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Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa
Sandro Tonali has the bit between his teeth.
A postitive start by Tottenham - three attempts, two on target.
But still they cannot find the back of the net.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
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| 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
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| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
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| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
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| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 7 |
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| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
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| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
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| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 5 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
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| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 3 |
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| 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
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| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 2 |
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| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
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| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 |
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Nottingham Forest have won each of their last six home league games against Coventry, with this their first since a 2-0 Championship victory in April 2022.
This is the first Premier League meeting between Nottingham Forest and Coventry since January 1999, and a 4-0 home win for Coventry. The Sky Blues have won two of their last three top-flight games against Forest (L1), as many as in their previous 23 (D9 L12).
Nottingham Forest have failed to score a home Premier League goal this season but have never started a season failing to net in their first three at home in the league, while Coventry are also goalless and last failed to score in their first three on the road in 1998-99.
Coventry City have lost each of their four Premier League matches this season without finding the net. In top-flight history, only Crystal Palace in 2017-18 have had a longer losing start without scoring, losing the first seven.
Since last Christmas, the only ever present Premier League side with fewer home points than Nottingham Forest (11) is Tottenham (8), while Forest are the lowest home scorers in that time with nine goals.
Coventry City are looking to avoid losing five consecutive league games for the first time since February 2017, when they were in League One. In their first Premier League spell between 1992-93 and 2000-01, they only lost five on the bounce once, in October/November 2000.
Nottingham Forest boss Oliver Glasner didn't lose any of his first 10 Premier League games against promoted sides (W6 D4) but he's picked up just one point in his last four against them (D1 L3). The most recent of these games was a 0-0 draw between his Crystal Palace side and Leeds in March, a game which had the worst overall passing accuracy (73.2%) in the 2025-26 season.
Since the 2022-23 season, 38 managers have taken charge of 25+ Premier League games and Coventry boss Frank Lampard's win ratio of 12.1% (P33 W4 D8 L21) is the second worst in that time, ahead only of Kieran McKenna (10.5%, P38 W4 D10 L24).
Only three Premier League players have had more shot involvements (shots & chances created) without registering a goal or assist this season than Coventry City's Jack Rudoni, who has had five shots and created eight chances without success so far.
Only Bruno Fernandes (7 goals, 15 assists) has been involved in more Premier League goals in 2026 than Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White (13 goals, 5 assists), with Gibbs-White the leading scorer this year. Only Chris Wood in 2024 (18) and Stan Collymore in 1995 (14) have netted more in one calendar year for Forest.