LONDON. Tottenham Hotspur tops Nottingham Forest 3-1. Tottenham Hotspur was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Harry Kane (19′), Harry Kane (35′) and Heung-min Son (62′). Nottingham Forest reduced the distance with a goal (81′) by Joe Worrall, but there was not much to do for them. Tottenham Hotspur made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).

André Ayew squandered a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Nottingham Forest to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stadium in London. The referee was Craig Pawson who had the assistance of Marc Perry and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Tim Robinson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.9 degrees Celsius or 44.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Tottenham Hotspur was in firm control of the ball 56% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nottingham Forest was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Tottenham Hotspur succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Tottenham Hotspur shot 15 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Nottingham Forest shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards (Antonio Conte, Eric Dier, O. Skipp and Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg ). Talking about the opposition, Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards (Renan Lodi and Steve Cooper).

Standings

After this encounter, Tottenham Hotspur will have 48 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Nottingham Forest will stay with 26 points to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will play away against Aston Villa on the 13th of May with a 19-5 head to head stats in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (7 draws).

Nottingham Forest will play away agasint Chelsea on the 13th of May with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Chelsea (1 draw).

Tottenham Hotspur – Formation

Tottenham Hotspur started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Antonio Conte decided to play with the following team: Fraser Forster, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Clément Lenglet, Pedro Porro, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Ben Davies, Richarlison, Heung-min Son and Harry Kane.

The home team had on the bench: Brandon Austin, Lucas Moura, Davinson Sánchez Mina, Pape Matar Sarr, Japhet Tanganga, Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld, Dejan Kulusevski, Ivan Perišić and Romaine Mundle.

Substitutions

Tottenham Hotspur made 3 changes: Richarlison for Dejan Kulusevski (84′), Heung-min Son for Lucas Moura (84′) and O. Skipp for Pape Sarr (90′).

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Steve Cooper played with: Keylor Navas, Serge Aurier, Joe Worrall, Felipe, Renan Lodi, Remo Freuler, Jonjo Shelvey, Orel Mangala, Morgan Gibbs-White, Jesse Lingard and Brennan Johnson.

They had on the bench: Moussa Niakhate, Neco Williams, Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira, André Ayew, Wayne Hennessey, Chris Wood, Ryan Yates, Emmanuel Dennis, Jack Colback and George Shelvey.

Nottingham Forest could not rely on the presence of Neco Williams (injured).

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 5 changes: Orel Mangala for André Ayew (46′), Jesse Lingard for Emmanuel Dennis (46′), Remo Freuler for Ryan Yates (67′), B. Johnson for Chris Wood (67′) and C. Wood for Neco Williams (73′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Tottenham Hotspur – Nottingham Forest – 3-1
• Leicester City – Chelsea – 1-3
• Leeds United – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
• Everton – Brentford – 1-0
• Crystal Palace – Manchester City – 0-1
• AFC Bournemouth – Liverpool – 1-0