The Tricky Trees have been pulling up trees and then some in the early portion of the Premier League season, out-performing all of Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur to nab the final place on the podium after 10 matches.
After ending October with back-to-back triumphs over Leicester City and Crystal Palace, Forest ran a 10-man West Ham ragged in gameweek 10, where Chris Woodnodded in his eighth goal of the campaign before Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ola Aina provided the icing and cherry on top.
Trailing Liverpool by six points and Manchester City by a mere four ahead of this weekend’s action, Forest’s start to 2024-25 has been beyond their avid supporters’ wildest dreams, as Santo works the magic that also got Wolverhampton Wanderers into Europe during his spell at the Molineux helm.
Furthermore, with a mere three goals conceded at the City Ground in the current campaign, no Premier League team boasts a better home defensive record than Santo’s team, who are aiming to win four top-flight games running for the first time since 1994-95.
That year, the Tricky Trees did end up finishing in third place in the table – an extremely positive omen if they can clip the Magpies’ wings this weekend – but Eddie Howe‘s men also have a spring in their step after the events of last weekend.
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