![]() We’ll gloss over the 5-0 defeat away to Arsenal, shall we?Ĭooper and his players celebrate after beating Liverpool in October (Photo: Michael Regan/Getty Images)įorest don’t need a miracle - they are only in the bottom three on goal difference. Southampton (1-0) remains their only away win of the season, there was a credible 1-1 draw with Chelsea at home, where they also beat Crystal Palace 1-0. ![]() ![]() Yes, it is true Forest have one of the most difficult run-ins as they look to preserve the Premier League status it took them 23 painful years to regain.īut, 12 of their 27 points this season came in the reverse fixtures of the games that they have still to play.įorest produced their best performance of the season to beat Liverpool 1-0 at the City Ground, and drew 0-0 away to Brighton & Hove Albion and 2-2 at home to Brentford. The next-worst away side, Everton, have twice as many points on their travels.īut, amid all the - entirely justified - gloom, there are one or two reasons to see at least a glimmer of hope. It should also be noted Forest have, by some distance, the worst away form in the division: P15, W1, D3, L11. They head into these final seven fixtures on the back of a run of 10 games without a win, during a period when there has been much doubt over the security of Cooper’s job. Even Brian Clough never tasted victory there during his many years in charge. The last time Forest won away at Liverpool was in February 1969. Tomorrow (Saturday), Cooper’s men are at Anfield for one of the fixtures that slot into the ‘difficult’ category. Harry Redknapp, Michael Owen and Ally McCoist are the latest of many to state the obvious - that Forest are in serious trouble. This explains why pundits have been queuing up to predict they are heading for the drop. On paper, they face the most difficult fixtures of any team in the bottom nine. In comparison to the teams around them in the relegation battle, there is rather a lot of red in Forest’s section of the graphic. According to FiveThirtyEight’s Soccer Power Index (SPI) ratings, Forest face three hard games, three of medium difficulty and only one that can be regarded as ‘easy’.
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