Last season Nottingham Forest were fighting relegation. Now the team is at the top of the Premier League – at least for now.
Followers of the English Premier League could rub their eyes over the weekend, when Nottingham Forest, who were promoted to the premier league a couple of seasons ago, jumped to third place in the standings.
As Manchester City and Arsenal were beaten, Forest beat West Ham 3-0 to extend their winning streak to three matches.
Kolmostila is traditional Nottingham’s highest ranking in the Premier League since 1998. The team has not yet faced all the league’s biggest teams in the current season, but on the other hand, it is the only one to beat league leader Liverpool.
Nottingham airport got compared to the BBC already for Leicester’s sensational championship season 2015-2016, even though less than a third of the season has been played.
In any case, the difference from the previous season is clear. At that time, the club received a four-point penalty for breaking the financial rules and kept its last place in the league.
What has changed?
Despite everything, Nottingham’s team from last season had potential. Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson- Wait played modelly on the wings, Chris Wood scored 14 league goals and Murillo asserted in defense.
The club made specific purchases for this season, such as a topper Nikola Milenkovic From Fiorentina, Fullback Alex Moreno From Aston Villa and into midfield by Elliot Anderson From Newcastle.
The defense strengthened by Milenkovic and Moreno has worked. Nottingham have conceded just seven goals in ten matches – the second fewest behind Liverpool, who conceded six.
Keeper Matz Sels has kept a clean sheet Four times and shares the season’s clean sheet record with Manchester United Andre Onanan with.
At the attacking end, Chris Wood has scored eight hits and is tied for second place in the Premier League goal exchange. It’s at the top Erling Haaland with 11 hits.
Even at the coaching stage, things are fine. Unlike the previous season, the team has been able to practice longer Nuno Espirito Santo under. The Portuguese pilot was washed into the company by Steve Cooper replaced at the end of 2023.
Nuno piloted Wolverhampton from the Championship to the Premier League for the 2018-2019 season, where Wolves twice reached seventh with him, which is a club record.
Nottingham will face a tough test at the end of the year when, in the next six rounds, they will face Newcastle, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Aston Villa in addition to the league winner Ipswich.
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