{"id":1371224,"date":"2024-12-24T15:11:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T15:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1371224"},"modified":"2024-12-24T15:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T15:13:26","slug":"nottingham-forest-vs-tottenham-predicted-xis-confirmed-team-news-and-probable-line-ups","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nottingham-forest-vs-tottenham-predicted-xis-confirmed-team-news-and-probable-line-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham predicted XIs: Confirmed team news and probable line-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham sit 11th in the Premier League and will be hurting after they were thrashed 6-3 by Liverpool on Sunday, but Spurs face a difficult test to return to winning ways against surprise package Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Boxing Day for a 3pm kick-off.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forest have moved up to fourth in the table and their manager Nuno Espirito Santo would dearly love to get one over his former club.<\/p>\n

Nuno had just 17 matches in charge of Tottenham before being replaced by Antonio Conte in November 2021, but he has since restored his reputation with a fantastic spell at Forest, first keeping them in the Premier League before leading them to the dizzy heights of fighting for Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Predicted XIs<\/h2>\n

Danilo and Ibrahim Sangare remain sidelined for Nottingham Forest<\/span><\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest <\/b>(4-2-3-1):<\/em> Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood<\/span><\/p>\n

Rodrigo Bentancur returns from a seven-match suspension and Postecoglou says Destiny Udogie is back to full fitness. Centre-backs Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Ben Davies are among those still injured.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham (4-2-3-1):<\/em><\/b> Forster; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Udogie; Sarr, Bentancur; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Solanke.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Team News<\/h2>\n

Nuno switched to a back three for Saturday’s 2-0 win over Brentford which was Forest’s fourth win in their last five matches.<\/p>\n

Morato replaced Ryan Yates for the trip to west London and Nuno was rewarded with a clean sheet as well as goals either side of half-time from Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga.<\/p>\n

Winger Elanga earned his starting spot after turning the Aston Villa game on its head with an injury-time winner from the bench and Forest are beginning to share the goals around having relied on Chris Wood for the majority of the season.<\/p>\n

Wood has netted 10 Premier League goals and four of those have been headers which might make Spurs fans nervous as they head to Nottingham missing several key players.
\nCentre-backs Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Ben Davies are sidelined, along with first-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, and the makeshift pairing of Radu Dragusin and Archie Gray looked uncomfortable during Sunday’s 6-3 defeat to Liverpool.<\/p>\n