Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur are going to play on Friday the 15th of December at 8:00 pm in the 17th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Nottingham at the The City Ground. The encounter will be officiated by Jarred Gillett.
Nottingham Forest sits in the 16th place in the league with 14 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 3 times, draw 5 times, and lost 8 times.
Tottenham Hotspur occupies the 5th place in the league with 30 points. It comes from a 4-1 win against Newcastle United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 9 times, draw 3 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (7 times or 43.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Steve Cooper is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: Matt Turner, Willy Boly, Moussa Niakhaté, Murillo, Harry Toffolo, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Orel Mangala, Ryan Yates, Neco Williams, Anthony Elanga and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Nottingham Forest would be 26.18.
Ethan Horvath, Serge Aurier, Scott McKenna, Joe Worrall and Taiwo Awoniyi will definitely miss the match.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (15 times or 93.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Angelos Postecoglou is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies , Pedro Porro, Yves Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarr, Heung-min Son, Dejan Kulusevski, Brennan Johnson and Richarlison.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 25.18.
Angelos Postecoglou will probably not be able to employ Alfie Whiteman and Eric Dier because of injury.
Ashley Phillips, M. van de Ven, Rodrigo Bentancur , James Maddison, Ivan Perisic and Manor Solomon will definitely miss the match.
