The results of Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur in the 2023-2024 Premier League are now known. Playing at the City Ground Stadium on Saturday (16/12/2023), The Lilywhites – Tottenham Hotspur’s nickname – managed to achieve a 2-0 victory over the hosts.
Tottenham Hotspur’s winning goals were scored by RIcharlison (45+2′) and Dejan Kulusevski (65′). This victory makes Ange Postecoglou’s troops unassailable in fifth place in the 2023-2024 Premier League standings with 33 points.
Overall, this match was dominated by Tottenham Hotspur who had 67% possession of the ball. However, Nottingham Forest attempted more with a total of 15 times although only 1 was on target.
Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur’s game was more effective, having made 12 attempts and 6 of them were on target. In fact, two opportunities were successfully used to score goals for The Lilywhites’ victory.
Since the start of the match, Tottenham Hotspur forced Nottingham to play relying on counter attacks. However, The Lilywhites, who continued to put pressure on the hosts, were only able to score the opening goal in the 45+2 minute through Richarlison.
Starting from a crossing pass from Dejan Kulusevski, then maximized by Richarlison. The Brazilian striker’s header failed to be anticipated by Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matt Turner, so the score changed to 1-0 in Spurs’ favor.
In the second half, Nottingham Forest tried to recover. Anthony Elanga, who received a flat pass in the 57th minute, successfully broke through Vicario’s goal. Unfortunately, Elanga’s goal had to be disallowed by the referee because he was in an offside position according to VAR.
Having fun attacking, Nottingham Forest conceded again in the 64th minute. Goalkeeper Matt Turner made a pass error. Dejan Kulusevski, who got the ball from Matt Turner, immediately shot the ball. The score was 2-0 for Tottenham.
Not long after, Tottenham Hotspur were forced to play with 10 people after Yves Bissouma was sent off, aka he received a red card. Even though they had a superior number of players, Nottingham was unable to maximize it until the match ended in a 0-2 defeat.
