Gary Neville believes Nottingham Forest will get dragged into an almighty scrap for Premier League survival and has doubts they can stay up this season.
The former Manchester United defender and Sky Sports pundit was talking before kick-off against Newcastle United at the City Ground where he gave his verdict on the Reds' hopes of remaining in the top flight.
According to stats specialists Opta, they have deduced that Forest have a 40 per cent chance of being relegated this season.
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And Neville believes Steve Cooper's side will be looking over their shoulders despite their solid home form at the City Ground.
"Look, when you look there are below them that have a lot less chance of going down, according to Opta," he said.
"The reason for that is on an attacking side I think they have the fewest touches in the box of any team. They don't score enough goals.
"From a defensive point of view and I said this in January when I came here, I thought they were really struggling at the back when I watched them against United.
"I thought there were some real structural problems there. I can see why they would be in trouble.
"Tonight is a really important game for them and the fans outside are really confident they can stay up but I do have my doubts.
"I think they are going to get dragged right into it and a couple of those teams below them will just move up a little bit."
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