Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Nottingham Forest have experienced a mixed start to the Premier League season as they now welcome still pointless Tottenham Hotspur to the City Ground.

Kick-off date/time: 5 September 2026 at 3:00 pm

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / USA – NBC

How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / USA – Peacock

Nottingham Forest preview: Mixed start

Following the appointment of former Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner, Nottingham Forest have started the season with defeats to Leeds United, both in the Premier League and then the EFL Cup, but they were improved at Anfield last weekend.

Up against Liverpool on Merseyside, Forest twice took the lead against The Reds with goals from Dan Ndoye and Morgan Gibbs-White before having to settle for an entertaining point.

Tottenham preview: Poor start

Tottenham Hotspur have spent heavily over the summer with Roberto De Zerbi experiencing his first pre-season with the club after the Italian managed to steer Spurs clear of the bottom three and the relegation places on the final day of last season.

Tottenham have started their season as poorly as they played throughout last year, though, with a 3-0 hammering at the hands of Brentford in their opener before being beaten 2-0 by Newcastle United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Nottingham Forest team news: Munoz may not yet start

Oliver Glasner has confirmed that new signing Daniel Munoz is available but there is a feeling that current wing-backs Neco Williams and Ola Aina will remain in place as Munoz regains full fitness after a disrupted pre-season.

As for injury issues, Italian wing-back Nicolo Savona remains sidelined alongside key Ivory Coast international midfielder Ibrahim Sangare. Liam Delap may now get his first start for the club.

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Sels; Milenkovic, Jair, Murillo; Aina, McAtee, Schlager, Williams; Ndoye, Gibbs-White; Delap

Unavailable: Savona (Injured), Sangare (Injured)

Questionable: 

Tottenham team news: Savio available

Richarlison has been left out of Tottenham's Premier League squad with suggestions he is set to sign for Trabzonspor after Spurs' attempt to ship him to Everton.

Roberto De Zerbi has said that Savio is available and that Mykhaylo Mudryk could be involved off the bench. James Maddison returned to training on Thursday.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Kinsky; Porro, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Robertson; Fernandes, Tonali; Savio, Gallagher, Tel; Marmoush

Unavailable: Simons (Injured), Kulusevski (Fitness), Odobert (Injured)

Questionable: Maddison (Fitness)

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham prediction

There remains a feeling that Roberto De Zerbi will eventually get his Spurs side clicking. They did improve after his appointment last season but it will be a worry that his first full pre-season has been followed by such a slow start, both in terms of their results and performances. Glasner’s counter-attacking style will also be well suited to playing against the possession-based approach of De Zerbi and so perhaps siding with the hosts, with home advantage and the improvement they showed last week, seems a decent value bet here.

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham tip: Double chance – Nottingham Forest to win or draw