Article by Claudiu Badea – published Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 11:54 / Updated Tuesday, April 22, 2025 11:54
Nottingham Forest goes through an exceptional season in the Premier League. The “forests” are in the third place, with 60 points accumulated in 33 stages, and have high chances to take a place by the Champions League at the end of the season.
Nottingham Forest won an extremely important victory, 2-1, traveling from Tottenham, taking a serious step towards the goal of qualifying in the Champions League next season. The team of Nuno Espirito Santo achieved this performance in his characteristic style: pragmatic game, solid defensive and possession of the balloon of only 30%, according to Sportal.bg.
Nottingham Forest can enter the Premier League history
Despite the fact that Nuno Espirito Santo's band lost the last two matches, 1-2 with Aston Villa and 0-1 with Everton, before traveling from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, this does not take demoralized, and the “forests” returned to the Top 3 in the Premier League.
The goals of Nottingham were scored by Anderson (5) and Wood (16), while for Radu Drăgușin's team, Richarlison (87) scored. The dispute mattered for stage 33.
The possession aspect has become a registered trademark of the team. In fact, Nottingham Forest is in the last place in the Premier League in terms of average possession at the beginning of the season, with only 39.3%.
If these figures are maintained, Nottingham Forest could become the first team in Premier League history that reaches the top 4 with an average possession below 40%.
So far, the only teams that have managed to finish in the top 4 with an average possession below 50%were Leicester City, in his 2015/16 championship season (42.4%), and Everton, in the 2004/05 season (48.5%).
Also, Nottingham Forest can return to the Champions League for the first time of the 1980/1981 season. In history, the “forests” won the coveted trophy twice, in 1978/1979 and 1979/1980.
