Newcastle enter the match against Nottingham Forest with a lot of confidence after a convincing victory against St. Gilloise of 4-0. That feat, especially Anthony Gordon's two goals and the continued good form of their record-scoring signing Nick Woltemade, could be the turning point of their season. The season in the domestic championship did not start very well and they are currently in 15th place in the table with 6 points won after 6 games played. It must be said that they really did not have an easy schedule, and in the matches in which they experienced defeats on their home ground, they were not too lucky. They were defeated by Arsenal and Liverpool with goals in the very end of the games, and you can't really say that they were in a subordinate position in those matches. What should certainly be praised is the performance of their defense, which has conceded only 5 goals so far, making them the third best defense in the league. The team has been significantly weakened by Isak's departure from the club, but Woltemade has so far shown that he has the quality to replace his departure. With players like Joelinton, Tonali, Elanga and Gordon, the opposing defense must be alert throughout the game. Concentration in defense is currently one of Nottingham Forest's biggest problems. In the last 9 games they failed to keep a clean sheet, and in 4 of those 9 games they conceded 3 goals. Forest are going through a serious crisis of confidence under new coach Ange Postecoglou. Postecoglou is the first manager in 100 years not to win any of his first six games in charge of the club. His team, which is having a hard time adapting to a new offensive philosophy, just suffered a heavy defeat against Midtjylland in Europe. Although his team's attacking football in the last round produced as many as 20 shots on goal against Sunderland, they failed to convert any of them, clearly indicating a problem with efficiency in the end. The situation in the club is not at all pleasant for Postecoglou and there are great chances that in case of a bad result in this match, he will be fired. According to the games shown so far, his team will have a lot of problems to oppose Newcastle, which is without any doubt a better rival at the moment and I believe that we will have the opportunity to see it in this match.

在4-0完胜圣吉卢瓦兹后，纽卡斯尔带着满满的信心进入与诺丁汉森林的比赛。这一壮举，特别是安东尼·戈登的两个进球和他们创纪录的签约尼克·沃特马德的持续良好状态，可能成为他们本赛季的转折点。本赛季的国内联赛开局不太好，目前他们在6场比赛后以6分的成绩排在积分榜第15位。必须说，他们的赛程确实不轻松，在主场遭遇失败的比赛中，他们并不太幸运。他们在比赛的最后阶段被阿森纳和利物浦击败，你真的不能说他们在那些比赛中处于从属地位。当然值得赞扬的是他们的防守表现，到目前为止他们只丢了5个球，这使他们的防守在联赛中排名第三。伊萨克的离开大大削弱了球队的实力，但到目前为止，沃尔特马德已经证明他有能力取代他的离开。有了像乔林顿、托纳利、埃兰加和戈登这样的球员，对手的防守必须在整场比赛中保持警惕。防守集中是诺丁汉森林目前最大的问题之一。在最近的9场比赛中，他们未能保持零封，并且在这9场比赛中有4场他们丢了3球。森林在新教练波斯特科格洛的带领下正经历着严重的信任危机。波斯特科格卢是100年来第一位在执教俱乐部的前6场比赛中一场都没赢的主教练。他的球队正在艰难地适应新的进攻理念，刚刚在欧战中惨败于米特荷兰。尽管在上一轮对阵桑德兰的比赛中，他的球队的进攻足球创造了多达20次的射门机会，但他们没有将任何一次射门转化为进球，这显然表明了最终的效率问题。俱乐部的情况对波斯特科格洛来说一点都不愉快，如果这场比赛结果不好，他很有可能会被解雇。从目前的比赛来看，他的球队在对阵纽卡斯尔时将会遇到很多问题，毫无疑问，纽卡斯尔目前是一个更好的对手，我相信我们将有机会在这场比赛中看到这一点。