CAN NOTTINGHAM FOREST REACH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE...

The Premier League is predictable, but who says that? Nottingham Forest is beating the odds and is in the running to

qualify for the UEFA Champions League after the current season is halfway over. How far will the side of Nuno

Espirito Santo go? In order to determine whether Forest can continue, we have examined a few prior seasons.

Perhaps a bit of a hot take, but the Premier League—or maybe the whole English football pyramid—is the most

interesting and dynamic sporting competition in the world if you exclude the usual “big six” suspects. Even though

both Newcastle United and Aston Villa are historically big clubs, it is easy to forget that they were demoted to the

Championship during the last ten years. In the last two seasons alone, we have witnessed their remarkable rise to the

UEFA Champions League. Just three years ago, Nottingham Forest started the 2021–2022 Championship season

with a record of struggling and failing to advance from League One.

The Reds are in a strong position to make their first appearance in Europe’s top tournament since their heyday,

when they won the trophy twice in 1979 and 1980, after one promotion and a few management changes.

Forest and second-place Arsenal are locked in the standings with eighteen games left. They will want to make a big

statement about their season-long and long-term aspirations when they visit league leaders Liverpool at the City

Ground on Tuesday, January 14, live on TNT Sports and Discovery+.

But why accept a ranking in the top four or five? Would manager Nuno Espirito Santo, like the great Brian Clough,

actually accomplish the impossible and win the league?

What does Forest’s 20-game record of 40 points mean for their possible finish? What does history really say about

their chances?

2015/16 – LEICESTER CITY

This season, everyone is looking to Forest for inspiration. After a 0-0 home draw against Bournemouth on January

2, Claudio Ranieri’s squad, who had been relegated at the start of the season, surpassed the “safety” points total in

game 20 and went on to finish second in the rankings.

In August of last year, the Foxes defied an almost unprecedented 5000/1 price before the first ball was kicked to win

the Premier League title for the first time, so if it was already above their wildest hopes, it would only get better.

Following Leicester City vs. Everton in the Barclays Premier League at The King Power Stadium, players and staff

celebrate the season champion as Ben Chilwell of Leicester City raises the Premier League Trophy.

With the world coming out of the pandemic, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer’s United team tried to outscore opponents City in

order to win the championship. They scored 40 points in their 19th game, defeating Fulham 2-1 on the road, due to

goals from Paul Pogba and Edinson Cavani.

They subsequently suffered a devastating defeat in their subsequent match, losing 2-1 at home to Sheffield United,

who were at the bottom of the league, and falling into second place, where they would stay for the rest of the season.

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