Three years after being given the boot by Tottenham Hotspur, Nuno Espirito Santo reunites with his former employers again on Boxing Day, as Spurs head to the City Ground to meet Nottingham Forest.
The Tricky Trees eased past Brentford 2-0 at the weekend to solidify their fourth-placed Premier League ranking, but Tottenham lie in the bottom half after Sunday's extraordinary 6-3 loss to Liverpool, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for the two clubs.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST vs. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Out: Nicolas Dominguez (suspended), Danilo (ankle), Ibrahim Sangare (hamstring)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Sels; Morato, Murillo, Milenkovic; Aina, Yates, Gibbs-White, Moreno; Hudson-Odoi, Elanga; Wood
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Out: Guglielmo Vicario (ankle), Cristian Romero (thigh), Micky van de Ven (hamstring), Mikey Moore (illness), Wilson Odobert (hamstring), Richarlison (thigh), Ben Davies (thigh)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Forster; Porro, Gray, Dragusin, Udogie; Bergvall, Bentancur; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Solanke
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Ben Knapton
