Soccer match preview: Tottenham Hotspur confident before travelling to Nottingham Forest

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Nottingham Forest open their doors to Tottenham Hotspur for another interesting Premier League fixture here at The City Ground.

Insights:
  • Tottenham Hotspur have the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

The hosts won their first Premier League game here at The City Ground, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Nottingham Forest last season were 13 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 23 games.

Nottingham Forest are returning here after guesting Grimsby Town in a Carabao Cup game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. The attacker Cafú won the honour of being "man of the match" for Nottingham Forest with the rating of 8.13/10. Cafú signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

1-1 away at Everton before that.

Nottingham are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Manchester City awaits in three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Nottingham Forest's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Tottenham Hotspur go into this game after a win, the home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers that ended 1-0. Lloris was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.62. The agile goalkeeper Lloris topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Chelsea.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to West Ham United.

2 goals so far away for Tottenham Hotspur, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
2 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
1 goals
Nottingham ForestT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
1 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 2 2 7
3 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 7.7
8 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 5.3
3 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 12.3
3.7 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 5
18% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 47%
 
20.3 19 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16 16 15.3
7.7 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Tottenham Hotspur have the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
Nottingham Forest Last season Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
49 24   Played P   0 1
25 13   Won W   0 1
11 4   Drew D   0 0
13 7   Lost L   0 0
77 44   Scored S   0 6
43 24   Conceded C   0 3
94% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
78% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
47% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 100%
18% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 100%
6% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 100%
49% 50%   BTTS BTTS   0% 100%
37% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5.5 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
4.5 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
3 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.4 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
37% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
10.7 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
3.5 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 3 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 7 9
2 Manchester City 3 2 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 7
3 Leeds United 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
4 Tottenham Hotspur 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
6 Newcastle United 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
7 Fulham 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
8 Brentford 3 1 1 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 4
9 Crystal Palace 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
10 Nottingham Forest 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
11 Southampton 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 4
12 Chelsea 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 4
13 Aston Villa 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 3
14 Manchester United 3 1 0 2 3 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 3
15 AFC Bournemouth 3 1 0 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 3
16 Liverpool 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
17 Everton 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
19 Leicester City 3 0 1 2 5 8 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 -3 1
20 West Ham United 3 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.