Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest betting tips, BuildABet, best bets and preview
Football betting tips: Premier League
1pt Brennan Johnson to be shown a card at 10/1 (bet365, Boylesports)
Kick-off time: 18:30 BST, Sunday
TV channel: Sky Sports Premier League
Home 4/11 | Draw 17/4 | Away 6/1
Nottingham Forest’s win over Fulham in midweek ended a run of six without one.
Away from home they have only won twice all season, one of which came under Nuno Espirito Santo’s tutelage at St James’ Park. Since then, Nuno’s men have only taken two points from a possible 15 in trips to Brentford, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Brighton and Luton.
Next up is a different calibre of opposition.
Tottenham are eyeing up the top four and a return to the Champions League, although fifth may be good enough.
Ange Postecoglou’s side are currently two points off Aston Villa but have a game in hand.
Suprs come into this having only dropped three points from the last 24 on offer at home, so their odds on price is understandable.
What are the best bets?
The logic is simple.
BRENNAN JOHNSON faces his boyhood club, his emotions get the better of him and he is SHOWN A CARD.
Granted, a booking evaded him in his first appearance against his former employers but this time could be different.
At 10/1, the price is huge, the same bet is as short as 17/4 with other firms.
Johnson has picked up three cards this term and with a cards per 90 average of 0.16, a price of 13/2 has enough juice.
Two of those cards have come in his last two starts and with a favourable refereeIng appointment he could make it a hattrick on Sunday.
BuildABet @ 60/1
- Tottenham to win
- Both teams to score
- Heung-min Son to score anytime
- Brennan Johnson to be carded
- Destiny Udogie 2+ fouls
- Ryan Yates 2+ fouls
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Heung-min Son has not gone longer than three games this term without scoring or assisting. In his last five appearances, he has had a hand in as many goals.
Combining a Son goal with the two foul merchants of both clubs Destiny Udogie (1.9 per game) and Ryan Yates (1.5) certainly appeals.
Team news
Johnson netted the opener in the draw with West Ham and should shake off a knock to start on Sunday.
Pape Sarr, Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski are all pushing for starts after having to settle for spots on the bench against West Ham.
Nuno Espirito Santo will be without Nuno Tavares, Willy Boly and Taiwo Awoniyi in London.
Upon his return to Tottenham, Nuno could name an unchanged side from the one that won in midweek.
Crucially, Chris Wood has started the last four games for the visitors netting three goals and he will spearhead the side here.
Predicted line-ups
Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, van Ven, Udogie; Bissouma, Sarr; Kulusevski, Maddison, Johnson; Son
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Williams, Omobamidele, Murillo, Aina; Yates, Danilo; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Match facts
- Having lost six of their seven Premier League games against Nottingham Forest between 1993 and 1997, Tottenham have now won their last five against them, keeping four clean sheets in the process.
- Nottingham Forest have lost their last two away league games against Tottenham, having lost just one of their previous 11 visits before this (W8 D2).
- Tottenham have won 11 of their 15 home Premier League matches this season (L4) and are the only side yet to draw a match on home soil in 2023-24. Since losing three in a row in November and December, Spurs have won seven of their last eight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (L1).
- Nottingham Forest have won just two of their last 25 away Premier League matches (D7 L16). Since winning their first away game under Nuno Espírito Santo on Boxing Day at Newcastle, Forest are winless in five on the road (D2 L3).
- Tottenham Hotspur have come from behind to win five Premier League home matches this season, including in their last home game against Luton. It’s their most home wins from losing positions in a single season in the competition.
- Spurs have only failed to score in one of their last 42 Premier League matches, doing so in a 3-0 defeat to Fulham last month. They have scored in 29 different games this season, with no side scoring in more in 2023-24.
- Nottingham Forest have scored 3+ goals in two of their 14 Premier League games under Nuno Espírito Santo, as many times as they did in 55 games under Steve Cooper. Forest are looking to net three or more goals in consecutive top-flight games in the same season for the first time since March/April 1995.
- Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espírito Santo took charge of 10 Premier League matches as Spurs manager at the start of the 2021-22 season. Mauricio Pochettino won away at Spurs earlier this season with Chelsea and there’s only been three instances previously of two former managers winning away at a former club in a season: Glenn Roeder and Harry Redknapp at West Ham in 2006-07, Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish at Blackburn in 2011-12 and David Moyes and Marco Silva at Everton this season.
- Son Heung-Min has been involved in 11 goals in his last 12 Premier League appearances at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (7 goals, 4 assists) and scored in Spurs’ 3-1 home win over Nottingham Forest last March.
- Since the turn of the year, Brennan Johnson has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other Spurs player (7 - 4 goals, 3 assists). His 12 total goal involvements in 2023-24 (5 goals, 7 assists) are the most by a Welsh player in a campaign since Gareth Bale in 2020-21 (13 - 11 goals, 2 assists).
Odds correct at 1300 BST (05/04/24)
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