders Willy Boly and Nikola Savona, and goalkeeper John Victor are on the injury list.
Match Referee
Michael Oliver (England)
Matches – 22 (Premier League, 2025/26);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 64;
Average yellow cards per match – 2.9;
Red cards shown – 2;
Average fouls per match – 22;
Penalties – 5%.
* For each team, the starting XI from their previous match in this tournament is listed.
