Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United: Joe Buck match preview

Joe Buck previews Newcastle United's clash with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in the Premier League.

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00:00So, for the second time this season, Newcastle United are at the city ground in what will

00:05be a really hotly anticipated match. Obviously, Nottingham Forest come into the game third

00:08in the table, Newcastle United in 12th, but lots can change today. If Newcastle United

00:13win, they go one point behind Forest in the league table, so it's set up to be a really

00:17good game here. Obviously, Nottingham Forest are one of the informed teams, lots of informed

00:21players including Chris Wood and Elliot Anderson. Both we expect to probably feature today against

00:25their old club, so Newcastle will have to be wary of their threat. But of course, Nottingham

00:28Forest will be wary of Newcastle. They beat Chelsea in the cup and then beat Arsenal last

00:33week and Eddie Howe's shift to have Joe Linton on the left, Joe Willock in there, has really

00:37paid dividends and it'll be interesting to see what he does today. I think you could

00:40see last week that maybe Sandro Tonali had played two games, so you could see why he

00:44was not picked for that game against Arsenal and whether Eddie Howe sticks to a winning

00:48team or whether he goes to put Tonali back in there. But if he does do that, does that

00:52disrupt the balance in midfield? So, plenty of things for Eddie Howe to consider today.

00:56In what could be a really good match, I think Newcastle have struggled on their travels

00:59sort of for the last season and a bit, certainly in this calendar year. They'll be really hoping

01:03for a big statement win here. They've got a good record here, they've won the last two.

01:06Everyone remembers Alexander Isak's late penalty that really helped them on their way to Champions

01:10League football two years ago and then last year, a Bruno double really, you know, really

01:14knighted their season to the point where it looked like they were drifting away. But,

01:17as I said, it'll be, it's a different game, it's a different Nottingham Forest team and

01:20Nuno's, Espirito Santo's side are really good, so Newcastle will have to be wary. They can't

01:25think just because they've beat Arsenal, they've beat Chelsea, that the tests don't

01:28keep coming strong because it is going to be a big challenge today and one that, as

01:32I said, it can be a real statement win if Newcastle do go and get a win. Even a point

01:35is not a bad result, but you'd like to think they can get a win. They've already beat them

01:38here in the Carabao Cup, albeit on penalties, so they'll know what they're coming up against.

01:42They've played them, as I said, already this year at City Grand, they've played them in

01:47February, but they are, as I said, Nottingham Forest are a different team. So, yeah, it's

01:50going to be a brilliant match here, hopefully a really exciting one and one that Newcastle,

01:53if they can win, will really help them going into that international break with a lot of

01:56momentum and a lot of belief that they can do something this year and maybe challenge

01:59for European places.