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| Event | Premier League 2024-25 | ||||||
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| Date | Monday 21 April 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London | ||||||
| Player of the Match |  Chris Wood | ||||||
| Referee |  Peter Bankes | ||||||
| Attendance | 59,314 | ||||||
| Weather | 13 °C (55 °F) | ||||||
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Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest was a match which took place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday 21 April 2025. The match was shown live on 
at 8:00pm BST.
Team News[]
Tottenham Hotspur[]
Tottenham captain Son Heung-min will again be absent as he manages a foot problem.
Midfielder James Maddison is a doubt due to the injury that forced him off against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.
Nottingham Forest[]
Nottingham Forest will make a late decision on the fitness of Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi.
Aina has been sidelined with a calf injury, while Awoniyi has missed the past two games with a hamstring issue.
Match facts[]
Head-to-head[]
- Forest ended a sequence of six successive top-flight defeats versus Tottenham by winning the reverse fixture. They could now complete a league double over Spurs for the first time since the 1996-97 campaign.
- Their last win away at Tottenham was 1-0 in the top flight in March 1997. Tottenham have won the last three.
Tottenham Hotspur[]
- Tottenham's tally of 17 league defeats this season is only surpassed by the bottom three sides.
- It's the most defeats Spurs have suffered in a league campaign since losing 19 in 2003-04.
- Ange Postecoglou is one of only three Spurs bosses to lose 17 or more Premier League games in a season, along with Ossie Ardiles in 1993-94 (19) and Gerry Francis in 1996-97 (18).
- Since their 4-0 victory over Manchester City on 23 November, Spurs have won only 18 points from 60 available (W5, D3, L12).
- Tottenham have lost 16 of their last 20 top-flight matches against teams starting the day in the top half of the table.
- Mathys Tel could become the first teenager to score in three successive Premier League games for Spurs, and only the fourth non-English teenager to do so.
Nottingham Forest[]
- After three straight league wins and an unbeaten run of six matches in all competitions, Forest have suffered back-to-back defeats.
- They are looking to avoid losing three matches in a row for only the second time under Nuno Espirito Santo.
- Forest have lost just two of their last 35 league games played on Easter Monday (W21, D12), while in the top-flight they are unbeaten in 16 (W13, D3) dating back to a loss at Chelsea in 1966.
- Their only remaining league fixture versus a current top-half side is against Chelsea on the final day of the season.
Match Report[]
Nottingham Forest boosted their Champions League hopes as an impressive victory against Tottenham moved them back up to third in the Premier League.
The visitors started the day sixth but were in a determined mood from the outset at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to get the result that would see them climb back up the table.
They took just five minutes to open the scoring when Elliot Anderson's thunderous volley deflected off Rodrigo Bentancur to fly into the back of the net.
Spurs' poor league form this term has been well documented and despite winning at Eintracht Frankfurt last Thursday to reach the Europa League semi-finals, they failed to carry that momentum into this game.
They saw plenty of the ball and got into good positions but were not threatening enough and instead Forest added a second in the 16th minute when Chris Wood nodded in from Anthony Elanga's delivery.
Wood has been instrumental to Forest's impressive form this season with this strike his 19th in the Premier League this season.
Mathys Tel lashed wide when unmarked towards the end of the first half, while Richarlison - making his first Tottenham start since February - headed over from close range.
Harry Toffolo made a crucial goalline clearance to hook away Dejan Kulusevski's effort midway through the second half, before Matz Sels produced an excellent save to deny Richarlison late on.
Spurs came alive in the final minutes and got a goal back with three minutes remaining when Richarlison finally beat Sels with a header.
But Forest held their nerve to seal a victory and edge closer towards securing European football next season.
Finishing in the top five will currently be enough to secure a place in the Champions League, but weekend results had seen Forest - the surprise package of the season - drop out of those positions.
A trip to Tottenham with the pressure on them to get a result was a test of their credentials - a test they passed with flying colours.
As they have been in many games this season they were a distant second in the possession stats, but were once again effective with their fast and direct attacking.
Wood had gone into this game having failed to score in the Premier League since mid-February but ended his drought with a typical finish, flicking his header over Guglielmo Vicario.
Forest don't often have many chances but they are clinical with the ones they get, with their two goals coming from their three shots on target.
It is an effective playing style and has them firmly on course to seal a return to European football.
By contrast, Tottenham had plenty of chances but failed to make the most of them as they did not find their spark until it was too late.
With Ange Postecoglou's side sitting 16th in the Premier League, their focus is firmly on winning the Europa League and it perhaps showed with this display.
They were pretty flat throughout this match and it took until Richarlison forced an excellent save out of Sels with a fierce 80th-minute header for them to come alive.
Only Liverpool and Arsenal have stronger defences than Forest this season and although Richarlison did manage to halve the deficit with three minutes to go, the visitors did not look like conceding a late equaliser before boos greeted the final whistle from the home fans.
If Tottenham can claim European glory this term it would cover for what has been a hugely disappointing campaign domestically, with this their 18th league defeat - only the bottom three sides have lost more.
It is also the most defeats Spurs have suffered in a league campaign since losing 19 in 2003-04.
Match[]
Details[]
| 21 April 2025 20:00 BST 13 °C (55 °F) live on |
Tottenham 
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1–2 |  Nottingham Forest
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 59,314 Referee: Peter Bankes |
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Richarlison  87'
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Anderson 5' Wood 16'
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Match Stats[]
| Tottenham Hotspur | Nottingham Forest |
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| Possession ball | |
| 70% | 30% |
| Shots | |
| 22 | 3 |
| Shots on target | |
| 6 | 3 |
| Corners | |
| 7 | 1 |
| Fouls | |
| 11 | 12 |
See also[]
External links[]
 Premier League 2024–25
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| Tottenham Hotspur F.C. matches - 2024–25 |
| 2024–25 Premier League |
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Arsenal (h) · Manchester United (a) · Manchester City (a) · Chelsea (h) · Liverpool (h) · Arsenal (a) · Manchester United (h) · Chelsea (a) · Nottingham Forest (h) · Liverpool (a) · Aston Villa (a) · Brighton & Hove Albion (h) |
| 2024–25 FA Cup |
| Tamworth (a) · Aston Villa (a) |
| 2024–25 EFL Cup |
| Coventry City (a) · Manchester City (h) · Manchester United (h) · Liverpool (h) · Liverpool (a) |
| 2024–25 UEFA Europa League |
| Qarabağ (h) · Ferencváros (a) · AZ (h) · Galatasaray (a) · Roma (h) · Rangers (a) · TSG Hoffenheim (a) · IF Elfsborg (h) · AZ (a) · AZ (h) · Eintracht Frankfurt (h) · Eintracht Frankfurt (a) · Bodø-Glimt (h) · Bodø-Glimt (a) · Manchester United (n) |
| Nottingham Forest F.C. matches - 2024–25 |
| 2024–25 Premier League |
| Arsenal (a) · Arsenal (h) · Manchester City (h) · Ipswich Town (a) · Tottenham Hotspur (a) · Leicester City (h) · Chelsea (h) |
| 2024–25 FA Cup |
| Luton Town (a) · Exeter City (a) · Ipswich Town (h) · Brighton & Hove Albion (a) · Manchester City (n) |
| 2024–25 EFL Cup |
| Newcastle United (h) |
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