Newcastle United kicked off their season with a 2-0 win over newly promoted Forest back in August on a day when it took 58 minutes to breach the visiting defence.
Despite many wondering whether Steve Cooper and his vastly boosted squad would stay up, they are in a decent position to fend off relegation with 12 matches of their season remaining as they sit on 26 points and in 14th position. They are far from safe but their fate is still in the hands of the men in red.
Recent home form at the City Ground for Cooper's men hasn't been bad either. Since the World Cup they have held Chelsea, Man City and Everton and beat Leeds and Leicester City, Liverpool also lost on the banks of the Trent before the Qatar tournament unfolded.
