English Premier
2025-12-14 - Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English Premier League
Sunday 14th December 2025 - Kick Off 2pm
This game is live on TV
Nottingham Forest
With two games left in the Europa League Group Stage, Nottingham Forest's 1-2 win at Utrecht on Thursday has just put them back in a position where they may actually be able to force their way into the top eight. That competition resumes in January, but Sean Dyche is overseeing a number of Premier League games before that and this is the time of the year when he will be wanting his Nottingham Forest team to really pull away from the relegation zone.
Recent results have just seen Nottingham Forest take a step backwards into 17th place in the Premier League table and 2 points clear of West Ham United in the bottom three. Home form was the key for Nottingham Forest in returning to European Football last season, but they have a 2-1-4 record at the City Ground in the 2025/26 campaign.
Nottingham Forest have found some positive form in the Europa League, but they have lost 2 of the last 3 Premier League games, which has seen them pulled back towards the bottom of the Division. The Tricky Trees had been unbeaten in 4 home games under Sean Dyche, and they had won 3 of those, but Nottingham Forest were beaten 0-2 by Brighton in the last Premier League game at the City Ground.
Matz Sels is a doubt, while both Ryan Yates and Chris Wood are set to miss out. Changes were made to the starting eleven in the win in the Netherlands on Thursday, but that did allow key players to earn a bit of rest.
Tottenham Hotspur
Failing to at least reach the Knock Out Round of the Champions League to be played in February would have been seen as a massive underachievement by Tottenham Hotspur fans. Thomas Frank guided his team to a comfortable win over Slavia Prague on Tuesday and Spurs are well on course to progress in the Champions League, while a home win over Brentford gives them something to build upon in the Premier League during this festive period.
The side will go into this weekend in 11th place in the standings, but Tottenham Hotspur are only 4 points behind the top four places so this is not the time for panic. They have a 4-2-1 away record in the Premier League and only Crystal Palace have earned more away points than Tottenham Hotspur so far this season.
Tottenham Hotspur scored an injury time equaliser at St James' Park and they are unbeaten in 3 games in all competitions, while winning twice in a row. Despite the overall away record in the 2025/26 season, Tottenham Hotspur have failed to win any of the last 4 on their travels, while the 2-2 draw at Newcastle United snapped a run of 3 consecutive away defeats.
Brennan Johnson is hoping to be involved, but Yves Bissouma has been ruled out. A number of players are closing in on a return, but Thomas Frank is being cautious with the recovery and the squad that was available over the last week will be asked to go again.
Head to Head
Nottingham Forest did the Premier League double over Tottenham Hotspur last season.
They had lost the first two home League games against Spurs since returning to the top flight, but Nottingham Forest were 1-0 winners here in the last meeting on Boxing Day last year.
Prediction
This really does feel like one of the toughest Premier League fixtures to call this weekend.
Nottingham Forest have been improved under Sean Dyche, but the last couple of League performances have not been the most convincing. The 0-2 home defeat to Brighton would have really hurt and Nottingham Forest are travelling back from the Netherlands with two fewer days to prepare for this fixture compared with the visiting team.
Six weeks ago you would likely have seen Tottenham Hotspur as favourites in this fixture.
However, recent results have been patchy to say the least and even the early season away form has deserted them, which is making it that much tougher to know what to expect from Spurs. Only an injury time equaliser at Newcastle United prevented them heading to the East Midlands with 4 straight away losses behind them and that cannot be easily dismissed.
Big wins over the last seven days will have given Tottenham Hotspur a boost in confidence, especially with consecutive clean sheets too, and they may have a slight edge in this game.
This is certainly a game where the recommendation would be to keep stakes to a minimum considering the recent inconsistent form.
Those chasing a bigger price may look for the likes of Cristian Romero or Murillo having a shot on target at 5.00 and 3.50 respectively.
For these pages, backing the draw might be the best approach as the biggest price in the win-draw-win market with the likelihood being that there is going to be very little to separate the teams at the end of the fixture.
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The Pick :
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
