Tottenham Hotspur vs Nottingham Forest Predictions

Tottenham Hotspur vs Nottingham Forest predictions ahead of this Premier League clash. Tottenham face Nottingham Forest on Easter Monday, pitting current leadership against ex-boss Nuno Espirito Santo in a key Premier League clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Read on for our free predictions and tips.

Premier League | Apr 21, 2025 at 8pm UK at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Tottenham Hotspur vs Nottingham Forest Predictions

Can Forest Capitalise on Spurs’ Premier League Malaise in This North London Showdown?

• Leaky Away Days for Forest
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice in their last five Premier League away fixtures, losing four of those games in the process.
• Goal-Happy Hosts
  • Tottenham have found the net in all but two of their home matches this season, even while occupying the lower end of the table.
• Defensive Woes All Round
  • Forest and Spurs rank 17th and 15th respectively in non-penalty xG ratio over the last eight games—suggesting neither side can control a match defensively.

Best Bet for Tottenham Hotspur vs Nottingham Forest

There’s something poetic—and slightly tragic—about this Easter Monday meeting in North London. Tottenham Hotspur, once the great hope of attacking football romantics, are now limping through the Premier League like a team haunted by missed opportunities. And who’s coming to visit them? None other than Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest—managed by the same man Spurs once sent packing with barely a goodbye. It’s got drama, grudges and top-four implications stitched into every thread.

Spurs arrive back home after digging deep to see off Eintracht Frankfurt in Europe, a result that arguably prolonged Ange Postecoglou’s stay in the dugout. But as soon as you peel back the Europa League veneer, the truth of their Premier League form hits you like a Solanke penalty—17 losses, fourth-worst record in the league since December, and barely clinging to respectability. Their fans could be forgiven for having one eye on European nights and the other covered completely.

Meanwhile, Forest might not be purring either—back-to-back defeats have cast a bit of a shadow—but they remain firmly in the Champions League race. And with Spurs focused elsewhere, this could be the exact fixture Nuno circles in red ink on the calendar. Turf wars in North London rarely get this layered, and the outcome here could tilt the top-four chase heavily one way or the other.

Best Bet for Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest: Both Teams to Score

Here at BettingTips4You, we believe in quality over quantity. No juggling multiple picks or sifting through a dozen stats to guess which tip is the ‘main’ one. We back one single prediction per match—the most compelling, the most logical, the one you’d tell your mate about at the pub. And for this clash, the best bet is Both Teams to Score.

At first glance, it might seem like a risky call given Forest’s recent goal drought. But dig a little deeper and the story changes. Despite not finding the net in their last two, Forest have averaged 1.8 goals per game over their last five away matches. The problem? They’ve also shipped at least two goals in each of those. It’s chaotic, it’s messy—but it’s fertile ground for goals at both ends.

Spurs, on the other hand, may be dragging themselves through the domestic calendar, but they’ve still only failed to score at home twice all season—against Arsenal and Manchester City. With Mathys Tel emerging as a wildcard and Solanke proving useful from the spot, Tottenham should have enough to breach a Forest backline that’s clearly not built for clean sheets on the road.

Let’s not pretend Spurs are suddenly organised at the back either. They’ve got the fourth-worst Expected Goals Against figure in the league since December, and their inability to shut up shop has cost them time and again—especially against teams with something to fight for, like Forest.

And while the stats scream imbalance, the tactical setups make it almost inevitable. Spurs love to push forward, even when they shouldn’t, and Forest have the speed out wide in Elanga and Hudson-Odoi to hit them where it hurts—on the break.

“With Tottenham leaking goals and Forest happy to oblige in chaotic matches, this feels like a fixture where keeping the ball out of the net might be optional rather than required.”
— BettingTips4You.com expert Tyler Morris

A likely scoreline? We’ll say 1-1, a result that fits the erratic rhythm of both teams perfectly. Tottenham will attack with hopeful abandon, Forest will counter with purpose, and in the end, it’ll probably feel like two points lost for both sides.

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