Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham LIVE!
Tottenham earned their first point of the Premier League season, but are still after their first win of the campaign following a 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon. Roberto De Zerbi’s side had lost their opening two matches against Brentford and Newcastle, but handed a debut to Mykhailo Mudryk off the bench as they chased a maiden victory of the term.
The Chelsea loanee, however, had minimal impact as Spurs were fortunate not to lose this fixture, with Neco Williams thinking he had opened the scoring when he bundled over the line in the second half. The strike was ruled out for handball, and the visitors escaped the City Ground with a point, that they dug in to earn with the home side growing in confidence, buoyed by their raucous support.
Omar Marmoush missed a big chance for Spurs when he lashed wide, while Jair Cunha’s half volley narrowly missed the target. Dominic Solanke’s header late on was just over from Mohammed Kudus’ cross as the two substitutes linked up, but the spoils were shared in Nottinghamshire.
Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham latest news
- NO GOAL! Hosts denied bizarre opener
- CLOSE! Marmoush drags effort wide
- CLOSE! Cunha half-volleys just over
- GOOD SAVE! Kinsky stops Gibbs-White
Three things we learned
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Sam Tabuteau picked out his three key takeaways from this one...
Spurs player ratings
17:21 , Oli Gent
New signings flop, and a fringe player wastes a massive opporunity.
How did Sam Tabuteau rate the Spurs players?
Sam Tabuteau reports
16:55 , Oli Gent
Tottenham have their first point of the season, but they remain goalless after three games. No shots on target from Roberto De Zerbi's side, who were lucky not to have lost the game when Neco Williams was adjudged to have handled the ball into the back of the net.
FT: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
16:53 , Oli Gent
There we have it. Goalless at full time.
Spurs still waiting for their first Premier League win, and first league goal.
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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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90+3 mins: Nothing doing from the Robertson delivery.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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90+2 mins: Free kick, Tottenham. Chance here as Mudryk turns Munoz just by the byline. Opportunity to swing the ball in.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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90 mins: Five added minutes.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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88 mins: Close! Solanke nods agonisingly over from Kudus’ cross!
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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86 mins: Five minutes plus stoppage time to go. Can either side muster a winner? Gallagher is replaced by Fernandes. Solanke is on for Marmoush.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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83 mins: Schlager with a good burst away from Gallagher, and he feeds Munoz. Schlager breaks into the box but just can’t make contact!
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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80 mins: McAtee is booked for a foul on Kudus.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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76 mins: Wood replaces Delap for the home side.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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72 mins: Here comes Mykahilo Mudryk. This game has become stretched, so it could suit Mudryk perfectly.
Sam Tabuteau reports
16:27 , Oli Gent
70 mins: Tottenham have got away with one there. It was calamitous defending from Tonali and Van Hecke. A lifeline for the visitors.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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69 mins: No goal! VAR has intervened, and shows Williams handled it on the way in!
Sam Tabuteau reports
16:26 , Oli Gent
68 mins: A goal befitting of the game as Neco Williams scrambles the ball in on the goal line. Really brave work from Williams, who had been a target for Spurs during the summer transfer window.
Goal! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Tottenham
16:25 , Oli Gent
66 mins: Forest are ahead, and in bizarre circumstances.
Tonali is down in the Spurs goal as Gibbs-White looks to get it into the six-yard box, and Williams gets in between the two defenders, and it bobbles in!
Sam Tabuteau reports
16:24 , Oli Gent
64 mins: There has not been any real change to the tempo of this game since the break and so De Zerbi turns to his bench. Savio had been lively but unproductive and so Kudus comes on. The Ghanaian was bright off the bench against Newcastle.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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63 mins: A couple of changes for Spurs as Robertson and Kudus are on for Savio and Udogie.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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60 mins: Time for a Forest debut for Munoz, who is sporting a face mask. Aina makes way for him, and Igor Jesus is on for Ndoye.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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57 mins: Another corner for the visitors as Forest looks to withstand the barrage. Savio looks to cross but there’s no-one at the far post!
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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54 mins: Marmoush takes aim, but it’s blocked by the wall.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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52 mins: Marmoush is chopped down on the edge of the box after a late challenge from Milenkovic, who gets booked. Chance here.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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49 mins: Big chance! Spurs break down the left with Tonali, and Gallagher comes onto it on the edge of the area, but he dallies, and can’t get a shot off!
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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48 mins: A more reserved start from Forest, knocking the ball about. When will this second period explode into life?
Kick off!
16:04 , Oli Gent
46 mins: Back underway.
Sam Tabuteau reports
15:50 , Oli Gent
That half will not live long in the memory. Scrappy from the outset, neither team have managed to get a hold of the ball, though Forest have had the better of the chances. Spurs do not look any closer to breaking their goalscoring duct in the Premier League this afternoon.
HT: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
15:48 , Oli Gent
There’s the interval. Spurs had the better of the early exchanges, but Forest have really grown into this one.
What will the second half have in store?
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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45 mins: One added minute.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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43 mins: Good save! Kinsky gets out quickly after Gibbs-White spins in behind following Delap’s decoy move. He bears down on goal, but he can’t slide it beyond the Spurs keeper!
Sam Tabuteau reports
15:43 , Oli Gent
42 mins: Gallagher and Tonali have both dropped into the full-back positions during this half to allow Porro and Udogie to push on. It is an interesting approach but not one that has given Spurs any particular edge. Aside from Porro's ball in behind for Marmoush that has not been any threat from out wide for the visitors.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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40 mins: Again, no real clear cut chances so far for either side, barring that Marmoush effort.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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37 mins: The hosts are playing well now, and Spurs are having to suck up some pressure. The City Ground has been whipped up by the rise in level.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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34 mins: McAtee with the Forest corner. It’s deep for Murillo who leans back and looks to glance it back into the melee, but it’s over the top.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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31 mins: Close! Williams digs out a cross, which falls to Cunha on the edge of the area, but his half-volley whistles over the top!
Sam Tabuteau reports
15:31 , Oli Gent
28 mins: Tottenham, as they did against Newcastle, seeing plenty of the ball but not doing an awful lot with it. This has been an evenly contested game so far, but it has also lacked quality. Savio has looked bright but outside of that there has been little to write home about.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
15:27 , Oli Gent
24 mins: The Forest defensive shape is so tight and forcing Spurs out wide, but as soon as the visitors lose the ball, the hosts are on it and on the counter quickly. De Zerbi’s men must be careful.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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21 mins: Spurs free kick here, as Porro looks to whip one in from the right channel. He looks for Bentancur who makes the first contact, but Forest force the visitors back, and they come again.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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18 mins: Big miss! Spurs are in, as Marmoush is threaded through, and he looks up and powers an effort towards the far corner, but it’s wide! He should have scored!
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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15 mins: Delap lays it off for McAtee who looks for the sidefooted curler from range, but it’s tame and straight at Kinsky.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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12 mins: 70 per cent possession for Spurs so far in this match, but no real clear cut chances to mention yet.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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9 mins: A Spurs corner falls for Tel who teases his man on the edge of the area and look to cross. It hits Aina on the arm and goes behind, but the penalty claims are half-hearted as the visitors have another corner.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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7 mins: It’s been a high octane start from both sides, with quick counters, going back to front in the blink of an eye, and there are some heavy challenges going in. McAtee is penalised for a clip on Van de Ven.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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5 mins: Spurs looking for the clip over the top from Kinsky, searching for Tel, but it runs all the way through for Sels.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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3 mins: Xaver Schlager getting stuck in early on for the hosts, pressing the Spurs midfield and a bundle of energy in the engine room.
KICK-OFF! Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham
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We are underway at the City Ground!
Team news reminder
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With ten minutes to kick-off, here’s a reminder of today’s starting XIs...
Nottingham Forest XI: Sels; Williams, Murillo, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Schlager, Jair Cunha, McAtee, Milenkovic, Aina, Delap
Tottenham XI: Kinsky; Porro, Van de Ven, Van Hecke, Udogie, Bentancur, Tonali, Gallagher, Tel, Marmoush, Savio
Kick-off fast approaching
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What will Mudryk offer to Tottenham?
14:40 , Arthur Ferridge
When Tottenham CEO Vinai Venkatesham took to LinkedIn this week to discuss the club’s summer transfer window, he described the “months of scouting, analysis and planning” that went into overhauling a squad that came within a hair of being relegated to the Championship last season.
Indeed, Spurs started breathlessly in the transfer market, quickly identifying and convincing targets to buy into Roberto De Zerbi’s project.
However, as the deadline edged closer, panic seemed to set in. Spurs, having failed to score in either of their opening two league games, were still short in attack and had missed out on their top two targets in Cody Gakpo and Iliman Ndiaye.
De Zerbi, Venkatesham, and sporting director Johan Lange were left scrambling for market opportunities before landing on a Deadline Day loan deal for Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk, who has not played a competitive match since November 2024 due to a doping ban, and it is fair to say Spurs have taken a risk in helping to rehabilitate the Ukrainian’s career.
For all the talk of surefire signings, Mudryk is the antithesis. An unpolished gem, all pace and power. But a player ultimately lacking finesse and a footballing education.
But why will the move work? Click here to see Sam Tabuteau’s argument...
Latest match odds
14:39 , Arthur Ferridge
Nottingham Forest to win: 7/5
Draw: 12/5
Tottenham to win: 15/8
Via BOYLE Sports (subject to change).
Watch as Tottenham arrive at the City Ground
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 5, 2026
Glasner: Forest know what to expect from Tottenham
14:30 , Arthur Ferridge
"They have many options. They have invested massively in their squad and that makes it difficult to know who will probably start.
“On the other side, De Zerbi has a clear way he plays with his teams. That makes it a little bit easier to prepare. The patterns are very obvious.
“They have certain ways we expect them to press us and that is how we prepare the team."
What are Tottenham walking into?
14:25 , Arthur Ferridge
It will of course be a heavily partisan crowd on Trentside this afternoon.
Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham pre-match fact file
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Nottingham Forest have won their last four Premier League matches against Tottenham Hotspur – they’ve never won five league games in a row against Spurs.
Spurs have lost 3-0 against Brentford and 2-0 against Newcastle in the Premier League this season. They’ve lost each of their first three league games in just four previous campaigns – 1912-13, 1958-59, 1974-75 and 1979-80.
Only Bruno Fernandes (22) has been involved in more Premier League goals in 2026 than Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White (17 – 13 goals, 4 assists), with Gibbs-White’s 13 goals the most in the competition so far this year.
Spurs striker Dominic Solanke has been involved in six goals in four league appearances against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground (4 goals, 2 assists), including his only senior career hat-trick to date (for Bournemouth in December 2023).
Via BOYLE Sports.
Shearer: Spurs are in for another tough season
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“I've not seen anything from Spurs that suggests that they can have a good season. I guess it's been alarming really, the first two results and how it has happened.
“I feel for the Spurs fans. You can imagine the noise increasing if it goes against them again tomorrow, and I think it will. I'm going to go for a home win for Forest.
“Some of De Zerbi’s comments to say some players aren't fit, particularly Tonali who wasn't even at the World Cup, would be the most alarming thing for me.
“This is already a huge game because you can just imagine the noise already if Spurs get beaten again tomorrow.” (via BetFair)
Nottingham Forest team news
14:03 , Arthur Ferridge
Neco Williams is in from the off here, fresh from signing a new contract at the behest of Mr Marinakis.
Liam Delap leads the line - it’ll be his full debut for Forest since calling time on a miserable single-season spell at Chelsea.
Daniel Muñoz, potentially a debutant today, is on the bench.
Sam Tabuteau reports
14:01 , Arthur Ferridge
Savio comes straight back into the starting lineup, but Mateus Fernandes drops to the bench. Feels like a case of one in one out for Spurs at the moment. Could be tactical, but surely De Zerbi is keen to build familiarity with Spurs’ new signings. After a disrupted pre-season, the constant chopping and changing is an issue.
Tottenham team news
13:55 , Arthur Ferridge
It is a strong side from De Zerbi, who appears to have gone full strength wherever possible. Both his recruits from Man City start in the front three, with Tel completing the forward line.
Archie Gray drops to the bench, with no space available at full-back or in midfield. He is joined there by Mateus Fernandes.
Mohammed Kudus and Mykhailo Mudryk are both among the substitutes, too.
Summer signing Tosin Adarabioyo is left in north London.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST CONFIRMED TEAM NEWS
13:48 , Arthur Ferridge
Nottingham Forest XI: Sels; Williams, Murillo, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Schlager, Jair Cunha, McAtee, Milenkovic, Aina, Delap
Subs: John, Diomande, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Wood, Igor Jesus, Yates, Netz, Munoz
TOTTENHAM CONFIRMED TEAM NEWS
13:46 , Arthur Ferridge
Tottenham XI: Kinsky; Porro, Van de Ven, Van Hecke, Udogie, Bentancur, Tonali, Gallagher, Tel, Marmoush, Savio
Subs: Dubravka, Robertson, Senesi, Gray, Bergvall, Fernandes, Solanke, Kudus, Mudryk
Tottenham predicted XI
13:40 , Arthur Ferridge
Team news will be out in a few minutes. Here’s how Sam Tabuteau reckons Tottenham will shape up.
Tottenham predicted XI: Kinsky; Porro, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Tonali, Fernandes; Savio, Marmoush, Tel
Doubts: Maddison
Injured: Simons, Odobert, Kulusevski
De Zerbi issues Kulusevski update
13:30 , Arthur Ferridge
“Kulusevski started [training] with us at the beginning of the week, and then the last two days, a small, small problem, stopped [him from training].
“But I think he’s in a good way. It’s going very well. I already said the medical staff is very high level.
“We can be positive with him. I’m looking forward to having Deki in the squad.”
Nottingham Forest summer transfer window wrapped
13:20 , Arthur Ferridge
Only fair we then look into today’s hosts as well. Not quite as many names to run down here.
In: Schlager, Diomande, Benda, Delap, Munoz
Out: Carmo, Anderson, Awoniyi, Richards
Loans in: N/A
Loans out: Jota Silva, Bakwa, Moreira, Bundon, Hutchinson, Abbott, Morato
Tottenham summer transfer window wrapped
13:15 , Arthur Ferridge
It has been a busy old summer for Tottenham. Let’s run down the comings and goings.
In: Van Hecke, Dubravka, Robertson, Senesi, Savio, Adarabioyo
Out: Romero, Spence, Scarlett, Devine, Vuskovic, Thompson, Lankshear, Solomon
Loan in: Mudryk, Marmoush
Loan out: Dragusin, Melia, Min-hyeok, Vicario, Donley, Moore, Souza, Matar Sarr, Takai, Danso, Abbott, Ajayi
Standard Sport prediction
13:05 , Arthur Ferridge
Roberto De Zerbi has plenty of work still to do with this team as he looks to bed in his numerous summer signings. Previous matches have shown there will be abundant growing pains.
The City Ground is never an easy place to go, in spite of Forest’s similar struggles in the early days of this campaign.
As both sides look to figure themselves out, this may well end in a stalemate.
2-2 draw.
Nottingham Forest early team news
12:55 , Arthur Ferridge
Just the two absentees for Forest today, with Nicolo Savona ruled out and Ibrahim Sangare facing a late fitness test.
Daniel Munoz is awaiting his Forest debut after signing from Palace, and Liam Delap is in line for a full debut.
Tottenham early team news
12:45 , Arthur Ferridge
There are a handful of absentees for Tottenham today, as ever. Xavi Simons, Wilson Odobert and Dejan Kulusevski all remain sidelined, the latter having suffered yet another setback in his recovery from a knee injury. More on that later.
Elsewhere, James Maddison is on the comeback trail after fracturing his shoulder a week back.
Fit-again Savio is expected to slot back into the starting lineup having shaken off a minor injury. Omar Marmoush is in line to start again, while Tosin Arabaioyo and Mykhailo Mudryk await debuts.
How to watch
12:35 , Arthur Ferridge
Today’s match falls during the 3pm blackout and as such will not be broadcast in the UK.
Highlights will be available via Sky Sports and BBC Sport at full-time.
In the meantime, stick with us right here for all the latest updates!
Good afternoon!
12:27 , Arthur Ferridge
Hello, and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham in the Premier League!
Both of today’s contenders are winless to date. Will either side be able to get off the mark here, or will their waits be extended?
All will be revealed! Stick with us right here for all the latest from the City Ground, including expert insight and analysis from Sam Tabuteau!
Kick-off is pencilled in for 3pm BST...
