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Matt Abbott

Paul Merson predicts Nottingham Forest 'might be all right' after Arsenal 'reality check'

Premier League pundit Paul Merson predicts that Nottingham Forest won't make it back-to-back home wins against Brentford this weekend.

The Reds beat Liverpool last time out Trentside but followed that 1-0 win with a 5-0 reversal away against Arsenal last weekend, which leaves them last in the Premier League table. Steve Cooper 's side could realistically move as high as 18th and level on points with a trio of teams outside of the relegation zone should they beat Brentford and results elsewhere go in their favour.

This weekend's visitors have picked up just three points away from home all season - drawing three and losing the other three - and have won just one of their last seven matches wherever they were played. In Merson 's words, the timing means that "Forest have got to try and win" this one, but the former Arsenal player-turned-pundit doesn't think that they will pick up all three points.

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