Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur Predictions

• Just two of Forest’s last 14 home matches have featured more than two goals
• The Tricky Trees have won their last four games against Tottenham
• Spurs have won just three of their last 16 away league matches

Tottenham taking their time to gel

While Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi has been undoubtedly supported heavily in this summer’s transfer market, the results of that investment have yet to manifest themselves on the pitch.

No panic buttons are being pressed just yet but two defeats in their opening games against Brentford and Newcastle without scoring a goal represent a situation that needs to be rectified sooner rather than later for a team who have finished 17th in the last two Premier League seasons.

There were some highlights in the 5-1 EFL Cup win over Charlton that are cause for optimism – Savio looked particularly good after coming on as a substitute – but that was against Championship opposition and with no European football this season, a strong league campaign is essential.

However, they do not have a strong recent record against Nottingham Forest and there is a concern that things may get worse before they get better for a team who are still struggling to gel.

Forest can maintain strong head-to-head record

Forest are also winless after their opening two matches, but they have beaten Tottenham in each of the clubs’ last four outings and they will fancy their chances against a team down on their luck.

Like many teams in the top flight, they are getting used to life under a new manager with Oliver Glasner now at the helm and their opening league home match was a bit of a sob story as they were beaten by a late goal in a 1-0 defeat to Leeds.

The same opponents got the better of them on the banks of the River Trent a few days later in the EFL Cup, but there was encouragement to be taken from last Saturday lunchtime’s 2-2 draw at Liverpool, which can never be considered a bad result.

That looks a potential building block and with the transformation perhaps not as marked as the one in north London, Forest could be a little further down the road, so they are taken to claim their first victory of the season.

With goals hard to come by at the City Ground, correct-score enthusiasts are pointed towards a 2-0 home win for the Tricky Trees.

Gibbs-White still a threat for Tricky Trees

Tottenham were frustrated in their quest to sign Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White last season and he finished an excellent season with 18 league and cup goals for the Midlands outfit.

He tends to raise his game against Spurs, scoring in their 3-0 win in London in March, and after netting a penalty in the draw at Anfield, he can find the net in the second league home game of the campaign.