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Why Gary Neville may unfortunately be spot on with Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham prediction

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04 Sep 2026, 10:40 am

Gary Neville has disagreed with Ian Wright and Roy Keane with his prediction for Tottenham's game against Nottingham Forest.

Roberto De Zerbi's side make the trip to City Ground on Saturday afternoon looking to pick up their first point - or points - of the season.

Spurs were beaten 3-0 by Brentford on a chastening first day of the season, before going down 2-0 at home to Newcastle United last week.

Tottenham cannot afford to lose for a third Premier League game running this weekend.

The Lilywhites take on a Forest side that have so far lost at home to Leeds United and drawn away at Liverpool.

Neville has backed an outcome that has happened more often than not in this fixture in recent times.

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De Zerbi has some big Tottenham selection calls to make for the trip to the East Midlands.

The Italian is not exactly under pressure right now, but he soon will be if results do not improve.

Speaking on the latest episode of The Overlap, Roy Keane said "the law of averages" suggests Spurs are due a positive result this weekend.

After deliberating with Ian Wright, the pair settled on a 1-1 draw at the City Ground.

However, Neville quickly shot that down as he backed Forest to inflict more misery on Spurs with a 2-1 win.

Unfortunately for Spurs fans, that prediction looks the more likely to happen on Saturday.

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Spurs' dreadful recent Premier League record vs Nottingham Forest

Tottenham were beaten 3-0 at home to Forest when the sides met in March.

That was a grim day for Spurs and Ivor Tudor, the man who De Zerbi succeeded not long after.

In fact, Forest have won four Premier League games in a row against Spurs - though never have the Reds won five in a row in this fixture.

Spurs did win 2-0 in back-to-back league games at the City Ground in 2022-23 and 2023-24, but they have since lost twice on the spin there.

If Spurs fans are looking for some comfort, Forest have won just one of their past 12 top-flight home games, with that coming against Burnley in April.

Should they lose to Spurs this weekend, it would be the first time since 1924 they have lost their first two home games of a top-flight campaign.

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