Overview
In midweek, Tottenham beat Frankfurt with Solanke's only goal to advance to the Europa League semi-finals. In contrast to their achievements in the European Cup, coach Ange Postecoglou's team is having a disastrous season in the Premier League.
Spurs have lost 3 of their last 4 domestic matches, against Fulham, Chelsea and Wolves. With 16th place in the rankings, Tottenham have almost run out of chances to participate in the Champions League next season through the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest are showing signs of losing steam after losing 2 consecutive matches against Aston Villa and Everton. However, it is undeniable that coach Nuno Espirito Santo's team is still having an unexpectedly successful season.
The home team at City Ground is currently ranked 6th, only 1 point behind the top 4 and has played 1 match less. If Tottenham do not have many goals to strive for in the Premier League and focus all their efforts on the Europa League, Nottingham really needs more points to ensure their place in the Champions League next season.
The highlight of Nottingham's success is their impressive defense. The East Midlands side have the 3rd best defence in the league, having only conceded 38 goals since the start of the season. This is also a premise for their strikers to feel secure in scoring.
Although not a very sharp attacking team, the City Ground team still has some notable strikers such as Chris Wood, Elanga or Gibbs-White.
Since Nottingham returned to the Premier League, the two teams have met five times and Spurs have won four of those meetings. At home, Tottenham have won both of their most recent matches against Nottingham, with the same score of 3-1.
Personnel situation
Tottenham will not have the service of Radu Dragusin in this match. The possibility of James Maddison and captain Son Heung-min recovering in time is also uncertain.
On the other side of the front line, the away team will not have the service of Ola Aina due to injury. Taiwo awoniyi's ability to recover in time is also unclear.
Expected lineup:
Tottenham: Vicario, Spence, Davies, Danso, Porro, Sarr, Bissouma, Kulusevski, Odobert, Johnson, Solanke.
Nottingham: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno, Dominguez, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson- odoi, Wood.
The match between Tottenham and Nottingham Forest takes place at 2:00 am on April 22 (Vietnam time).
