Borussia Dortmund's English winger Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, 20, is drawing interest from Arsenal, Tottenham, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest – though the German club want more than £50m for the player before they will consider selling. (Caught Offside, external)
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Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.
For week eight, he takes on legendary boxing manager Kellie Maloney.
Sutton's prediction: 1-0
Crystal Palace need the win more, that is for sure. You can tell by listening to their manager Oliver Glasner that he knows he needs a positive result quickly, just to get that spark from last season back.
Glasner wants to play this expansive brand of football but results mean a bit of doubt has crept in, and that is really evident from their performances.
This all points towards a Nottingham Forest home win, which is what I am going with, but the good news for Palace is that every time I predict one of those, they stuff it up - Forest are yet to win at the City Ground this season.
Kellie's prediction: Forest are playing well and Palace need a win. I am going with a draw. 2-2
Read the rest of their predictions, and have your own say here
Image source, OptaWith the October international break now firmly in the rearview mirror, Opta Analyst, external have turned their attention to the next four Premier League fixtures.
Here, they have given each team a ranking between 80 and 100 and then found the average to determine to difficulty of the schedule.
Liverpool's opening seven matches were ranked the easiest in the league, but their upcoming four are the fourth-toughest in the division. They will face Chelsea, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Brighton, with an average opponent strength of 91.4 before the next international break.
Fellow early pacesetters Arsenal also have challenging fixtures, playing Bournemouth, Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea with an average rating of 90.7, while Manchester City's next four against Wolves, Southampton, Bournemouth and Brighton are ranked the third-easiest by Opta.
Chelsea and Brighton have the second-hardest and third-hardest runs respectively, a real test given the promising starts for their new managers Enzo Maresca and Fabian Hurzeler.
At the other end of the table, Leicester - who recently secured their first win of the season against Bournemouth - have a chance to build with the easiest run in the division. They face Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Ipswich and Manchester United.
Fellow promoted side Ipswich will hope to pick up their first win of the season during a run of games that is ranked the fifth-easiest.
Josh Lobley
BBC Sport Researcher
Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has been speaking to the media before Monday's Premier League game against Crystal Palace (kick-off 20:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
He reacted to receiving a three-game touchline ban: "I'm surprised. It's a big sanction but there's nothing we can do. It's not for me to judge. My job is to move forward and make sure the coaching staff are ready to help the team. We had a hearing, everything was normal. The sanction has been decided. Let's go."
On the impact of not being on the touchline: "It's tough. We're going to be in permanent contact and what is important is that we prepare well and the players are ready to compete."
On Morgan Gibbs-White receiving a one-match ban: "It's not nice when you don't have a player available. It's not in the right moment, he's still injured. Hopefully for the next game he's going to be available."
Nuno was reluctant to give a timeframe for Gibbs-White's return: "He went out with a lot of pain [against Chelsea] and is still recovering. He's getting much better, but it's still going to take some time. It's always a day-by-day assessment with the medical department and the player. For now, he's not available against Crystal Palace."
Nuno assured that Nigerians Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi are back to normal after the incident on the international break: "As soon as it happened, the club reached them and tried to see what was going on. It was a mess. They arrived a couple of days ago and are working normally. They have overcome that. It was an incident and it's not more important than that."
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Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Fray believes the £750,000 fine by the Football Association for a social media post after last season's defeat at Everton is a statement sum to warn other clubs off doing the same.
The FA called the post an "attack on the integrity of a match official on an unparalleled scale", but Forest said they would appeal against what they described as a "disproportionate" fine.
"It is a lot of money and it is clearly a message to show that the FA don't want other clubs doing the same," said Fray on the latest episode of the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast.
"Forest are sticking to their guns with the fact the tweet is still there for a start, and they are appealing to try to at least get the fine reduced in value.
"We will see what happens as that appeal goes on, but given the size of the fine and Forest's stance on it, I can see why they have opted to appeal.
"This has dragged on now for a long, long time, which emphasises the importance of it to the FA and the Premier League. Perhaps Forest are being perceived as a rebel club or rebel city and the big fine is their attempt to quash that."
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On the latest episode on BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast, David Jackson and Colin Fray discuss the £750,000 fine imposed on Nottingham Forest for a social media post after last season's defeat at Everton, plus they discuss what is required for Forest to end their wait for a home victory this season.
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He's the third-quickest player in the Premier League this season, and he plays for Forest.
He's also sprinted more than anyone else in Nuno Espirito Santo's side.
But do you know who it is?
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesI wrote in August that a season of anonymity on and off the pitch would have represented progress for Nottingham Forest after the chaos of 2023-24.
However, last week's £750,000 fine from the Football Association, following April's controversial social media post directed at VAR Stuart Attwell, put the club back in the spotlight.
The FA called it an "attack on the integrity of a match official on an unparalleled scale", while sources say the amount was unprecedented.
It came after Nuno Espirito Santo and Morgan Gibbs-White were charged by the FA following the 2-2 draw at Brighton.
Maybe it has not taken the gloss off what has been a really encouraging start, but it is certainly an unwelcome distraction when the focus should be the on-pitch positivity.
There are clear improvements and Nikola Milenkovic has helped the defence in becoming one of the tightest in the Premier League this season, with only leaders Liverpool - two - having conceded fewer than Forest's six.
One criticism which can be levelled, though, is the reliance on Chris Wood for goals, with the striker scoring four of the Reds' seven in the league so far. Despite a positive transfer window, it is clear why the club wanted another striker.
That lack of clinical edge has cost the team already, especially at home, but Monday's visit of Crystal Palace is another opportunity for a first victory at the City Ground.
Palace have only beaten Forest at home three times this century and, with the Eagles still winless, the hosts must take their chances this time.
BBC Sport pundit Fara Williams will be answering your questions, giving her insight and opinion around your club.
So what would you like to ask the former England midfielder?
What can your team achieve after their start to the season? Who has been your best player so far? What does the manager's future hold?
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Nottingham Forest midfielder Steve Hodge says Nuno Espirito Santo's side are playing "with strength and character" to grind out results this season.
However, despite taking 10 points from their opening seven matches in the Premier League, the Reds have not yet won at the City Ground this season.
"We could have easily won the past three home games but we need to be more clinical," said Hodge on BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football. "We need a few more goals because we are only scoring once in most games. We all know that in football that is never enough.
"I am happy with the back line because not giving away much is helping Forest to pick up points regularly. Even with 10 men, we have twice got a result, so that shows you the strength, character and ability of that unit.
"The back four and goalkeeper Matz Sels have been magnificent.
"Any Forest fan at this point will be very confident that we will have a good season."
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Image source, PA MediaFormer Nottingham Forest midfielder Peter Cormack, who was signed by Matt Gillies from Hibernian, has died at the age of 78.
During a two-year stint at the club between March 1970 and July 1972, the Scotland international made 87 appearances.
"We are saddened to learn of the passing of our former player Peter Cormack," read a club statement.
"Our thoughts go out to Peter's friends, family and loved ones at this sad time."
The latest episode of the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast has landed.
Brian Laws and Steve Hodge discuss the club's recruitment, and the draw with Chelsea before the international break.
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Pat Riddell
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest needed a centre-back who was good in the air. Nikola Milenkovic impressed in last summer’s European Championships for Serbia. The Premier League side subsequently signed the 26-year-old from Fiorentina for £12m.
Things don’t normally happen this easily in football.
For example, defender Josko Gvardiol caught the eye for Croatia in the World Cup and went on to sign for Manchester City for £77m… which is probably about the current value of Milenkovic’s new defensive partner, Murillo — also 22 and also left-footed.
But still, the point is identifying and signing Serbian Milenkovic as the missing part of the club’s defensive jigsaw was a moment of genius from Forest’s recruitment team. Manchester United, West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur, to name a few, were all linked with Milenkovic just a few years ago for a fee rumoured to be around £25m.
According to WhoScored, of the 297 players to contest 25 or more aerial duels in Serie A last season, the now Serbian captain had the best success rate at 79.4%. Forest’s weakness defending set pieces, as well as deficiency in height, was practically solved in an instant.
But he’s no lumbering centre-back. At 6ft 4in, he’s obviously tall, but he reads the game well, organises the defence and is a calm figure at the back. He's seen stepping up to intercept passes, disrupting opposition moves, bullying strikers and quickly giving the ball to team-mates, meaning Forest can be on the front foot to break.
His presence allows Murillo to play the expansive game he wants and, importantly, provides the experience of a partner that only Willy Boly was able to offer the Brazilian last season. Of course, Forest’s record as the second-meanest defence in the Premier League this season — just six goals conceded — is not entirely down to Milenkovic.
Manager Nuno Espirito Santo had a full pre-season at the club, Matz Sels has provided confidence in goal (as well as across the pitch) and, apparent from watching almost any game this season, the squad have an understanding and belief in themselves. A period of stability at Forest means it’s just a bit of fine-tuning to get the engine ticking along nicely — and Milenkovic has become a very important cog in that machine.
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Former manager Mark Warburton talks to The Football News Show about how managers can deal with mental health struggles while working at a club and what support there is available to them.
Nat Hayward
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest's transition from new arrivals hoping to avoid relegation into an established Premier League outfit is gaining momentum.
After 16th and 17th-placed finishes since their return to the top flight in 2022 - the latter made more nervy by a four-point deduction for breaching financial rules - Nuno Espirito Santo's side are in the top half after seven games.
The foundation for this positive start has been their impressive defence.
At full-back, Ola Aina has finally found consistency and fitness, while Alex Moreno has largely impressed since his loan move from Aston Villa.
In central defence, the arrival of Nikola Milenkovic to partner the revelatory Murillo has added aerial presence. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Matz Sels was inspired during the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and has conceded just six goals all season. Only league leaders Liverpool have let in fewer than Forest with Sels the only keeper to keep a clean sheet against Arne Slot's side.
Forest's defence is solid, making only two errors leading to an opposition shot - and that is the joint lowest in the league.
They have made 125 tackles so far this season, joint 10th, which shows they do not dive in despite giving up possession.
They also do not play the ball unnecessarily around the defence, having the fifth-lowest touches in their defensive third [1,209], the third-lowest short passes - between five and 15 yards - completed [1,001] and having made the second-most clearances [198] in the division so far.
At Anfield, quick transitions from their compact defensive unit stood out, with pacy wingers Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga coming off the bench to supply the winning goal on the counter attack.
This form is no fluke. Only Liverpool, Tottenham, Fulham and Manchester City have recorded fewer expected goals against so far this campaign than Nuno's team.
After all, this is a manager who guided Wolves to consecutive seventh-placed Premier League finishes on solid defensive foundations.
Forest supporters could be forgiven for looking up the table rather than down - and possibly at their defence rather than attack as a means by which to climb it.
*All stats provided by Opta
Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest may not statistically be the best team defensively but their record should be admired and that is why they are up there.
Nuno is definitely shaping his team in that image because you have to be good defensively to have a chance.
Years ago the critique around him was, 'they don't score enough goals whichever team he has', but Nuno knows the importance of a good foundation. What makes it more dangerous is that they are very hard to break down, so they almost encourage you to over-commit. The moment you over-commit is when you see their wingers and forwards really pop up the pitch and have a huge impact.
They will not pass you to death, but they will make you play the game that they want you to play.
With this Forest side, at times players will respect it but not in the same way they might respect it if it was a bigger-name team, so they will still believe they can just go and take it to them. However, as we have seen, some teams have been really stunned by that.
Some wins in football happen and they age really well. Forest beating Liverpool at Anfield is arguably the biggest result of the whole season because we have seen the Reds under Arne Slot win every game apart from that one since he took over.
That performance summed up how good their defensive structure and their attacking intent can be and why they should not be underestimated this season.
There is potential they will be a thorn in the side of top teams this campaign. For the way football works, you obviously have good teams but what is key is the way styles match up against each other.
Forest's style - being comfortable not having possession at times but still maintaining an element of threat - that is the type of strategy you need against the sides who want to keep lots of possession.
So even though there is a chance you might lose to these teams, you will never offer up an easy game.
Nuno's side could be a really significant part of how the Premier League's top six or seven looks this year.
And, with some good fortune, they may be a top half team themselves.
Nedum Onuoha was speaking to BBC Sport's Nicola Pearson
Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked you to tell us one thing that is going under the radar at Nottingham Forest at the moment.
Here are some of your comments:
Danny: We should be talking more about Ryan Yates. You can tell how well Forest have done in a game by how much hate he gets from opposition fans after 90 minutes. Yatesy can single-handedly stop the other team playing. He draws more fouls than anyone else, as well as fouling more than anyone else - all with a grin on his face. He's the master of 'housery.'
James: Yatesy is so good and underrated. The beating heart of the team - he'll battle, scrap and work for everything, setting the tone for the whole team from the centre of the park. Playing against him must be a nightmare.
Kris: Forest are a different proposition this season, if feels like the team have finally grown into the Premier League. One player who’s surprised me, and who doesn’t get enough credit, is Ryan Yates. England have needed a player like him for a while and maybe Lee Carsley will be brave enough to give him the chance he deserves?
Stewart: Chris Wood needs to be seen for what he is, a top-flight striker. One of the top half dozen last season when you look at all the important stats. The goal he scored at the weekend was actually started by him receiving the goal kick, holding it up and laying it off. Be happy, Forest fans.
Paul: Forest have the second best defence in the Premier League (equal with Arsenal) with only six goals conceded. Now we have locked the door at the back we need to be pushing on and scoring more goals. We have scored as many goals as Man Utd (that is BAD!).
Franko: As positive as the start has been, the points total is probably what we would have hoped for from Wolves, Bournemouth and Fulham at home and Southampton away. We didn't win any of those home games. A big improvement overall but let's hope for a home win before the big boys come to town!
Pat Riddell
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesLast season, Nottingham Forest's defensive record was their soft underbelly. Despite having several outstanding players across the back four, we shipped goals - often from set-pieces - that seriously undermined our league position.
This time around, match reports increasingly refer to the Reds having the Premier League's second-meanest defence, after only Liverpool and equal to Arsenal, with just six goals conceded in seven games.
Matz Sels deserves all the plaudits after his performance against Chelsea. World-class save after world-class save was only matched by his opposite number, Robert Sanchez.
And while Sels has, at times, not been regarded as Forest's long-term solution in goal, he has made a huge difference since replacing both Matt Turner and Odysseas Vlachodimos between the posts.
But the addition of Nikola Milenkovic solved one of the Reds' most obvious deficiencies in defence: height. The 6ft 4in centre-back won more aerial duels than most other defenders in Europe last season, and that alone has solved part of our problem.
Yet his assist for Chris Wood's goal on Sunday proves his value at the other end of the pitch, partly addressing our weakness at set-pieces in both penalty areas.
Height, of course, is not his only value. His partnership with Murillo has flourished, he reads the game well and the midfield are very much playing their part in shielding the back four.
The commitment, resolve and determination across the starting XI is obvious from kick-off. The organisation and understanding to close down attacks, win second balls and get behind the ball when necessary is a team effort and one that is serving us very well this season.
It has been a balancing act for Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, and Nuno Espirito Santo is still finding the line.
But a stingy defence and some serious attacking flair is proving many pundits wrong.
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Image source, Getty ImagesA VAR related question was put to chief football writer Phil McNulty on Monday's Q&A.
@nubiblue on 'X' asked: Is the new improved VAR working? To me it continues to favour certain clubs.
Phil answered: First of all, I don't believe VAR favours certain clubs and quite honestly, I've not noticed too much difference or huge improvement.
Maybe a little less interference but I confess I lost a lot of faith in VAR after initially being a strong advocate.
I would be happy with semi-automated offside and line technology.
