Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur Prediction: Reasonable price for Romero to lead from front

Nottingham Forest welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the City Ground on Sunday afternoon (14:00 GMT, live on Sky Sports Football), with the visitors hoping to make it three wins in the space of eight days.

Forest will looking to pull away from the relegation zone, as they currently sit in 17th place after losing to Sean Dyche's former club Everton last weekend. Read on for my Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur predictions, as well as the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Ola Aina, Chris Wood and Ryan Yates are all sidelined for the hosts, along with first-choice goalkeeper Matz Sels who continues to recover from a groin issue.

Taiwo Awoniyi has recently returned to training but this match has come too soon for the Nigeria international.

As for Spurs, Destiny Udogie is absent with a hamstring injury, while Brennan Johnson is a doubt to face his former side with a knock that ruled him out the win over Slavia Prague in midweek.

Other names on the treatment table include Dominic Solanke, James Maddison and Yves Bissouma.

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur Odds

Forest are 6/4 for Sunday's contest, with the draw 23/10 and Spurs are 15/8, giving them an implied win probability of 34.8%.

Both teams to score is 8/11 and Igor Jesus leads the anytime goalscorer market at 2/1.

Both teams to score @ 8/11

Both sides have shown frailties at the back this season - this has been a winning bet in half of Forest's league matches, while Spurs have shipped 18 goals in 15 outings.

On the flip side, Forest and Spurs have shown they know where the goal is, too. The hosts scored three at Anfield not so long ago, and also put the same number past Leeds United, as well as scoring twice at home against Manchester United.

Spurs have scored five without reply across their two previous matches across all competitions, so I think goals at both ends is a sensible play here at 8/11.

Cristian Romero to score anytime @ 16/1

I was surprised to see Cristian Romero such a big price to score anytime on Sunday, especially when you factor in Forest's vulnerability at defending set-pieces.

The hosts have conceded 11 times from such situations, which is the joint-most in the league, and they're allowing a goal from a set-piece once every six shots.

Spurs' seven goals scored from corners this term puts them second behind fierce rivals Arsenal for that metric, and Romero is certainly a threat in those situations - as shown by his brace against Newcastle United at the start of the month.

At 16/1, the Argentinian is certainly worth considering in the anytime goalscorer market.

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