Opta supercomputer has just predicted where Nottingham Forest will finish in the Premier League

Nottingham Forest’s Champions League campaign is heating up, with Sunday’s match against

Newcastle United serving as a critical checkpoint in the last stretch.

Forest’s amazing attempts to hold on to a top-four spot were aided by the announcement that

the Premier League may gain a fifth Champions League spot, but Nuno Espirito Santo will be

shrewd enough not to rest on his achievements.

Forest’s setback to Fulham on Saturday served as a sharp reminder to the squad that their

amazing achievement may be undone in a moment.

Forest’s next three fixtures are less of an instant and more of a fortnight, pitting them against

three

other Champions League candidates, all of whom have already defeated Espirito Santo’s team

this season.

Nottingham Forest given Champions League boost in supercomputer prediction

Espirito Santo will not debate Forest’s top four chances, although they are difficult to ignore

as the season enters its second act.
With 25 games played, the data set on each Premier League team has grown significantly,

prompting Opta to present their most recent forecasts for the final league positions.

Unsurprisingly, Liverpool are likely to win the title, but Forest is expected to make some

progress, though not enough to disrupt the Champions League celebration.

wire when the two teams meet on the penultimate day.

Bournemouth defeated Forest 5-0 in January, therefore the two teams will not meet again in

the league, leaving Espirito Santo with only the Chelsea encounter to decide his team’s fate.

Forest drew away to Chelsea in October courtesy to a Chris Wood goal, in a game in which the

visitors’ James Ward-Prowse was sent off.

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