Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th December 2025

Mid-placed Tottenham travel to City Ground, Nottingham to face struggling Nottingham Forest in a round 16 game, which kicks-off this coming Sunday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.

Placed 17th in the table Nottingham Forest have amassed 15 points after 15 matches. On 22 points, Spurs rank 11th with 15 matches played this season.

Their upcoming match is a difficult challenge for Nottingham Forest, who next face Tottenham in their continuous fight to avoid relegation. They should be highly motivated to spring a surprise, even against a tough opponent like Tottenham.

Nottingham Forest have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded 16 goals, or 1.6 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Tottenham managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded 15 goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 1.5 goals an average per game.

Nottingham Forest won the last two meetings against Spurs, as they followed up a 1-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score.

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest added two wins to their account in their three most recent outings, as they beat Wolverhampton by 0-1. Their next match left them empty-handed in a 3-0 defeat against Everton, followed up by a 1-2 win against FC Utrecht. Nottingham Forest just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the City Ground, Nottingham. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded 12 goals.

Nottingham Forest entered the season hunting for a title, however they find themselves far off track at this stage.

Tottenham Form

Tottenham look well suited to take on any opponent as their last three matches ended with a draw and two wins. They started off drawing 2-2 with Newcastle, before downing first Brentford by 2-0, then Slavia Prague in a 3-0 win. Tottenham managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored 13 while also conceding nine times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.

They had their sights set on gold, but Tottenham could soon be forced to readjust the target to qualifying for Europe.

Nottingham Forest and Tottenham seem a fairly equal pairing right now, with not a lot to separate the two sides. As such, going for a draw in the betting market seem worth a punt.

Tottenham recorded ten points following three wins from their last five games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored ten goals, but also conceded four. Nottingham Forest are looking at a record of four wins, three draws and eight defeats in the Premier League this season. Tottenham are looking at six wins, four draws and five defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

The 54-year-old coach of the home team, Sean Dyche, will select the lineup against Tottenham from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Aaron Bott (0/0), Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/0), Matz Sels (0/15), Jair Cunha (0/1), Jimmy Sinclair (0/0), Morato (0/9), Murillo (1/9), Neco Williams (1/15), Nicolo Savona (2/10), Nikola Milenkovic (0/15), Ola Aina (0/3), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/3), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/1), Douglas Luiz (0/4), Elliot Anderson (1/15), Ibrahim Sangare (1/12), James McAtee (0/5), Morgan Gibbs-White (3/15), Nicolas Dominguez (0/7), Omari Hutchinson (0/10), Ryan Yates (0/11), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (0/7), Callum Hudson-Odoi (1/14), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/14), Dilane Bakwa (0/4), Igor Jesus (1/14), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/4).

Tottenham Squad

Here is the full team squad of Tottenham. The 52 year-old Thomas Frank will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Antonin Kinsky (0/0), Brandon Austin (0/0), Guglielmo Vicario (0/15), Ben Davies (0/0), Cristian Romero (2/12), Destiny Udogie (0/10), Djed Spence (0/12), Kevin Danso (0/11), Kota Takai (0/0), Micky van de Ven (3/14), Pedro Porro (0/15), Radu Dragusin (0/0), Archie Gray (0/5), Brennan Johnson (2/13), Dejan Kulusevski (0/0), James Maddison (0/0), Joao Palhinha (2/14), Lucas Bergvall (1/11), Mohammed Kudus (2/14), Pape Sarr (2/14), Rodrigo Bentancur (1/14), Xavi Simons (1/12), Yves Bissouma (0/0), Dane Scarlett (0/0), Dominic Solanke (0/2), Mathys Tel (2/10), Randal Kolo Muani (0/8), Richarlison (6/15), Wilson Odobert (0/14).

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Team News

Nottingham Forest seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Sunday. Nottingham Forest have to alter their line-up, as both Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White get a day in the shade.

Tottenham have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match this coming Sunday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands. Yves Bissouma and Randal Kolo Muani sit this one out for Tottenham, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham H2H

Nottingham Forest had a good reading on The Lilywhites in their last two meetings, which they won by 1-0 and 2-1, respectively. Nottingham Forest enter the match against Tottenham with a 2-0-4 record in their previous six encounters. A win rate of 33%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Results

In three of the previous six matches between Nottingham Forest and Tottenham both teams scored.

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Betting Tips

Morgan Gibbs-White look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Premier League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Richarlison adds to his three Premier League goals come on Sunday.

Nottingham Forest claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in five of the games in this run. Tottenham won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing four and losing three in this series of matches. Nottingham Forest have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at City Ground, Nottingham. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just two wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past six encounters between Nottingham Forest and Tottenham, with Nottingham Forest scoring 0.84 goals on average per game. Tottenham averaged 1.83 goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Nottingham Forest’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Tottenham, who scored 1.8 times on average in these matches.