Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, March 22, with kick-off scheduled for 2:15 PM local time, and the Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest timeline of encounters this season has been defined almost entirely by tight margins, low scoring, and relentless pressure on two clubs who cannot afford to keep dropping points.
Both sides arrive at this fixture having drawn their most recent league outings without much to celebrate about those results.
Spurs took a point from a 1-1 draw at Liverpool on Sunday, March 15, a result that interrupted a brief run of momentum without doing anything meaningful to resolve their position in the lower half of the table.
Forest drew goalless against Fulham that same afternoon, adding another point to a tally that grows at the pace of a slow drip rather than any kind of surge toward safety.
A single point separates these two clubs in the Premier League table heading into this fixture, with Spurs on 30 and Forest on 29, and that narrow gap is precisely what turns a late-season league game into something that feels more like a cup final for both sets of supporters.
The probability models give Tottenham a narrow advantage, placing their win likelihood at 38.6% compared to Forest’s 33.7%, with a 27.7% chance of the match ending level, reflecting just how evenly matched these clubs are at this point in the season.
What the Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest Timeline Reveals About Survival Chances
Forest have played 30 league matches this season, losing 15 of them, and the combination of seven wins and eight draws has left them in 17th place with eight games remaining to find the points they need.
Spurs have also played 30 matches, losing 14, and their slightly higher draw count of nine is the only thing separating them from Forest in the table right now.
For Nottingham Forest, winning this fixture would lift them above Spurs on goal difference at minimum, and potentially above Leeds United in 15th depending on other results across the same weekend.
For Tottenham, three points would put five points of daylight between themselves and the current relegation places, which would represent genuine breathing room at a stage in the season where breathing room has been almost entirely absent.
The context of the wider relegation battle matters here because West Ham sit level with Forest on 29 points in 18th, Burnley are on 20 points in 19th, and Wolverhampton sit bottom on 17 points from 31 matches, meaning the entire lower section of the table is being decided on a week-by-week basis with very little margin for error.
Match Preview: Key Numbers
| Metric | Tottenham | Nottingham Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Position | 16th | 17th |
| Points | 30 | 29 |
| Wins | 7 | 7 |
| Draws | 9 | 8 |
| Losses | 14 | 15 |
| Games Played | 30 | 30 |
Win Probability
| Outcome | Probability |
|---|---|
| Tottenham Win | 38.6% |
| Draw | 27.7% |
| Nottingham Forest Win | 33.7% |
Upcoming Match at a Glance
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Fixture | Tottenham Hotspur vs Nottingham Forest |
| Date | Sunday, 22 March 2026 |
| Kick-off | 2:15 PM (local) |
| Venue | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium |
| Competition | Premier League, Matchday 31 |
- Both clubs have won exactly seven Premier League matches in 2025-26
- Spurs hold a one-point advantage heading into the fixture on March 22
- Forest have suffered one more league defeat than Spurs across the campaign so far
- A Forest win would see them leapfrog Spurs in the standings and potentially reach 15th
- Spurs drew 1-1 at Liverpool on March 15 in their most recent outing
- Forest were held to a 0-0 draw by Fulham on March 15, failing to score for the sixth time this season
- Both clubs sit within four points of the bottom three in the standings with eight matches remaining
